A review of Title IX and the impact of the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter on sexual assault reporting policies: Evidence from Massachusetts This paper examines Title IX sexual harassment and assault reporting and investigations as a function of the release of the Dear Colleague Letter in 2011. Since then, many policies have been shaped...

Just got the notification that our article is out. It started as Justine's capstone and I'm so very proud of her hard work on it.

A review of Title IX and the impact of the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter on sexual assault reporting policies: Evidence from Massachusetts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very excited to share our article on #AI use in California #wildfire preparedness, response, and containment
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Happy Earth Day. In spirit, come join us at lunch today for our @naspaa SDG committee webinar on how to start and grow your career in sustainability. Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from noon-1pm EDT via Zoom odu.zoom.us/j/9238269686...

Please join us and spread the word, especially with your students. www.naspaa.org/events/webin...

It must be MPSA time if this is the weather. Who’s here, friends?

✨ Join us in celebrating this incredible team for being honored with the Best Article of 2025 by the ASPA LGBTQ Section! Congratulations! @sethjmeyer.bsky.social @nickanguelov.bsky.social & Sam Larson

Keeping the academy queer: Lessons from the queer community for the future of public affairs education Academics are becoming more thoughtful on where they want to live as the culture war on queerness has entered higher education. Universities, in order to recruit the best and the brightest, need to...

My article with Sam Larson & @nickanguelov.bsky.social in @jpaejournal.bsky.social "Keeping the academy queer: Lessons from the queer community for the future of public affairs education" was awarded the Best Article of 2025 from the ASPA LGBTQ Section.
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Associate Professor Nikolay Anguelov receives $1.1M grant to research sustainable fashion and greenwashing in the textile industry Public policy professor and leading fast fashion researcher receives funding from the Hong Kong Research Council for three-year investigation into the sustainability efforts of clothing companies

Reflecting on 15 years now of analyzing the issue. Watched as the Millennials flocked to H&M & Zara, then the Zillennials to Boohoo & Uniqlo, now the Alphas worship at the altars of SHEIN & TAMU. 3 generations lost to recycling lies & greenwashing promises. www.umassd.edu/news/2025/ni...

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”

What is happening to science!?
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LGBTQIA+ community in the age of Trump Hello everyone.

This week in my free weekly newsletter, The Queer Friendly Nonprofit, I talk about the community in the age of Trump. With a shitton of new executive orders these past few days, I focus on what individuals can do. This is based on a talk I am giving tonight
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Estonia to build largest textile recycling facility in Baltics - Apparel Insider Spread the loveSILLAMÄE – A major textile recycling centre is planned for Sillamäe, a town in eastern Estonia, which is set to become the largest facility of its kind in the Baltic region. This projec...

It's behind a paywall, I get that, but what's important to note is how much such facilities cost - hundreds of millions and that government financing is what's funding them - not the private sector. Meanwhile, in the US... well, you know apparelinsider.com/estonia-to-b...

Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success

Waking up to an R&R 🥳

And sadly, now the GAO has jumped on the recycling wagon. For over a decade now, all we read is reports focusing on apparel waste, not wasteful over production, asking us to recycle, without telling the truth - clothes can't really be recycled. files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...

So, I just learned that I'll be presenting at MPSA on my 50th birthday, which is quite fitting actually. So, who's going to be there buying me drinks?

Shein faces parliamentary scrutiny over supply chain transparency - Apparel Insider Spread the loveLONDON – A Shein representative avoided directly answering a British parliamentary committee’s inquiries on Tuesday regarding whether the fast-fashion retailer sources cotton from China...

The whole hearing was a farce of blatant not answering any questions by perfectly trained not to say anything apartchiks.

Shein faces parliamentary scrutiny over supply chain transparency apparelinsider.com/shein-faces-...

Awesome! Let me know if/when y'all get into the international sphere. Currently working on a book on the spread of "illicit cultural globalization" (Western-generated cultural content) in powerful authoritarian dictatorships (China, Russia, North Korea) as political resistance.

Bankers Find Way to Claim Credit for Avoided Emissions Bankers will soon be able to claim credit for emissions they say their financing has helped avoid, as the world’s largest voluntary carbon accounting framework for the finance industry works on broade...

"Avoided emissions?" That's some creative greenwashing bull right there. Whatever will they think of next...
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