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The Winston-Salem Symphony announces newly elected directors
Christopher Gyves, adjunct professor at the Wake Forest School of Law, is one of four newly-elected directors for the Winston-Salem Symphony Class of 2020.
June 25, 2020
WGHP
Experts weigh in on 2020 North Carolina races amid pandemic
“One thing is, people assess their governors in a different way than they might assess their senators or their house members. For one thing, voters see their governors a lot more than they see their congressional members,” Wake Forest political scientist John Dinan said. “The advantage of a governor running in a difficult, crisis time is the chance to show crisis leadership.”
June 24, 2020
Click Orlando
Is it legal to require face mask use during a pandemic? Experts say yes, but here’s the catch
Wake Forest politics professor John Dinan, a leading national expert on federalism, said “state governments actually possess more power than the federal government in responding to a health crisis. State governments can issue shelter-in-place orders and close or open businesses and schools – powers that can only be exercised by state and not federal officials.”
June 22, 2020
Mongabay
British Columbia poised to lose ‘white rhino of old growth forests’
Wake Forest journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay writes: A recently elected progressive government in British Columbia is weighing its policy options as it negotiates a new provincial forest plan, trying to satisfy the dire need for forestry jobs and a growing economy, while conserving old growth forests which store large amounts of carbon as a hedge against climate disaster. The outcome is uncertain.
June 22, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Protesters shut down University Parkway in Winston-Salem
Brittany Battle, a protest organizer, said that the city’s continuing protests have become a movement. “This is necessary for sustained pressure on the city, the state and nationally,” Battle said. “Thank you for showing up in the middle of a pandemic. It’s hot out here.” Battle is an assistant professor of sociology at Wake Forest.
June 22, 2020
Forbes
Strong father-daughter relationships lead to healthier, happier women
According to Linda Nielsen, professor of adolescent and educational psychology at Wake Forest, daughters who had strong relationships with their fathers growing up (no matter their economic or educational background, race or religion) get better grades, go on to make more money, and are more emotionally resilient as adults than peers who did not.
June 21, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest history professor Anthony S. Parent Jr., said that Black parents have historical and societal reasons to warn their children. “They raised sons to exercise caution when in the presence of the police to avoid arrest which could lead to a beating and a record.…Parents now warn their children to keep your hands in plain sight on the steering wheel or the dashboard when stopped by the police.”
June 20, 2020
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges get an F on the ‘F’ factor
Strong relationships with their fathers can empower female students, yet colleges often aren’t adequately attuned to them and overlook their importance, writes Linda Nielsen, a professor in the education department at Wake Forest. She is a nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships. “Supporting the “father factor” can give women students’ mental health a much-needed boost. And it can also offer professors and staff members another valuable resource to help deal with the challenges that lie ahead for themselves and their students in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 19, 2020
Associated Press
Georgia lawmakers push hate-crime bill in wake of Ahmaud Arbery shooting
Georgia’s lieutenant governor is proposing his own version of hate crimes, calling on lawmakers to protect broad categories from bias crimes. While many states include some of those crimes, Wake Forest law professor Kami Chavis said Duncan’s proposal is “very broad.” She said she fears the issues of race, religion and sexual orientation that she sees as the top reasons for hate crimes protection get lost amid long lists of protected classes. “It’s hard,” said Chavis. “You’re in a line-drawing game.”
June 18, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges say they can reopen safely. But will students follow the rules?
Wake Forest has brought together a group of students to craft a “student compact” that is designed to guide student behavior off campus and in other scenarios where faculty and staff members aren’t around. Some of those involved are student leaders, but Adam Goldstein, dean of students and associate vice president, said he also wanted to involve “social influencers” — a broad network of students who can hold one another accountable in dorms, off-campus apartments, and fraternity parties. “When we talk about off-campus parties, it’s going to be incumbent on other students saying, I’m not going to go, or if we’re going to have a gathering, it’s going to operate this way,”
June 16, 2020
The Washington Post
Religious right laments Supreme Court ruling
“It is interesting that the Supreme Court was able to stick together in the ruling because it basically bracketed those hard-fought questions about religious exemptions,” said Melissa Rogers, who served as a faith-based programs adviser to President Barack Obama and is now a visiting professor at the Wake Forest School of Divinity.
June 16, 2020
WGHP
Experts warn of deepfake videos and misinformation ahead of 2020 election
Experts are warning of a sophisticated, quite convincing tactic ahead of this year’s election cycle. Similar to face-swap apps, more complicated programs can use images of someone’s face and – with the help of a good impressionist or audio manipulator – can make it appear as though someone is saying something they never did. These videos are best known as deepfakes. “Deepfakes are very difficult to identify,” said Ananda Mitra, professor of communication at Wake Forest.
June 16, 2020