Criminal justice data is under-utilized in research despite its high relevance and unique role in the opioid crisis, according to a recent study by Penn State researchers using crime incident data. The study found that opioid-related crime incident rates were positively associated with rates of opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and overdose mortality.
The WorkRise grant funds the 18-month study "Underemployment in the U.S.: Its Distribution and Effects on Workers," which will be led by Lonnie Golden, professor of economics at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校.
A study led by a 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 professor recommends that luxury fashion brand managers segment their consumers by culture and develop different marketing strategies to remedy the loss of sales from counterfeit dominance.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Equity Pedagogy Network increased its reach to four campuses, nine collaborating centers and units and also hosts 130 faculty with about 100 members involved in one of their working groups. Casually referred to as "the Network," the group aims to improve societal outcomes for all students and faculty via improved teaching and learning on equity, 偏见和多样性.
玛丽莎尼科西亚, assistant professor of Renaissance literature at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, has received a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities grant for her research and writing toward a book examining the intertextual links among domestic writing, food culture and early modern English poetry.
This document from a Mrs. 奈特食谱书, housed at the Folger Shakespeare 图书馆 is among the source material 玛丽莎尼科西亚, an assistant professor at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, draws from for her research.
According to the student researchers, colorism offers lighter-skinned individuals greater access to resources and opportunities as well as social advantages.
Penn State researchers are exploring unknown territory when it comes to gambling in the state of 宾西法尼亚. 格伦多, assistant professor of criminal justice at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 and coordinator of the Greater Philadelphia Office of the Criminal Justice Research Center, has been awarded a contract through the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to assess impacts of interactive, online gaming in 宾西法尼亚.
Jivaka.net — the recently-released project of C. 皮尔斯Salguero, associate professor of Asian history and religious studies at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 — is the product of a years-long survey of Buddhist temples and centers located in the Philadelphia area. Much of the research legwork for the site was completed by undergraduate students working with Salguero.
