Rockefeller Center in the News
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Winter 2026
Janice McCabe, Associate Professor of Sociology, is a recipient of Rockefeller Center Faculty Research Grants, Center Classroom Enhancement Grants, and a Member of the Center's Faculty Council.
"I Study Friendship. Here’s How You Make Lasting Friends," The New York Times, January 3, 2026
Emily Walton, Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of Society of Fellows, is a recipient of Rockefeller Center Faculty Research Grants and Center Classroom Enhancement Grants.
"Homesick: Race and Exclusion in Rural New England" published by Stanford University Press
Casey Stockstill, Assistant Professor of Sociology, is a recipient of a Rockefeller Center Faculty Research Grant, Center Classroom Enhancement Grants, and teaches a crosslisted PBPL/SOCY seminar course on "Poverty & Public Policy in the U.S."
Fall 2025
Jason Barabas '93, Rockefeller Center Director: "NH Democrats Shaheen, Hassan vote for government shutdown compromise"
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director: "Abortion rights and the cost of compromise"
The Loop - ECPR's Political Science Blog
Kristin E. Smith, Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop Director and Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology: "'Vermont state employees react to Gov. Scott's return-to-office order"
Spring 2025
Herschel Nachlis, Rockefeller Center Associate Director:
"Facilitate vs. Effectuate: 10-Letter Words at Core of Constitutional Crisis"
"Republican Judge Issues Warning to Trump in Judicial Rebuke—'Lawlessness'"
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director:
"Women make up half of NH's population. You wouldn't know it by looking at the Legislature."
Winter 2025
Jason Barabas, Rockefeller Center Director and Hwayong Shin, Postdoctoral Research Associate:
"Warm Glow Feelings Can Promote Green Behavior"
Herschel Nachlis, Rockefeller Center Associate Director: "Borrowing regulatory capacity in middle-income countries during public health crises: Brazil, regulatory reliance, and the politics of COVID-19 vaccine regulation"
Fall 2024
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director:
"Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics"
"Black Women's Politics Research Spotlight"
Center for American Women and Politics
"Black Voters as Saviors - and Scapegoats"
Hwayong Shin, Postdoctoral Research Associate:
"How Does Topical Diversity Affect Source Credibility? Fact-Checking Coverage of Politics, Science, and Popular Culture"
The International Journal of Press/Politics
"Disaster experience mitigates the partisan divide on climate change: Evidence from Texas"
Summer 2024
Jason Barabas, Rockefeller Center Director: "Rockefeller Republicans Redux: Political Moderates on the Right in New York State "
Open Journal of Political Science
Kristin E. Smith, Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop Director and Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology: "'Jarring' decline in N.H. girls' mental health per new report"
Also featured on the Rocky Talk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director:
"The Politics of Problem Definition: Abortion Policy in Republican-Controlled Louisiana"
Spring 2024
Hwayong Shin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, "Can corruption connect you to politics? Nepotism, anxiety, and government blame"
Herschel Nachlis, Rockefeller Center Associate Director: "Emergency Regulatory Procedures, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Politics, and the Political Economy of Vaccine Regulation in the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director: "Part of the Club? What Black Women Legislators Can Teach Us About Effective Lawmaking"
Winter 2024
Hwayong Shin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, "The Reasoning through Evidence versus Advice (EvA) Scale: Scale Development and Validation"
Journal of Personality Assessment
David Leonhardt Discusses the Future of the American Dream at Dartmouth
February 25th
Jason Barabas, Rockefeller Center Director: "Public Policy in the Presidential Primary"
January 22nd
Kristen Smith, Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop Director: "NH's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Aims To Increase Participation During Second Year"
January 11th
Anna Mahoney, Rockefeller Center Executive Director: "How Many of Your State's Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5."
January 10th
Former Rep. Liz Cheney will speak on “An Oath to Defend Democracy” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Hanover Inn. There is currently a waitlist for tickets, but the event will be livestreamed. (Photo by Washington Speakers Bureau)
"An Oath to Defend Democracy" Keynote Address of the Democracy Summit and The Class of 1930 Fellow Lecture with former U.S. Representative (R-WY) and Vice Chair of the House January 6th Committee Liz Cheney
January 5, 2023
Former Judges From Afghanistan to Be Visiting Scholars
January 4, 2024