08-2024

Professor Kenneth Miller, Director of CMC’s Rose Institute of State and Local Government, analyzed the significance of California congressional races in determining control of Congress despite its traditional Democratic lean during presidential elections in an op-ed co-authored with Quinten Carney ’26,  a Rose Institute research analyst. 

08-2024

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars featured President Hiram Chodosh in “College Professors of Civic Preparedness.” “Societal divisions threaten the mutual understanding, shared norms of behavior, and commitments that are so vital to the resilience of our democracy. Mending these divisions is not only a challenge of policy and politics. It is an educational imperative,” he said.

08-2024

Bloomberg published an opinion piece  by Professor Minxin Pei, "U.S.-China Rivalry Is Destabilizing the Middle East." The piece explores the tense relations between the U.S. and China and how these tensions affect the Middle East's stability. Pei argues that as the U.S. shifts its focus toward China and reduces its involvement in the Middle East, China is exploiting the resulting power vacuum by supporting Iran.

08-2024

RadioWest interviewed Professor Nicholas Buccola, author of The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America. Buccola provided expert analysis on the impact of the infamous University of Cambridge debate between Baldwin and Buckley about whether the American Dream had been achieved at the expense of Black Americans.

07-2024

Professor Minxin Pei was quoted in The Federalist discussing the negative impacts of President Xi Jinping’s centralization of power on China’s economy. The article highlights the conjectured weight of internal over external actors when assessing China’s recent economic hurdles.

07-2024

Professor Nita Kumar was recognized as a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship to explore gender hierarchies and historical changes in 20th-century India. Kumar was selected from nearly 3,000 applicants based on her distinguished career and the relevance of her research.