Tracy Fessenden

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Items
- Items is a space for engagement with insights from the work of the Council and the social sciences.
- Predicting the Future of Technology and Power: A Conversation
  by Sarah J. Jackson, David Karpf and Mike Miller
- How Fear and Anger Impact Democracy
  by George Marcus
- Reconnection through Transportation: A New Measure of America Report
  by Kristen Lewis and Clare McGranahan
The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Sonic privilege: The holism of religious publics
  by Patrick Eisenlohr
- Thealogy or pathology? Reflections from South India
  by Kristin C. Bloomer
- Le mal des fleurs
  by Kajri Jain
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Civil Society Organization and Counter-Terrorism in Northeastern Nigeria: A Conversation with Emeka Thaddues Njoku
  by Jaclyn Williams
- An Interview with Sisanda Mguzulwa
  by Next Generation Social Sciences
- A Perspective on Next Generation Peacebuilding in Africa: What Next?
  by Admire Mare, Toyin Ajao, Arsène Brice Bado, Fredrick Ogenga, Samaila Suleiman, Chantal Ingabire and Edmore Chitukutuku
Parameters
- Parameters explores the transformations in the social sciences brought on by the digital age.
- “Is it a bird? Is it a plane?” Rethinking the binary divide between books and journals
  by Chris Harrison
- MaCleKi: Engaging the African public in their history, one story at a time
  by Meshack Owino and J. M. Souther
- Quality assurance under conditions of scale and complexity
  by Sarah Connell and Julia Flanders
Research Matters
- Research Matters showcases emerging research in the social sciences by recipients of SSRC funding.
- Building Access in Public Spaces: A Conversation with Aimi Hamraie
  by Michelle Lee
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race: A Conversation with Dr. Crystal Fleming
  by Michelle Lee
- The Long Counterrevolution: United States-Latin America Security Cooperation
  by Items

Tracy Fessenden is the Steve and Margaret Forster Professor and interim Director of the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. She is the author of Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature (Princeton UP, 2007) and Religion Around Billie Holiday (Penn State UP, 2018).