A masked American soldier withstands a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo by Brain Myhr. Maggy Zanger of the Department of Journalism argued that "U.S. Troops Must Not Withdraw" in an article published in the Arizona Daily Star.
SBS IN THE NEWS
Many of the stories in the news — the Presidential election, the Iraq war, global warming, Alzheimer’s disease, immigration, violence in the media — are related to research done in SBS. Below are some examples of faculty research in recent news:
ANTHROPOLOGY
“Climate Change Rocked Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago”
NewKerala.com, India
Mark Aldenderfer
“Modern Humans Moved from Africa 5,000 Years Earlier than Believed”
KVOA-TV News
Vance T. Holliday
“Stone Age Feminism? Females Joining Hunt May Explain Neanderthals’ End”
Boston Globe
Steven L. Kuhn and Mary Stiner
“The Skinny on ‘Fat Talk’”
Dallas Morning News
Mimi Nichter
COMMUNICATION
“New Book Examines Communication and Aging”
Medical News Today
Jake Harwood
“TV Station Ownership, Kid Shows Linked”
USA Today
Dale Kunkel
“Psychologists Seek Strict Guidelines for Fast-Food Ads”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dale Kunkel
“For Lonely Hearts, 1 Can Be an Unhealthy Number”
USA Today
Chris Segrin
GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
“Website Checks Your Home’s Climate Change Risk”
USA Today
Andrew Comrie
“Green Building”
KUAT
Planning Degree Program
“Could Climate Change Herald Mass Migration?”
Toronto Star
Christopher Scott
“Ancient ‘Megadroughts’ Struck US West, Could Happen Again”
National Geographic
Connie Woodhouse
JOURNALISM
“Latinos in the Media”
La Buena Onda 1190 AM-KNUV-Phoenix
Celeste González de Bustamante
“Sound the Alarm on These Intruders”
Arizona Daily Star
Kevin R. Kemper
LINGUISTICS
“Native Voices Symposium: a Three Day Gathering”
Arizona Daily Star
Ofelia Zepeda
MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
“A Grim Summer Routine in Arizona’s Deadly Desert”
Scripps News, DC
Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith
PHILOSOPHY
“Ethical Choices”
NPR ‘Talk of the Nation’
Rachana Kamtekar
POLITICAL SCIENCE
“Democratic Shift Could Bring Political Changes, Some Say”
Arizona Daily Star
John Garcia
“Bill Adds Fuel to Flames in a Divided Border State”
Tuscaloosa News
Edward J. Williams
“Project Vote Smart: Web Site Helps Voters Keep Eye On State Lawmakers”
KVOA-TV
William Dixon
SPOTLIGHT: Men talk as much as women
UA Psychology Professor Matthias Mehl’s research, published in Science, challenged the notion that women talk significantly more than men. The findings generated an overwhelming response from news organizations worldwide.
Mehl made appearances on “Good Morning America,” “MSNBC News Live,” National Public Radio and many other news programs, and his research was cited in The New York Times, USA Today and hundreds of newspapers around the world.
SPOTLIGHT: Energy efficiency reason for evolution of upright walking
Anthropology Professor David Raichlen was part of a team that provided support for the hypothesis that walking on two legs, or bipedalism, evolved because it used less energy than quadrupedal knucklewalking. Their research was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The findings received international news coverage.
SPOTLIGHT: Journalism professor has best-selling book
In his best-selling and critically acclaimed book The World Without Us, Journalism Professor Alan Weisman looks at how the planet would respond if humans suddenly disappeared.
The World Without Us was named by TIME magazine, as well as Entertainment Weekly, as the #1 nonfiction book of 2007. The book has been on The New York Times bestseller list since late July and is listed among Amazon.com’s bestsellers. The book’s popularity landed Weisman interviews with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and Matt Lauer of the Today Show.
NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
“Scholar: Jesus Tomb ‘Publicity Stunt’”
Tucson Citizen
William Dever
“Turkish Scholar Challenges Penal Code”
Chronicle of Higher Education
Elif Shafak
“Bush Seeks Permanent Military Bases in Iraq”
New American Media
Charles Smith
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
“Drought in the Southwest, Borderlands, and the Colorado River Basin”
CBC Radio One
Margaret Wilder
“A Call for Citizen Empowerment”
American Scientist
Sylvia Tesh
“Militarization of the Border”
Channel 7, WXYZ-TV
Scott Whiteford
JUDAIC STUDIES
“Israeli Affairs, the Middle East, and Iran”
New York Times
Shlomo Aronson
“UA Hosts ‘Dignified’ Religious Dialogue Series”
Tucson Citizen
David Graizbord
“UA Prof Offers A Look at the Other Jesus Christ”
Arizona Daily Star
Ed Wright
BARA (Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology)
“Biodiesel Project To Fuel Border Fire Engines”
Arizona Daily Star
Diane Austin
“Universities Create Partnership to Improve Disaster Risk
Management”
AllAfrica.com
Tim Finan
“Time Catches Up with Hopi-Language Savior”
Arizona Daily Star
Emory Sekaquaptewa
PSYCHOLOGY
“Inside the Terrorist Brain”
WCBD-TV, SC
John Allen
“Doctors Discuss Theories on Aging Brains”
Los Angeles Times
Carol Barnes
“Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Opening Up About Depression”
The Wall Street Journal
Connie Beck
“New Clues about Parkinson’s and Impulsiveness”
The Associated Press
Michael Frank
“Study: Naptime Could Help Infants Learn”
NBC4-TV
Rebecca Gomez and Lynn Nadel
“Research Tries to Measure How We Find Life’s Meaning”
Chicago Tribune
Jeff Greenberg
“Speed of Thought Guides Brain’s Memory Consolidation”
Life Science Weekly
Bruce McNaughton
“Breaking Up is Hard to Do, But Need It Destroy You?”
Arizona Daily Star
David Sbarra
SIRLS (School of Info. Resources & Library Science)
“Estudiaran Rendimiento de Alumnos en Studio”
Arizona Daily Star
Patricia Montiel Overall
“Literacy Grant Helps Add to School Library”
Arizona Republic
SOCIOLOGY
“The Importance of Friendship”
Portsmouth Herald News
“Studies from UA have Provided New Information about Terrorism”
Bioterrorism Week
A.J. Bergesen
“Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs”
International Herald Tribune, France
Kieran Healy
“Women on Wall Street Are Getting Short-Changed”
Smartmoney.com
Louise Marie Roth
SOUTHWEST CENTER
“Naturalist-author is Coming Home to Southern Arizona”
Arizona Daily Star
Gary Nabhan, Joe Wilder, David Yetman
“Cactus Book a Must for Desert Lovers”
The Desert Sun
David Yetman
SIROW
(Southwest Institute for Research on Women)
“Providing Help in Labor Rights for Women”
Tucson Citizen
“UA Offers Teen Substance Abuse Program”
Latino Perspectives
“Buscan Tartar a Jovenes Con Problemas de Drogas”
Arizona Daily Star
WOMEN’S STUDIES
“Baby Doe Tabor: The Madwoman in the Cabin”
Arizona Illustrated
Judy Nolte Temple
For more information, contact Lori Harwood at 520-626-3846 • Editor