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SIS NEWS
September 2024
 
A Top-10 School for International Relations
ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 Foreign Policy Rankings
SIS students and faculty at NATO HQ
NEWS
What We Did This Summer
Obama Chesky Voyager Scholars
STUDENT SUCCESS
Fantastic Voyage: Three Eagles land Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship
Barbara Duncombe
ALUMNI
Shaping a Career Through Grit and Perseverance
Hansong Li
FACULTY
SIS Welcomes Hansong Li 
Sarah Khan
FACULTY
SIS Welcomes Sarah Khan
How to Get a Job in International Affairs
PODCAST
Sara Jones on How to Get a Job in International Affairs 
Civil Rights
NEWS
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Act, 60 Years Later
In the News
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arrow Rebecca Cheptegei Death Spotlights Violence Against Women in Africa
SIS professor Nina Yamanis joined Voice of America on 9/5 to discuss the rise of violence against women in Africa following the death of Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei.      
arrow Four Ways Schools Can Help Students Learn to Disagree Respectfully
SIS professor Jordan Tama was featured in EducationWeek on 8/26 to share advice on how schools can foster respectful discussions and disagreements.
arrow Diaries of Mao's Secretary at the Center of a Legal Battle Over the History of Modern China  
SIS professor Joseph Torigian discussed the ongoing legal battle over the diary of a former top Chinese official in a 8/25 article from NBC.  
arrow Cuba Embargo Backers Lose Advocate with Resignation of Menendez
SIS professor emeritus Philip Brenner was quoted in a 8/21 Roll Call article where he discussed the resignation of New Jersey senator Bob Menendez and its implications for US-Cuba relations.
arrow Another Attempt to Broker an Israel-Hamas Cease-fire
SIS professor Boaz Atzili was featured in a 8/15 Voice of America International Edition episode discussing the latest updates in the Israel-Hamas negotiation process.  
Research highlights
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arrow Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan
A new article in the American Political Science Review co-authored by SIS professor Sumitra Badrinathan asks: "Can reducing the credibility of rumors via corrections decrease support for vigilantism?"
arrow How Debt and Taxes Conspired to Rob Nairobi’s Slum-Dwelling Youth of the Promise of a Better Life
SIS professor Angela Pashayan wrote an article for The Conversation discussing the anti-government protests that took place in Nairobi this summer.    
arrow Bangladesh’s Protests Explained: What Led to PM’s Ouster and the Challenges that Lie Ahead 
SIS professor Tazreena Sajjad analyzed the protests in Bangladesh that led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation in an article for The Conversation.
arrow Samantha Agarwal and Yang Zhang Receive ASA Distinguished Article Honorable Mention
The American Sociological Association's Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements named SIS postdoctoral fellow Samantha Agarwal and SIS professor Yang Zhang as co-honorable mentions for its Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award.
arrow Polarization and US Foreign Policy
A new book edited by SIS professor Jordan Tama and Gordon Friedrichs from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law examines the relationship between increasing polarization and US foreign policy.

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