Publications 

Nancy López and co-authors released an article entitled ‘Black and Some Other Race?’: Examining Shifts in the Black Latino Population in the Census Bureau’s Modified Race Question (SocArXiv, 5g6vs) via the Center for Open Science’s SocArXiv. 

https://ideas.repec.org/p/osf/socarx/5g6vs.html

Sharon Erickson Nepstad's book, Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics (2015, Oxford University Press), is under contract to be translated to Arabic.

Howard Waitzkin (distinguished professor emeritus) is co-author with Claudio Schuftan of a new short book, published bilingually in Mexico City: Moving human rights beyond capitalism/ Mover los derechos humanos más allá del capitalismo, https://edicioneseon.com.mx/shop/mover-los-derechos-humanos-mas-alla-del-capitalismo-moving-human-rights-beyond-capitalism/

Invited Talks, Conference Presentations, Keynotes

Nancy López spoke (2/13/24) on a panel on “Intersectionality, Servingness and Resilience in Academia” virtual convening sponsored by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and US National Science Foundation (NSF) on “Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in STEM in the Embassy Science Fellow Program.” Video link (11 min): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXygjaGA6iw&list=PLztiU5moh1RNsbKPFnF3E_Ztkhx9NQ04u&index=5

Grants

Nancy López and colleagues were awarded a Spencer Foundation Vision Grant, "Envisioning the Transformation of Measures and Analysis of Structural and Systemic Racism," focused on transforming educational systems toward greater equity.

Public Facing Sociology

Nancy López was featured/interviewed/quoted in several outlets explaining intersectionality in research and how the new Federal question format could complicate things in a major way; however, the new guidelines allow for additional questions that clarify what you are asking about (e.g., separate questions on race as a visual status and ethnicity as cultural heritage).

1. co-authored op-ed, "Asking about Latino/Hispanic Ethnicity and Race in One Question Contributes to Myth of a Post-Racial America," published in CNN Opinion on 4/30/24. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/30/opinions/census-race-ethnicity-omb-standards-arroyo-santiago/index.html
2. co-authored consensus memo signed by over 100 people, was quoted in the Boston Globe, 4/1/24, "US Census revisions muddle the identity issue," in response to the recently released Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revisions to race and ethnicity statistical policy directive 15 federal data collection guidelines, which make race and ethnicity "co-equal" categories. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/01/opinion/census-race-ethnicity/
3. UNM podcast (4/9/24): How Combining Race and Ethnicity Questions Could Make Research Harder | It's (Probably Not Rocket Science). https://podcast.unm.edu/episode/how-combining-race-and-ethnicity-questions-could-make-research-harder/
4. New York Amsterdam News https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/04/11/next-us-census-could-undercount-afro-latinos/

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine considered early work by Howard Waitzkin (distinguished professor emeritus) and colleagues in a successful organizing effort to block destruction of housing for a new academic medical center – a recurrent problem affecting urban residential areas: “Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal," https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2307360?query=WB&cid=NEJM