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Think about where you lay your head at night: Whether it’s an apartment, a house or a condo, do you own the place you sleep in?  While it’s more common to own a home than to rent one, there are more people renting now in the United States than at any point since 1965.   More than 45 million households in this country are rentals—that’s more than a third of all households in the United States, made up of more than 100 million residents.  And if you’re one of those 100 million renters, one University of Denver researcher says, you’re at a disadvantage. You’re a legal tenant—but are you being treated as one?  On this episode of RadioEd, Emma chats with Sarah Schindler, a professor at DU’s Sturm College of Law and a property and land use scholar, about the multitude of ways that renters are treated as second-class citizens in the eyes of the law. Sarah Schindler is nationally recognized for her scholarship, which focuses on property, land use, local government, and sustainable development. Her articles have been widely praised as creative and insightful additions to these fields. At DU, Schindler teaches property, land use, local government, real estate transactions, and animal law. Schindler is a musician, a vegan, a mountain climbing enthusiast, and an avid urban cyclist. She lives in Denver with her husband, son, and dog. More Information: National Multifamily Housing Council (https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/quick-facts-figures/quick-facts-resident-demographics/renters-and-owners/) Neighbors Without Notice: The Unequal Treatment of Tenants and Homeowners in Land Use Hearing Procedures (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4590383) by Sarah Schindler and Kellen Zale 

Show NotesBrain injuries are often described as an invisible disability.  You don’t necessarily know just by looking at somebody that they have a brain injury, and they may not even know they have one. But inside, things can be very different. The World Health Organization has identified brain injury as a significant public health concern, and traumatic brain injuries are a major cause of death and disability in the United States. Without the right care or resources, it’s easy for these injuries to go unnoticed and untreated.  In this episode, Jordyn speaks with Research Assistant Professor Jennifer McMahon about her combined work in Neuropsychology and forensic psychology to protect and advocate for justice-involved individuals. McMahon helps run The Brain Injury Screening Program which is housed in The Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training, also known as Denver FIRST. Jennifer McMahon (https://psychology.du.edu/about/faculty-directory/jennifer-mcmahon-0) is a research assistant professor at the University of Denver. As Program Director at Denver FIRST (Forensic Institute for Research Service and Training) McMahon oversees the community serving forensic programs. She graduated with a PhD in clinical psychology from John Jay College and a master's degree in forensic psychology from DU.More InformationThe Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training (Denver FIRST) (https://psychology.du.edu/clinics/denver-first) Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens Helps Rebuild Lives After TBIs (https://www.du.edu/news/neuropsychologist-kim-gorgens-helps-rebuild-lives-after-tbis) Grant Greenlights Denver FIRST’s Brain Injuries Screening Program (https://www.du.edu/news/grant-greenlights-denver-firsts-brain-injuries-screening-program)

Show NotesThink back to how you made decisions growing up. Whether it was the clothes you wore, where you hung out, who your friends were, and even how you coped with the struggles you faced—who did you confide in?  Was it a friend, a sibling, a parent, a mentor or other trusted adult? It’s likely that peer influence—or how much your personal circle can affect what you do and think— had a big impact.  Peer influence has the power to shape nearly every decision a young person makes, and social media often plays an outsized role in how those everyday conversations occur. Approximately 95% of youth ages 13 to 17 report using a social media platform—according to recent data reported by the Office of the Surgeon General.  Social media can also help researchers understand the context of certain health-related behaviors by offering real-time insights into trends, interactions and peer influences within online communities.  For example, it can shed light on the challenges faced by vulnerable groups, such as youth experiencing homelessness, who may turn to digital platforms for support, connection, or expression of their struggles.In this episode, Jordyn speaks with Associate Professor of Social Work Anamika Barman-Adhikari about how the social networks of young people experiencing homelessness can influence behaviors like substance use.Anamika Barman-Adhikari (https://www.du.edu/about/directory/anamika-barman-adhikari) is an associate professor of social work at the University of Denver. Her experiences in research, policy and clinical services have collectively helped her to formulate an academic agenda, which is devoted to the prevention of HIV and substance use among high-risk youth and other vulnerable populations. Barman-Adhikari's research interests are broadly centered on understanding the social-contextual determinants of risk and protective behaviors among vulnerable populations, such as unhoused and minority youth.More InformationSubstance use and sentiment and topical tendencies: a study using social media conversations of youth experiencing homelessness (https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/itp-12-2020-0860/full/html)Harnessing Social Media to Identify Homeless Youth At-Risk of Substance Use (https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/17732)Identifying Marijuana Use Behaviors Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness Using a Machine Learning–Based Framework: Development and Evaluation Study (https://ai.jmir.org/2024/1/e53488/)Social Media and Youth Mental Health (https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/youth-mental-health/social-media/index.html) – The U.S. Surgeon General’s AdvisoryKey Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt47095/National%20Report/National%20Report/2023-nsduh-annual-national.pdf) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Show Notes Booker T. Washington once said: “An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.”  A once enslaved man who became an author and speaker in the post-Reconstruction Jim Crow-era South, Washington famously advocated against protest and agitation tactics meant to advance civil rights. Washington’s position was that Black Americans should concentrate on economic progress, rather than desegregation efforts.   Washington believed that economic success would advance Black people in American society and protect them from the violence of the Jim Crow era.  However, this wasn’t always—or even often—the case.  In a paper titled, “An Inch of Progress: Black Business and Black Accountants Fighting Jim Crow Violence,” researchers from the University of Denver have set out to set the record straight on how economics and accounting actually hurt or benefited Black Americans at the time. In this episode, Emma speaks with Daniels College of Business professor Tony Holder and history professor Kimberly Jones from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, plus grad student Mayowa Alabi, about their research into the history of racism and accounting. Anthony D. Holder, PhD, CPA (Inactive), is an associate professor at the University of Denver. He has previously taught at Case Western Reserve University, the University of Toledo and the University of Cincinnati. He also spent a semester teaching in Shanghai, China. He earned his BA in Accountancy at Park University, a Master of Accountancy at Wright State University and a PhD in Accountancy at the University of Cincinnati. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to obtaining his PhD, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their auditing and tax departments. Kimberly Jones is an associate professor of history in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Jones studies the experiences of enslaved and free black people across the Atlantic World. Her primary research is centered on the construction of racial identity through medicine and science. Mayowa Alabi is a graduate student in the Daniels College of Business. 

Hosted by writers Emma Atkinson and Jordyn Reiland, RadioEd is a triweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore the most compelling and interesting research coming out of DU. See below for a transcript of this episode. This week, production assistant and DU graduate student Madeleine Lebovic steps in to host.  Show Notes When Hollywood paints a picture of childhood, it’s often one of nostalgia-tinged wonder. Playing outside, moments of carefree innocence and the highs and lows of the adventure of self-discovery.   But this is not the childhood that everyone experiences. For many, childhood was a place of uncertainty and fear. And when those kids grow up to become parents, those hard realities can impact their own parenting. How can we break those cycles of intergenerational trauma? This week on RadioEd, Madeleine Lebovic chats with Associate Professor of Clinical Child Psychology Angela Narayan about the surprising science behind reflecting on positive childhood experiences – and how it can help parents counter childhood adversity.  Angela Narayan, PhD, LP, is an Associate Professor in the Clinical Child Psychology PhD Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Denver (DU). She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She received her PhD in Clinical Child Psychology from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota and completed a predoctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry and Child Trauma Research Program at UCSF. Narayan directs a program of research that examines how childhood adversity and positive childhood experiences have enduring effects on development across adolescence, adulthood and parenthood. She is particularly interested in understanding intergenerational pathways of adversity, psychopathology, and resilience in populations with diverse backgrounds.  Narayan is a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado and a clinical supervisor in the Center for Child and Family Psychology (https://liberalarts.du.edu/psychology/child-family-psychology) (CCFP) in the DU Department of Psychology. Her expertise is in trauma-informed therapies (e.g., Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) and relationship-based and parent-focused treatments (e.g., Parent Management Training, Interpersonal Psychotherapy). She also directs the DU Department of Psychology’s PROTECT Lab where researchers study the intergenerational transmission of risk and resilience across families and generations. Links to different versions of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences scale, used to assess positive experiences in childhood, can be found under instruments. (https://liberalarts.du.edu/psychology/protect/instruments) More Information: Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213417303587?casa_token=YpYP_L-xlvIAAAAA:nqhc-bVLu1FI6pseVFKQpleOFItVWxgCLNs09zI2beaBUiy5iOFXBQ_48BMFh_zTj-9OXnatDOs) by Angela Narayan et al.