"Countries in the 21st century cannot stand idly by while other countries persecute their sexual minorities. In this bipolar world of some countries celebrating individuality and difference while others appeal to traditionalism, nationalism, and collective identity, the approach to protecting LGBT rights must be multi-layered and global."

FPS Co-Author: Indira Rahman

The Globe Post, April 18, 2019 - link to article 🔓

The aim of the study was to determine the association among genital-anal injury, skin color, skin viscoelasticity, and skin hydration in women following consensual sexual intercourse when controlling for age, smoking history, body mass index (BMI), sun exposure, and health status. We enrolled 341 participants across a variety of self-identified racial and ethnic identities for this prospective cohort study conducted at two study sites. Our findings support the need to develop forensic procedures that are effective in people across the range of skin colors and to interpret forensic findings considering the innate properties of the skin.

This research was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research under awards 1R01NR011589 and 2R01NR005352

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Vol. 66, p. 220-224 - link to article

This report summarizes the findings of an economic field experiment designed to test the effect of erosion information on rural landowners’ willingness to invest in projects that reduce stream bank pollution loads. This is the first step of a larger study connecting information on parcel-level erosion rates to landowner conservation behavior.

Student Co-Author: Jacob Goodkin

Policy Brief - link to article 🔓

Our study groups young women by shared patterns of attitudes about childbearing in order to define "childbearing worldview groups" that share similar ways of thinking. We show that these groupings predict subsequent contraceptive use, and argue that our approach is a novel and productive way to think about population heterogeneity and demographic behavior.

This work was funded by an R03 grant from NIH (NICHD)

Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 81, Issue 5, p. 1144-1161 - link to article

Democracy from Above? addresses the global context of participatory reforms in developing nations. It observes and interprets what happens after greater citizen involvement is mandated in seventeen countries, with close case studies of Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru. The first cross-national comparison on this issue, Democracy from Above? explores whether the reforms effectively redress the persistent problems of discrimination, elite capture, clientelism, and corruption in the countries that adopt them.

Stanford University Press - link to book

‘Honesty and Dissent’ explores strategies of political resistance in Tudor Norwich through an analysis of those who tried to avoid admission to the city’s prestigious Company of St. George. Most pursued a strategy of passive resistance that allowed them to register objections while conforming to expectations of “honest” behavior, thus preserving their standing in the community.

FR/PDF funding support

Urban History, Vol.47, Issue 1, p. 23-40 - link to article

This paper examines support for various forms of democracy within the public. Particular attention is given to "stealth democracy" as an alternative to direct and representative democracy.

Representation, Vol. 55, Issue 1, p. 1-19 - link to article

Extreme weather events can either increase or decrease human migration. The effect of such events on migration depends on household capability and vulnerability to future events.

Climatic Change, Vol. 158 - link to article

This sociological essay proposes an allegory of critical consciousness within the context of our contemporary sociocultural landscape. The role of critical pedagogy in elucidating the relationships between hegemonic ideology and structural oppression is discussed.

Humanity and Society - link to article

This is a history of the building of the F&M campus—buildings and landscapes—since the Board of Trustees acquired the first ten acre parcel of the campus on June 7, 1853.

Student Co-Author: Rachel Sheffield '20

FPS Co-Author: Kostis Kourelis

Franklin & Marshall College - link to book

This work draws on excavation data and radiocarbon estimations from a number of archaeological projects across the southern Lake Titicaca basin to refine our understanding of the timing and pace of changes to decorated ceramic styles. This is important because decorated ceramic styles are the most common proxy for estimating chronology in the archaeology of this region.

Latin American Antiquity, Vol.30, Issue 4, p. 798-817 - link to article 🔓

This essay offers a comparative analysis of how concepts of "modern medicine" emerged in Mexico's northern provinces during the nineteenth century. The research is based on primary documents from archives in Sonora and Nuevo León, Mexico.

Student Collaborator: Michelle Veliz

Latin Americanist, Vol. 63, Issue 4, p. 399-424 - link to article

I show how the most powerful Western private military companies (aka "mercenaries") have been acquired by private equity firms (a particular type of short-term, profit maximization firms). I then argue that this trend is further evidence that the world order is headed away from the nation-state system to one characterized as "durable disorder."

Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol. 31, Issue 31, p. 106-130 - link to article

In this work we focus on formerly incarcerated individuals who have obtained (or are in process of obtaining) their college degree. Our preliminary findings indicate that these individuals have a higher level of confidence explaining and separating from their criminal history while seeking entry to employment.

Prison Education and Engaged Scholarship Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 2019

Regional characteristics in early American furniture are essential strategies of identifying and interpreting anonymous examples. Correct identification of a few pieces of furniture require more complex and detailed examination.

Antiques and Fine Arts, Vol. 18, Issue. 2, p. 96-103 - link to article 🔓