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  • Urban Housing Documentary at Cinefest

    Head over to GSU’s very own movie theater, Cinefest, this week to see “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth”. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative...
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    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Economics
    • Film & Media
  • NEW! Economist Intelligence Unit Country Data

      The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is a leader in country research.  Country information is collected and forecasting models are created by a network of...
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    • Economics
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  • Labor History Presentation on 2/16/12

    Americans are heavily focused on the economy right now, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the tax rates of presidential candidates. Globalization, deindustrialization and...
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    • Communication
    • Economics
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  • GSU Sociology Professor researching Social Support in Young Adults

    Check out GSU Sociology Professor Mathew Gayman‘s recent research: Gayman, Mathew,D., R. J. Turner, Andrew M. Cislo and A. H. Eliassen. 2011. “Early Adolescent Family...
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  • Be It Ever So Humble…Sociologists Research “Sense of Place” among Atlanta Public Housing Residents

    Check out recent research by GSU Sociology Professors Griff Tester, Erin Ruel, Donald Reitzes, Deidre Oakley, and GSU graduate student Angela Anderson: Tester, G., Ruel,...
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  • “Not in Georgia: Combating Human Sex Trafficking” Conference at GSU

    To observe National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Georgia Department of Education is hosting the following conference on Georgia State University’s campus: Not...
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  • Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child?

    Check out GSU Sociology Professor Kathleen Roche’s recently-published research: Roche, K. M., Ghazarian, S. R., Little, T. D., & Leventhal, T. (2011). Understanding links between...
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  • New Resource: Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest: Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975

    The GSU Library now has access to Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest, a new collection of primary sources on the history of American...
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    • African American Studies
    • Communication
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  • New Resource: SimplyMap

    The University Library now offers access to SimplyMap, a user-friendly mapping and social science data resource.  SimplyMap provides access to thousands of variables including demographic,...
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    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Criminal Justice
  • What is Family? GSU Sociology Professor’s Research on Polyamory

    Check out GSU Sociology Professor Elisabeth Sheff‘s most recently published research: Sheff, E. (2011). Polyamorous families, same-sex marriage, and the slippery slope. Journal Of Contemporary...
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    • Anthropology
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    • Faculty Publications and Research
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