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Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Wingfield on antiracism in the workplace

2.6.24

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Harvey Wingfield details experiences from over two hundred Black subjects across professions as she spans the history of racial inequity in professional settings.

Stopping workplace bullying can save lives — especially for marginalized people

2.2.24

Adia Harvey-Wingfield spoke with St. Louis on the Air about a trend of Black women with leadership roles in academia dying unexpectedly and provided recommendations for how to deal with hostile workspaces.

The Glass Cliff Effect and Why Black Women Leaders Are Often "Last In, First Out"

1.30.24

Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of "Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It," discusses her research into the experiences of Black women in leadership positions.

Margit Tavits's Upcoming Book: "Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality"

1.23.24

Professor Margit Tavits and Jae-Hee Jung have a book forthcoming titled “Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality.”

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld on how unions are breaking through

12.18.23

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld quoted in KCUR Radio article

A Chat with the Chair: Prof. David Cunningham Talks Undergraduate Research in Sociology

12.5.23

What historical newspapers can reveal about the spread of racial terror

10.31.23

A new project from two WashU researchers uses digital text mining to examine how historical newspapers contributed to the spread of racial violence and what it means for our modern media landscape.

The workplace revolution

10.31.23

From “quiet quitting” to telecommuting, Arts & Sciences researchers have been at the forefront of groundbreaking research on our new normal.

Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff

10.24.23

At a ceremony and reception held Sept. 11 in Holmes Lounge, members of the Arts & Sciences community gathered to recognize recipients of the annual faculty and staff awards. Each recipient has demonstrated exceptional service to the university through service, leadership, or teaching. Congratulations to all the awardees! 

Two Kling Fellows receive WashU endorsement for prestigious UK scholarships

10.2.23

Two members of the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Research Fellowship, a program of the Center for the Humanities, have been endorsed by Washington University for prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Read on for more on Omaer Naeem’s and Ranen Miao’s educational plans and how the Kling Fellowship prepared them for the intense scholarship competition.

Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

9.5.23

This fall, 16 new researchers and instructors join 6 social science departments in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty! 

Still separate and unequal: How subsidized housing exacerbates inequality

8.28.23

New sociology research from Elizabeth Korver-Glenn in Arts & Sciences finds Black and Latino subsidized renters live in homes with more unsafe conditions while simultaneously paying more, both total cost and relative to their income.