Members of our armed forces dedicate their lives to serving our country and they deserve praise for their honorable conduct and sacrifices. They should feel safe on and off the battlefield —Read More…
27Jan/16
IGGI Launches New Project on “Critical Thinking & Controversial Issues: Electronic & Acoustic Harassment, Attack & Torture”
IGGI launches a new project on “Critical Thinking and Controversial Issues: Electronic and Acoustic Harassment, Attack and Torture” In a November 2015 post on critical thinking, IGGI posted the key stages of criticalRead More…
Loan Le & Phi Su Publish Chapter in Book: Minority Voting in the United States (2016)
Loan Le & Phi Su’s manuscript on electoral participation patterns across waves of Vietnamese American immigrants has been published. Given the contemporary controversy over the long-term incorporation of new refugee groups inRead More…
16Nov/15
Teaching Critical Thinking on Controversial Issues
Critical thinking on controversial issues is hard, and learning good thinking habits makes each citizen psychologically healthy. Given the plethora of unfiltered information available online and concerns about declines in hard-hitting investigativeRead More…
IGGI’s New Project on Conflicts of Interest & Medical School Faculty
IGGI announces the launch of a new project on financial conflicts of interest among medical school faculty. Substantial coverage of University of CA medical school faculty members in recent years has includedRead More…
Loan Le & Phi Su Present Research on Cuban Americans at APSA 2015
Dr. Loan Le (President of IGGI) and Phi Su (PhD candidate, UCLA) present an expanded test of their immigrant cohort hypothesis on Saturday, September 5 at the Annual Meeting of the AmericanRead More…
CA’s Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO) Program
With all the changes to the structure of our first responder system, have you ever heard of Terrorism Liaison Officers (TLO’s)? What do they do? How many are there? What training doRead More…
IGGI Launches New Project: False Reports to Police & American Lives
photo credit: spiralstares polygraph via photopin (license) IGGI announces the launch of a new, long-term project to assess auditing and evaluation mechanisms for criminal investigations and watchlisting procedures, with an eye towardRead More…
16Jun/15
New Manuscript: Immigrants and Partisan Incorporation
Dr. Loan Le (IGGI) and Phi Su (PhD Candidate, UCLA) complete their manuscript on partisan incorporation across immigrant cohorts. This is the second in a series of projects investigating the “immigrant cohortRead More…
Forthcoming Publication: Police Oversight & Less Lethal Tech
Dr. Loan Le (IGGI) and Maitria Moua (UCLA) complete manuscript for forthcoming publication: “Civilian Oversight and Developments in Less Lethal Technologies: Weighing Risks and Prioritizing Accountability in Domestic Law Enforcement.” A draft ofRead More…