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Recently at ISG
- Danielle Carr’s Teaching Strategies Featured in New York Magazine
In “The Race to Keep Cheating,” Danielle Carr’s teaching strategies are highlighted regarding teaching in the age of AI. - New LARB Article By Terence Keel
In his Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) article “Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics,” Terence argues that eugenic ideas continue to shape public understanding of deaths involving police violence. He contends that marginalized victims are often portrayed as responsible for their own deaths, obscuring state accountability. - Nicholas Shapiro’s New Publication in PLOS ONE
Congratulations to Carceral Ecologies Lab (Directed by Nicholas Shapiro) for their new publication “Death by incarceration: Detention duration, overdose, and COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Jails, 2008–2023” in PLOS ONE.
Student Spotlight
Hyojung Kim and Elise Whitlinger (HBS ’26)
We would like to share our latest spotlight to ISG undergraduate students Hyojung Kim and Elise Whitlinger (HBS ’26) for receiving the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity Award for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award.
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Affiliate Achievements
Derek W. Ren (HBS Class of ’24)
We would like to share our latest highlight from one of our alumni, Derek W. Ren (HBS ’24), for receiving a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.