A new book by Beth Montemurro, distinguished professor of sociology at Penn State Abington, uncovers the tension between public, cultural narratives about hetero-masculinity and men’s private, sexual selves and their intimate experiences.
Interactive gaming, or online gambling, became legal in Pennsylvania in 2017. In the first assessment of how this policy change is impacting Pennsylvanians, a recently released report by Penn State researchers and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs found that approximately 1 in 10 Pennsylvanians engage in interactive gaming.
"Flat-World Fiction: Digital Humanity in Early Twenty-First-Century America," the latest book by Liliana Naydan, associate professor of English at Penn State Abington, was ranked as the No. 1 new release in 21st century literary criticism on Amazon.com.
Criminal justice data is under-utilized in research despite its high relevance and unique role in the opioid crisis, according to a recent study by Penn State researchers using crime incident data. The study found that opioid-related crime incident rates were positively associated with rates of opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and overdose mortality.
The WorkRise grant funds the 18-month study "Underemployment in the U.S.: Its Distribution and Effects on Workers," which will be led by Lonnie Golden, professor of economics at Penn State Abington.
Heather McCune Bruhn, assistant teaching professor of art at University Park, and Xuan Liu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, are co-principal investigators on the federal grant.
The researchers including one from Penn State Abington will develop standards and protocols for a new scanning platform that will enhance the public’s online viewing experiences of artwork as well as conservation efforts by museums.
A new Penn State-led project is educating coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death-certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of substances associated with accidental overdose.
A study led by a Penn State Abington professor recommends that luxury fashion brand managers segment their consumers by culture and develop different marketing strategies to remedy the loss of sales from counterfeit dominance.
