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First, we want to acknowledge that many of us are continuing to suffer in a variety of ways right now--and with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, these hardships may be increased for some. Please know that we are grateful for each of you and hope that this finds you doing as well as can be. If you feel so inclined, please read on for some updates regarding our research and our team.
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HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US!
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RPLP is celebrating 10 years and wants to hear from you!
The Religion and Public Life Program is celebrating its ten-year anniversary this fall 2020 with an anniversary video, and we are looking for participants. If you have worked with us in the past, attended events, or simply followed our work from afar over the past 10 years, please consider submitting a video. We will be compiling these and sharing the full version before the end of the year.
Please consider filming a brief video responding to one of the following prompts:
- What have you learned about research on religion from RPLP?
- What do you consider to be the RPLP’s greatest achievement in the past 10 years?
- What has your experience with RPLP helped you accomplish in your work or personal life?
A few guidelines:
- Film with a horizontal orientation, in wide-screen format.
- Submit your video as an mp4 file.
- Video should be one minute or less.
- If you'd like, start with a brief introduction. For example, “My name is Jane Smith and I regularly attend RPLP events.”
- Deadline to submit your video: Monday, November 30.
- Upload your video file here: https://rice.app.box.com/f/6bc27106e7c74090a627ea8d81ce4ef4.
Thank you for celebrating this important anniversary with us!
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A global pandemic is a very, very interesting time to be a sociologist, so I’ve really relished the opportunity to be a part of such a robust social science research enterprise during this time. The skills and perspectives that I’ve been able to gain through my work at RPLP are helpful when thinking about this crisis on a macro level. Being able to contribute to RPLP’s ongoing COVID-related research helps me to feel that I have a role, however small, in both documenting this historic moment and making things better for the future. ... Continue reading Rose's story on our website.
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— ROSE KANTORCZYK
Rice University '20
RPLP undergraduate student fellow, 2019-2020
RPLP post-baccalaureate researcher, 2020-present
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IS THE MARKET PERCEIVED TO BE CIVILIZING OR DESTRUCTIVE? - The increased salience of science commercialization is forcing scientists to address this question. In this article, RPLP fellows analyze survey data from biologists and physicists nested within academic organizations, which are nested within the following regions: France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, and the US. Learn more on our website here.
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FELLOW INVITED TO PRESENT RESEARCH - Earlier this month, RPLP graduate student fellow Jauhara Ferguson was invited to present her research to 30 graduate students during a session of their "Islam in America" class. The course, conducted remotely, is offered by Emory University's Masters of Theological Studies program.
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POLARIZED SCIENTISTS? - Findings from this recently published article suggest that, indeed, the science‐religion interface holds political meaning for scientists, but in different ways across the political spectrum. Findings also point to the critical role of politics in shaping scientists’ attitudes and identities, which may have implications for the scientific enterprise, both at the lab bench and in the political sphere.
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NEW EPISODES COMING 2021 -
Religion Unmuted, our recently launched podcast, is what religion sounds like with women's voices turned up. Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our new episodes that we'll be releasing in early 2021. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or listen to the latest episode here.
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