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  Political Nostalgia Predicts Political Outcomes

  Adam Fetterman, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston, is reporting the impact of political nostalgia on future political attitudes.

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  Pandemic Hardship, Recovery Tougher on Houstonians, Texans

  Houstonians and Texans have had a harder time handling the economic, health and educational fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic than the rest of the country, according to a new report by the University of Houston Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality (IRWGS).

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  UH Adaptive Athletics Students Refurbish Disability Sport Wheelchairs for Bangladesh Nonprofit

  With in-person wheelchair sports paused at UH due to the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Cottingham’s adaptive athletics class shifted focus to helping a nonprofit in Bangladesh focused on child and youth development, girls’ empowerment, and life skills development of disabled individuals.

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  What to Do When Not Enough Women and Minorities Apply for a Job: Change the Recruitment Committee

  Amid calls for racial and social justice nationwide, businesses and educational institutions are grappling with how to adopt more inclusive organizational practices, including more diversified hiring. However, recruitment teams and strategic leaders often blame their lack of a diverse workforce on a lack of diverse applicants. A large study of recruitment data suggests a simple and efficient way of increasing diversity in applicant pools: have more diverse recruitment committees and leadership teams.

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  2021 Dean’s Mayoral Internship Program Gives Students Hands-On Experience in Houston City Government

  This summer, seven students in the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) will get the chance to work alongside some of the city’s decision-makers. The interns may even have an opportunity to get a glimpse or rub shoulders with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a graduate of CLASS.

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  Have a Pandemic Plan? Most People Did Not

  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, medical experts have stressed the importance of having a plan in the event of a positive test result. Where should you self-isolate? Do you have personal protective equipment for family members? Who should you notify about your diagnosis? An overwhelming 96% of healthy, educated adults surveyed by University of Houston researchers in the early stages of the pandemic did not have a comprehensive plan in mind, while 62% didn’t have a plan at all.

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  The Job You Want Vs. The Job You Get

  Kevin Hoff, assistant professor of psychology, suggests helping children find ambitious, yet realistic career goals by exposing them to a variety of careers they would not naturally see in their daily lives.  

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  History-Making ROTC Graduate Set to Begin Career in Prestigious Role

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to congratulate Katelyn Kubosh, an ROTC cadet who has made history by becoming UH’s first female cadet to join the U.S. Army Infantry at the rank of lieutenant. Following her recent graduation from the Conrad N. Hilton College with a degree in hospitality management, Lieutenant Kubosh was competitively selected to serve in this combat specialty.

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  UH CLASS Magazine Wins Global Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2021 Circle of Excellence Awards

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to announce that the  Summer 2020 CLASS Magazine, a production of the CLASS Office of Communications, has won the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) 2021 Circle of Excellence Award. On June 9, CASE announced that the magazine issue, which was published in June 2020 and ushered in CLASS Magazine’s eye-catching new digital format, was awarded the  Silver prize in the category of Alumni Relations: Alumni Engagement on a Shoestring

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  Terrorism’s Influence on Media Coverage

  Global terrorist acts such as 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing or the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, were covered in the media for months as stories from each tragedy unfolded over time. A new University of Houston study comparing media attention of certain terrorist organizations finds the more lethal and shocking the attacks, the more newsworthy they are.

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  Preserving U.S. Latino Literature

  Lorena Gauthereau, digital program manager for the University of Houston’s U.S. Latino Digital Humanities program and the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project, has been recognized by The Mellon Foundation for her work recovering U.S. Latino Literature.

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  Research Reaching Houston: UH Addressing Real-World Challenges

  From combatting vaccine hesitancy and forecasting COVID’s economic toll on Houston, to investigating ways to mitigate the impact of hurricanes and flooding, researchers at the University of Houston go beyond the borders of campus to address societal challenges, igniting meaningful change that improves the lives of Houstonians.

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  Elevating African Cichlid Fish as a Scientific Model of Social Disorders

  Beau Alward, University of Houston assistant professor of psychology, who holds a joint appointment in biology and biochemistry and is director of the Social Neuroscience Lab, has received the Beckman Young Investigator Award by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

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