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Finding Comfort on Denison’s Campus

By Oliver Gladfelter Last semester, comfort was a common theme brought up in many campus dialogues about identity, power, and privilege. Often times, students expressed feeling uncomfortable in certain areas on campus – a narrative 127 was able to provide some empirical evidence for by exploring comfort levels in a very specific and unique setting….

How Should Faculty Public Engagement COUNT?

If we’re doing it and we think it has value, how are we going to count it? An overview with evidence.

127 :: Year 1 :: A Retrospective

I have a lot of feelz about what we were able to accomplish this year, which I think is an awful lot.

Public Engagement Activities and Attitudes of Denison Faculty

What do Denison faculty think about public engagement?

Denison Students Are Polarized, But Not Like The Rest of the Nation

By Oliver Gladfelter In June of 2017, The Democracy Fund Voter Study Group released a report showing that Clinton and Trump voters were more polarized on social issues than on issues concerning the economy (Drutman 2017). Clinton supporters were decisively left leaning on both economic and social issues, while Trump’s supporters leaned right primarily on…

How Well Do You Know Denison Students?

What students believe is the norm should strongly align with their behavior. So what do they believe is normative?

Politics U? Political Donations of Denison Employees

What do Denison faculty donations look like?

Has Commitment to Public Service Weakened in the Trump Era?

Liberals shrink from public service in the face of Trump.

United by Discrimination

The extent of reported discrimination experiences by Denisonians.

The Truth About The Sunnies

Time to talk about the Sunnies. While people often joke about what happens in the Sunnies, the party culture there has surfaced in serious conversations about inclusion, comfort, and respect.

The Weinberg Effect on Campus Events

I hosted a late night snowball fight open to the entire campus.

What are Friends For? Effects of Social Network Support

The college experience should go beyond the confines of the classroom to tap into how we engage with one another, work through conflict, and find a place to call home.