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In the Media: Stacey Wood Contributes to Study on Age and COVID-19 Scams, Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology published new research on the negligible role a target’s age plays in falling victim to COVID-19 scams, a study to which Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, contributed.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Pension Poaching Scams with Bloomberg
Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, discussed the recent uptick in pension poaching scams with Bloomberg. The scams target elderly US veterans and their families, manipulating victims into signing away a portion of their pensions to false care coordination businesses.
Read MoreIn the Media: Suchi Branfman Discusses Choreographic Work on Match Volume and in Dancer Citizen
Dance faculty Suchi Branfman discussed her choreographic work, including her Dancing Through Prison Walls project, on the podcast聽Match Volume, hosted by Steven Vargas. Branfman’s project is based on her five-year […]
Read MoreIn the Media: In Wall Street Journal, Stacey Wood Discusses Online Scams Targeted at Young People
In the Wall Street Journal, Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, discussed online get-rich-quick scams that are targeted at young people. As the prominence […]
Read MoreIn the Media: Los Angeles Times Features Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls in List of Weekend Event Highlights
The Los Angeles Times highlighted聽dance faculty Suchi Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls in its list of upcoming weekend events.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Highlights Phone Scams that Target Psychologists in Psychology Today
Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, explored phone scams that target psychologists in Psychology Today. “Scammers induce an emotional reaction, often fear, from victims,” Wood writes.
Read MoreIn the Media: NBC News Discusses History of LA Chinatown Massacre with Hao Huang
NBC News spoke to Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, about the 150th anniversary of the LA Chinatown Massacre, which occurred on October 24.
Read MoreIn the Media: Hao Huang Discusses 150th Anniversary of Chinatown Massacre with KPCC’s AirTalk
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, spoke with KPCC’s AirTalk about the 150th anniversary of the LA Chinatown Massacre and his podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain, which explores the massacre through storytelling.
Read MoreIn the Media: Hao Huang Discusses LA Chinatown Massacre with KCRW and KPCC, Commemorative Event Highlighted in Daily Bulletin
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, spoke with KCRW about the 150th anniversary of the LA Chinatown Massacre, one of the worst instances of racial violence in California history. “This isn’t just an Asian American history, this is an American history,” Huang said.
Read MoreIn the Media: Myriam J.A. Chancy Discusses Caribbean Literature in Electric Literature, Literary Hub
Myriam J.A. Chancy, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities, recommended nine books “about love, loss, and longing,” with Caribbean settings in Electric Literature. She also spoke to Literary Hub.
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