In The Media

In The Hill,  James Witte writes op-ed, "Why bootleggers and Baptists are resisting change on the southern border"

In The Hill, James Witte writes op-ed, "Why bootleggers and Baptists are resisting change on the southern border"

Forty years ago, economist Bruce Yandle — who is affiliated with George Mason University’s Mercatus Center— used regulatory economics and U.S. alcohol regulation to illustrate why seemingly polar opposites join forces and benefit from the status quo, only in very different ways. This provides a framework for understanding why Washington fails to get anything done to understand the situation on the southern border and immigration policy more broadly.

In the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jim Witte remarks on empathy in NFL response to player's injury

In the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jim Witte remarks on empathy in NFL response to player's injury

Professional male athletes, particularly in the National Football League, have often been held up as the epitome of toxic male masculinity. This is not without good reason. In the past decade, NFL players have been arrested and convicted in cases of domestic violence, driving under the influence, illegal drug charges, involuntary manslaughter and, in the case of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, even murder.

Family ties have long run strong in the ranks of NFL coaches

Family ties have long run strong in the ranks of NFL coaches

IIR Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Marissa Kiss, was interviewed by the Associated Press to discuss nepotism in the NFL. In recent decades immigrants have been underrepresented in the NFL. This is changing and hopefully immigrants along with African Americans will be able to bring their talent to the ranks of NFL coaches.

Personal, intellectual growth highlight graduate’s Mason experience

Personal, intellectual growth highlight graduate’s Mason experience

James Condo is graduating from George Mason University this month with a BA in sociology. Originally from Massillon, Ohio, Condo is a student in the Honors College and has trained in the emerging field of Next System Studies, which involves research into questions of systemic design, change, and movements.

Sociology PhD candidate Sevil Suleymani interviewed about protests in Iran

Sociology PhD candidate Sevil Suleymani interviewed about protests in Iran

Sociology PhD candidate Sevil Suleymani was interviewed for Forbes about the protests in Iran. She will also appear on a panel for the National Women's Studies Association, "Womanhood and Resistance in Iran: From Ongoing Women-Led Protests to the Possibility of a Feminist Revolution."

Applied Research Empowers HBCU to Make Data-Driven Policies to Support Military-Connected Students

Applied Research Empowers HBCU to Make Data-Driven Policies to Support Military-Connected Students

LeNaya Hezel, a student in the Sociology PhD program and higher education specialist at Evocati, a veteran-owned consulting firm, and Barrett Bogue co-author, "The Call to Serve", which is featured in a Washington Post article on February 3, 2022. This report provides data-driven recommendations and peer analysis for Fayetteville State University becoming the leading HBCU to attract, support, and graduate military-connected students. Fayetteville State University used the report in tandem with North Carolina legislation support to offer free tuition to military-connected students. The most significant impact of the report is that its first of its kind. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have often be left out of the higher education discussion on who is serving military-connected students.