Ongoing 2021 Spring

FACULTY [IN THE MEDIA]

LINDA CHATTERS coauthored an op-ed for Bridge Michigan, writing “We urge the State of Michigan to recognize the role economic disinvestment and institutional racism have played in heightening the risk of COVID-19 infection.”

Linda Chatters

LISA FEDINA’S article exploring how economic factors related to housing, food and health care affect survivors of sexual assault was included in American Psychological Association Journals Article Spotlight.

TERRI FRIEDLINE discussed how government relief affects small-dollar loans with Morning Consult.

Terri Friedline

• TERRI FRIEDLINE’S research on racialized costs of banking was highlighted in a New America story, “Blacks and Latinos say they pay higher bank fees — research suggests they’re right.”

AYESHA GHAZI EDWIN was a featured activist in i.Detroit.

KARLA GOLDMAN’S reflections on Hurricane Katrina and its connections to the pandemic appeared in Jewish Philanthropy.

Ayesha Ghazi Edwin

• KARLA GOLDMAN discussed how the economic disruptions of the coronavirus add to the woes that have been threatening the viability of the historic institutions and programs that support Reform Judaism with Forward.

ADDIE WEAVER and JOSEPH HIMLE’S research “A Systematic Review of RuralSpecific Barriers to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the United States” was referenced in The Atlantic.

Karla Goldman

SHAWNA LEE’S real-time research last year on how the pandemic affected parents and children and their mental health was prominently featured in a number of media outlets including the New York Times, the Detroit Free Press and WDET. In addition to having her research cited, she was also featured on NPR’s Here and Now and the Michigan Minds podcast.

ROGÉRIO M. PINTO spoke to MLive about how protests can be a powerful strategy to enact change.

KRISTEN SEEFELDT spoke with Michigan station WLNS about U-M Poverty Solutions’ Michigan poverty and well-being map.

LUKE SHAEFER was quoted in the New York Times twice: on the government’s coronavirus economic relief, and on how low-income families often bear the brunt of the pain in natural disasters and large-scale emergencies, saying: “They tend to be the first hit when things go wrong and then also to take the longest time to recover.”

ROBERT JOSEPH TAYLOR was quoted in Salon and CNN about COVID discussions missing older Black adults. “People are talking about the race disparity in COVID deaths, they’re talking about the age disparity, but they’re not talking about how race and age disparities interact: They’re not talking about older Black adults.”

Rogério M. Pinto

Robert Joseph Taylor

LISA WEXLER discussed suicide prevention in remote Alaskan communities with Alaska Public Media.

BRAD ZEBRACK’S research on psychosocial care of young adults with cancer was cited in the New York Times.

Anao Zhang

ANAO ZHANG conversed with the Center for Disease Control about hopefulness, mental health, and wellness counseling being vital for young Asian American cancer survivors.

ROLAND ZULLO spoke with the Detroit Free Press about the Detroit public school teachers’ coronavirus pandemic “safety” strike.

Roland Zullo

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