Political science professor Jennifer McCoy joins us in this episode to discuss the effects of political polarization on American society and democracy, and what it might take to set us on a different course.

How did fatherhood come to be — and how has the role been shaped by societies and through time? In this episode, anthropology professor Frank L’Engle Williams discusses the history and evolutionary impact of dads.

For social workers, nurses, EMTs and those in other caring professions, trauma can be an occupational hazard. Brian Bride, director of the School of Social Work, discusses his research on secondary traumatic stress among care providers.

For people who live or work close to major roadways, air pollution — particularly ultrafine particles from vehicle exhaust — can pose a serious health threat. In this episode, Christina Fuller, an environmental epidemiologist and assistant professor in the School of Public Health, discusses her research on ultrafine particles in metro Atlanta and the role that trees may play in protecting urban residents.

For years, the fight against child trafficking has relied heavily on the criminal justice system, but Jonathan Todres, a distinguished university professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, has a different idea. Here, he discusses why he believes we need to focus less on punishment and more on prevention.

In this episode, anthropologist Kathryn Kozaitis, author of the new book “Indebted: An Ethnography of Despair and Resilience in Greece's Second City,” talks about how societies are transformed through crisis.

In this episode, we talk to Dawn Aycock, associate professor in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, about why more young adults are having strokes and what she’s doing to help young people understand and reduce their risk.

In this episode, we chat with Mary Helen O’Connor, assistant professor of English at Perimeter College and director of the Center for Community Engagement, about refugee health and the university’s new Prevention Research Center in Clarkston, Ga., a resettlement hub for refugees outside Atlanta.

In this episode, we chat with Dominic Parrott, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence, about the relationship between alcohol and assault.

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In this episode, we chat with Cynthia Cornelissen, professor of biomedical sciences, about the threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea and her work to develop the world’s first vaccine.

About The Research Podcast:

Join us as we highlight interesting and innovative research happening at Georgia State University, in areas ranging from astronomy to history to biomedical sciences. We will feature a different faculty member — and a different topic — each month, so you can learn more about research taking place across the university.