PinnedAustin Kocher, PhDDr. James Dobson’s Apologia for Ted Bundy: How Evangelical Christianity Became a Safe Space for…To paraphrase Faulkner, America’s religious past is never dead; it isn’t even past. The recent resurgence of overt white supremacy and…Aug 24, 20204Aug 24, 20204
Austin Kocher, PhDBiden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential…Asylum seekers may soon find that instead of waiting until they arrive at the US-Mexico border to meet with a US immigration official, they…Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Austin Kocher, PhD#TechTuesday: Three Apps I Use Everyday as an Academic Researcher (That You Probably Haven’t Heard…Welcome to another edition of #TechTuesday, an intermittent post about the ways that academic research intersects with technology. Today I…Jul 19, 2022Jul 19, 2022
Austin Kocher, PhDA Data Portrait of the 611,470 DACA Recipients Who Still Have no Path to CitizenshipDACA turns 10 years old on Wednesday, June 15 — an anniversary that was hardly a foregone conclusion given years of legal challenges. DACA…Jun 15, 20221Jun 15, 20221
Austin Kocher, PhDBiden Administration on Track to Increase Refugee Resettlement This Year but Falls Far Short of CapThe Biden administration is on track to increase the number of refugees admitted into the United States from about 11,400 last year in FY…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Austin Kocher, PhD#TGIF — Immigration Updates Before the WeekendIt’s Friday! But before you check out of the week, read (or skim) these really important announcements in the immigration world.May 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Austin Kocher, PhDWhat You Need to Know about Biden’s Immigrant Detention Numbers: A Closer Look at New TrendsImmigrant detention has been controversial from the days of Ellis and Angel Islands in the late 1800s through the emergence of a for-profit…Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022
Austin Kocher, PhDNumber of Immigrants Held in ICE Detention Facilities Declines to Under 18,000 at the End of…Just a quick announcement today related to recent research published by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse…Mar 7, 20221Mar 7, 20221
Austin Kocher, PhD500,000 Ukrainian Refugees Flee the Country but Little-Known Law May Exempt Them From the Asylum…According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi this morning, more than half a million people have fled Ukraine as a result…Feb 28, 2022Feb 28, 2022
Austin Kocher, PhDTools of the Trade: How to Automatically Import and Organize Your PDFs In Your Digital LibraryIf you find yourself downloading and organizing a lot of PDF documents, particularly for research purposes, you can save yourself a…Jan 26, 20221Jan 26, 20221