Earlier this summer, over at Nationhood Lab, we extended our data models to enable researchers to apply the American Nations model in Canada, This also let us create, for the… Read more »
Articles Tagged: American Nations
Discussing the cultural determinants of health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 2 (private)
I’ve been involved in a research collaboration on the geography of health (using the American Nations model) with Ross Arena of the University of Illinois-Chicago and Nico Pronk, president of… Read more »
On the regional geography of opportunity and the American Nations
For Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard wrote about Nationhood Lab’s recent work on the regional geography of opportunity and economic distress. The piece was also published at Real Clear Policy…. Read more »
Presenting to the Maine Public Health Association on the geography of health, Augusta, Maine, Oct. 27 (private)
The Maine Public Health Association has invited me to present on our research on the regional geography of health outcomes, wellness, and longevity as the keynote address of their annual… Read more »
Laying out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers
In addition to its data journalism and national narrative work, Nationhood Lab engages in peer-reviewed academic research, collaborating on twenty-five papers published over as many months. While the project has worked with political… Read more »
Presenting on the cultural determinants of health, Portland, Maine, Sept. 23 (virtual, private)
As part of MaineHealth’s Grand Rounds series, I’ll be sharing the results of ongoing research conducted by Nationhood Lab and by myself and researchers at HealthPartners Institute and the University… Read more »
The Regional Geography of Household Credit, Debt, and Delinquency`
Over at Nationhood Lab, I wrote about the regional divides in household creditworthiness, debt, and delinquency and the correlations with lack of medical care, using the regional cultures described in… Read more »
Speaking on the American Nations and the geography of immigration (virtual), Mar. 10
I’ll be returning to the Napa-based Saint Helena Virtual Forum to speak on the geography of U.S. gun violence, American Nations, and the work of Nationhood Lab , for a… Read more »
Speaking about the authoritarian threat to the U.S. with Finland’s Uusi Juttu
Earlier this month, Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard spoke at length with Uuusi Juttu, the upstart Finnish news site founded by Denmark’s Zetland magazine, about the ongoing authoritarian takeover in… Read more »
The 2024 Presidential Election and the American Nations
For Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard wrote about Nationhood Lab’s recent analysis of the 2024 presidential vote via the lens of the U.S. regional cultures identified in the… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.