Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
The following Johns Hopkins University experts — political scientists, economists, historians and sociologists — are available for interviews on topics of race, inequality and political movements:
August 17, 2017 Tags: Adam Sheingate, Andrew Cherlin, Black Lives Matter, Christian right, civil rights, conservatives, Daniel Schlozman, inequality, Johns Hopkins University, Kathryn Edin, Lester K. Spence, Nathan Connolly, political movements, race, Stephen L. Morgan, Steven Teles, Vesla Weaver
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
On the cusp of last year’s presidential election, many working class voters who were once staunch Democrats had gone independent, opening the door for a non-traditional Republican candidate, a new Johns Hopkins University study concludes.
August 1, 2017 Tags: Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Democrats, Donald Trump, General Social Survey, Johns Hopkins University, party affiliation, political identity, politics, Republicans, Stephen L. Morgan, voters, working class
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
A “Ferguson effect” likely decelerated arrests in Baltimore well before the April 2015 unrest related to the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, but there is little evidence to suggest it influenced the city’s crime rate, a new report concludes.
March 15, 2016 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Baltimore City, crime, Ferguson effect, Freddie Gray, Johns Hopkins University, Police, Stephen L. Morgan
| Category: Social Sciences
The Affordable Care Act has eroded support for health care spending not just among Republicans, but for Democrats and Independents, a Johns Hopkins University study has found.
September 21, 2015 Tags: Affordable Care Act, General Social Survey, Obamacare, Stephen L. Morgan
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
