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Eisenberg, Morales, Martinez, and Guttmannova Research on Rural Latinx Young Adults Featured by Population Reference Bureau

The Population Reference Bureau recently highlighted research by CSDE Affiliates Nicole Eisenberg (Social Work), Leo Morales (Medicine/Latino Center for Health), Griselda Martinez (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), and Katarina Guttmannova (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) on how Latino Youth in rural America navigate the path to adulthood. At the end of their survey of Latino young people (surveyed at age 21 and 26) from two rural Midwestern towns, researchers asked respondents to describe their life in their own words, focusing on relevant life events,  life changes or turning points. Responses suggested that transition to adulthood is shaped by work, relationships, family, and education, but unfolds in different ways. Many are juggling multiple roles at once, including jobs, school, and parenting, while still expressing an optimistic outlook on the future. The underlying study was originally published in the Journal of Community Psychology.

Curran Quoted in KING5 News Story on Seattle’s Population Growth and International Migration

CSDE Director Sara Curran was recently quoted in a KING5 news story reporting that Seattle posted the nation’s fifth-largest numeric population gain, adding more than 11,500 residents between July 2024 and July 2025. International migration was a key driver of this growth. Curran attributed the surge in international migration to western Washington to labor demand, especially in the tech industry during 2023–2025. This news feature was also highlighted by UW Today.

American Psychological Foundation Springfield Research Fund Grants: LGBTQIA+ Issues and Intersectional Stigmas (06/12/26)

The Springfield Research Fund Grants

Organization: American Psychological Foundation

Award amount: $21,000

Sponsor deadline: 06/12/2026

Description:

At the American Psychological Foundation, we are revolutionizing the future of psychology with the support of donors, grantees and valued community members. Together, we are reimagining ways psychology and philanthropy can intersect and change the world for the better. We leverage the power of philanthropy to advance psychological knowledge by investing in innovative research and applications that prioritize people and their wellbeing. The Springfield Research Fund Grant supports research of contemporary LGBTQIA+ issues in an effort to dispel stereotypes and other negative information that leads to prejudice and discrimination. The 2026 area of preference will be given to research that addresses intersectional stigmas.
Eligibility:
Faculty & PIs, Early-Career
Applicants must be early career psychologists no more than 10 years postdoctoral.

Summer School on “Frontiers in Telecoupling and Metacoupling: Research for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges” (06/15/26)

Join the International Summer School on Geography and Sustainability 2026 this August 9-16 online ( via Zoom) or in person at Beijing Normal University.  This theme is “Frontiers in Telecoupling and Metacoupling  Research for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges” (e.g.,  biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity, energy insecurity, pollution, shocks such as disasters and war,  disease spread, and degradation of ecosystem services and natural resources).   Topics include integrated frameworks, methods and tools for operationalizing the frameworks, applications to address global challenges, and skills in doing high-impact research and writing peer-reviewed papers.

The deadline to apply for participation is June 15, 2026. Here are the links to the application form and registration. More information is available at http://igu-geosus.org/pages/telecoupling-summer-school.html.
More information:
  • Curriculum consists of lectures, hands-on exercises, discussion, and research projects.
  • Instructors are relevant experts, including members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, as well as authors of papers in Science and Nature family journals and PNAS
  • Target audience: Master’s students, PhD students, Postdocs, and other researchers
  • The school will be hybrid – online ( via Zoom) or in person at Beijing Normal University (a top university in China). It will be held from August 9-16, 2026. The registration fee can be paid in multiple currencies (the fee for online participation is 600 RMB, equivalent to about US $90). For in-person participation, international participants can apply for funding from the organizer.

Wang Investigates Climate Action by North American Community Land Trusts

In a new article in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, CSDE Affiliate Vince Wang (Real Estate) explores whether community land trusts (CLTs) can systematically enable equitable climate action. Wang and co-author Jason Simpson Spicer surveyed all CLTs in Canada and the United States. A majority of CLTs engage in climate action, with mitigation efforts more prevalent than adaptation, and their rate of action cannot be explained by climate hazard exposure alone. This suggests CLTs can concurrently address economic precarity and climate goals, thereby enabling a “just transition.” However, financial constraints shaped by policy choices mean CLTs engage in climate action less often than they would like, reflecting a simultaneous “double bind” in which they must choose between economic security and climate goals.  This study was supported in part by a CSDE Matching Support Grant.

Santaularia Gomez and Co-authors Examine Cumulative Exposure to Police Shootings and Mental Health in Minneapolis

CSDE Affiliate Jeanie Santaularia Gomez  (Epidemiology), former CSDE Trainee Maryam Tanveer (Epidemiology) and co-authors published new work in the Journal of Urban Health that used hospital discharge data and two-way fixed effects models to examine how temporal community-level exposure to police-involved shootings influenced mental health diagnosis rates across ZIP code areas in Minneapolis They find a nonlinear relationship: as cumulative shootings increase, their effect on mental health diagnosis rates rises to a peak before diminishing — a pattern consistent across racial groups and suggestive of sensitization followed by desensitization. In contrast, recent shooting exposures had little effect, suggesting it is the concentrated, compounding nature of police violence that most burdens community mental health.