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Fellow Orlando Patterson Assesses Jamaica’s Postcolonial Culture

December 5, 2019| Fellows, News|

Harvard sociologist and AAPSS Fellow Orlando Patterson looks closely at Jamaica, his native land, in his new... Read More → Fellow Orlando Patterson Assesses Jamaica’s Postcolonial Culture

Fellow Nicholas Lemann Explores the Decline of the American Dream

December 2, 2019| Fellows, News|

In his new book, Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream, AAPSS Fellow... Read More → Fellow Nicholas Lemann Explores the Decline of the American Dream

The ANNALS November Issue Launch Event Co-Sponsored by AEI, Brookings, and AAPSS

November 25, 2019| AAPSS, ANNALS, News|

How effective is America’s social safety net? How should we reform entitlement programs so that they’re... Read More → The ANNALS November Issue Launch Event Co-Sponsored by AEI, Brookings, and AAPSS

Ambassador Samantha Power Discusses the State of Democracy in 2019 Moynihan Lecture

October 28, 2019| AAPSS, Fellows, News|

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power discussed the current state of democracy around the world,... Read More → Ambassador Samantha Power Discusses the State of Democracy in 2019 Moynihan Lecture

AAPSS Fellow, Former Board Chair Heidi Hartmann Steps Down from IWPR Presidency

October 21, 2019| Fellows, News|

Former AAPSS Board Chair Heidi Hartmann, the Academy’s 2014 Charlotte Perkins Gilman Fellow, recently... Read More → AAPSS Fellow, Former Board Chair Heidi Hartmann Steps Down from IWPR Presidency

Launch Event on Entitlement Reform ANNALS Issue Set for November 21

October 20, 2019| AAPSS, ANNALS, News|

An ANNALS Launch Event Co-Sponsored by AEI, Brookings, and AAPSS What do we know about the effectiveness of... Read More → Launch Event on Entitlement Reform ANNALS Issue Set for November 21

AAPSS Inducts Five Distinguished Scholars as 2019 Fellows at Annual Gala

October 17, 2019| AAPSS, Fellows, News|

Watch a video recap of the evening here. On October 3, the AAPSS welcomed five eminent scholars as Fellows of... Read More → AAPSS Inducts Five Distinguished Scholars as 2019 Fellows at Annual Gala

AAPSS Fellow Esther Duflo Awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

October 15, 2019| AAPSS, Fellows, News|

Esther Duflo, the AAPSS 2016 Sir Arthur Lewis Fellow whose work has helped transform antipoverty research and... Read More → AAPSS Fellow Esther Duflo Awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The Academy Remembers Fellow Joan Petersilia

October 9, 2019| AAPSS, Fellows, News|

Joan Petersilia, the 2018 AAPSS Thorsten Sellin Fellow, died of ovarian cancer on September 23 at the age of... Read More → The Academy Remembers Fellow Joan Petersilia

AAPSS Fellow Timothy Smeeding Co-Authors Annual Wisconsin Poverty Study

August 20, 2019| Fellows, News|

For the past eleven years, the Wisconsin Poverty Project has addressed the question of whether families in... Read More → AAPSS Fellow Timothy Smeeding Co-Authors Annual Wisconsin Poverty Study

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