Joshua Liashenko (Sociology) gave a presentation titled, "Equipping the Next Generation: Designing an Anthropology Program to Empower Student Anthropologists," at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

Mohammad Izaqzadeh's (Political Science) dissertation, titled "Coping with War Through God," received an honorable mention for the Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award, presented by the American Political Science Association's Religion and Politics section.

Hilmi Ulas (Peace and Justice Studies) presented three papers and chaired one session at the Association for Borderlands Studies 2026 Conference.

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley (Health, Humanities, and Environmental Studies) was invited to present her work at a workshop at Brown University, "Medical Technology: Science, Medicine, Healing and Global Health in African History."

Dr. Charissa Threat (History) participated in "The ABWH Booklist: A Discussion of Black Women's Historiography" at the 110th meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

ChapmanU Professor Samantha Dressel (English) co-led "Bringing Texts to Life," a practical pedagogy workshop for teaching early modern literature and materials.

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ChapmanU Professor Jillian Warren (Art) presented Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities-funded research outcomes in a peer-reviewed workshop, "FutureCraft: Tools for Rethinking, Reframing, and Remaking Tomorrow," at Play Make Learn 2025.

ChapmanU Professor Jean Chen Ho (English) has been appointed the 2025 Author-in-Residence of UCLA's English department.

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Life Course and Cohort Patterns in Screen Time Among School-Aged Children in the United States To assess the independent effects of lifecycle (age), historical (period), and generational (cohort) differences that influence the trends in extreme …

ChapmanU Professor Ashley Kranjac (Sociology) co-published a peer-reviewed journal article titled "Life course and cohort patterns in screen time among school-aged children in the United States."

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ChapmanU Professor Andrea Molle's (Political Science) preprint of a submitted article, "Hearts, Minds, and Explosives: Modeling Civilian Loyalty Dynamics in Irregular Warfare" is currently under review.

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Hilmi Ulas (Peace and Justice Studies) published an article titled "Theorizing belonging along the identity-border-order axes of North Cyprus" in the Q1 journal Territory, Politics, Governance.

'It helped to feel like you’re not alone.' The five friends who wrote their books together at Little Dom's For years, Jade Chang, Angela Flournoy, Aja Gabel, Jean Chen Ho and Xuan Juliana Wang met for regular work sessions at the cozy Italian American restaurant on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz.

ChapmanU Professor Jean Chen Ho (English) published an article on her novel-writing group, "It helped to feel like you're not alone.' The five friends who wrote their books together at Little Dom's" in the Los Angeles Times.

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ChapmanU Professors Fred Smoller (Political Science) and Michael Moodian (Leadership Studies) signed a contract with the University of Toronto Press for their book, "The Politics of Climate Change."

ChapmanU Professor Ian Barnard (English) was interviewed in an issue of the journal Composition Forum (Volume 56, Fall 2025) titled, "You Have to Take a Stand: An Interview with Ian Barnard."

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A series of artworks by ChapmanU Professor Micol Hebron (Art) were included in an exhibition, "An Eye for AI Cinema," in conjunction with the Bergen International Film Festival.

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ChapmanU Professor Minju Kwon (Political Science) and alum Bryan Molina (Peace and Justice Studies '24, Wilkinson College Research Fellows) received the "Best Faculty Paper" award from the International Studies Association (ISA) West.

ChapmanU Professor Robert Guyker (Sociology) co-edited Mathias Guenther's "Mythology of the San Bushmen of South Africa," and serves as a series editor.

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Populist voting beyond western borders? Populist attitudes and electoral behaviour in East Asia Literature suggests that traces of populist rhetoric can be found also in Asia. However, the issue of populism at the citizen level in this context remains open. While we know that populist attitud...

ChapmanU Professor Lewis Luartz (Political Science) published an academic journal article on populist attitudes towards party support in East Asia in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.

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ChapmanU Professor Hilmi Ulas (Peace and Justice Studies) gave a presentation, "An Ontological (in)Security Approach to the Complex Social-Psychology of Cypriots towards Syrian Migrants," at International Studies Association West.

ChapmanU Professor Mohammad Isaqzadeh's (Political Science) dissertation, "Coping with War Through God," received an honorable mention for the Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award in the Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association.

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ChapmanU Professor Shira Klein (History) received the Jewish Liberation Fund grant of $10,000 for Academics for Peace, a project that brings college professors to social media to provide evidence-driven information on Palestine/Israel.

Questioning AI, Louffa Press Anthology Book Launch YouTube video by Bureau of General Services—Queer Division

ChapmanU Professor Rebecca Goodman (English) read her short story, "Pensione," at the publication celebration for the anthology, "Questioning AI."

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ChapmanU Professor Jillian Warren (Art) presented FGRSC-funded research outcomes in a peer-reviewed workshop, "FutureCraft: Tools for Rethinking, Reframing, and Remaking Tomorrow," at Play Make Learn 2025.

ChapmanU Professor Hannah Ridge (Political Science) published an article, "Illiberalism in Israeli Public Opinion."

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Age–period–cohort effects of adult cigarette smoking in the United States, 1971–2020 - Scientific Reports The rates of cigarette use among American adults have dropped substantially throughout the last six decades, yet smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. It is crucial to identify the putative time-varying population-level factors of age, period, and cohort that influenced the decrease in smoking prevalence so we can maintain the downward trend. We used 49 years of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and hierarchical age–period–cohort (HAPC) analysis to examine lifecycle, historical, and generational distribution of smoking among Americans aged 18–74 years old. The prevalence of smoking has declined tremendously from 1971 to 2020 because American adults over the age of ~ 27 had a lower probability of cigarette use, but the rates of decrease have been unequal among birth cohorts. We uncovered the putative temporal contributors to population-level decreases in the prevalence of current smoking among American adults over the last nearly fifty years. Policy-makers ought to prioritize tobacco control efforts that focus on young adults, and should address the cohort-specific challenges in order to maintain the downward trend in smoking prevalence and further reduce the number of preventable premature deaths due to cigarette use.

ChapmanU Professor Ashley Kranjac (Sociology) published a peer-reviewed journal article, "Age-period-cohort effects of adult cigarette smoking in the United States, 1971-2020" in Scientific Reports/ Nature.

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Terrorism and Political Violence Publishes research on terrorism and political violence, including the political meaning of terrorist activity, organized crime and the impact on human rights.

Andrea Molle's (Political Science) peer-reviewed article, "The Mathematics of Political Mayhem: A Computational Model for Predicting Stochastic Violence," was published in Terrorism and Political Violence.

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ChapmanU Professor Hilmi Ulas (Peace and Justice Studies) gave a presentation titled "Borders and Identity in Cyprus" at the International Studies Association West.

Art & Science Collide Meet a few of the featured artists from the Getty’s 2024 Southern California art event PST ART.

Fiona Shen (Escalette Permanent Art Collection) was interviewed on the PBS documentary "Art and Science Collide," discussing the ideas behind the exhibition part of the Getty PST Art and Science Initiative.

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ChapmanU Professor Charissa Threat (History) gave a talk titled: "Black Nurses, Military Service, and the Double-V Campaign During WWII" at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.

Publisher's Weekly described ChapmanU Professor Tom Zoellner's (English) book, The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running For Freedom in the American Civil War, as a work that "persuasively paints emancipation as a grassroots event."

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