Institution

Butler University

USeducation

Recent research

  • Society & EconomicsOpen access

    A critical analysis of English language policies in Mongolia

    Abstract This article systematically and critically examines three English language policies enacted in Mongolia from 2001 to 2025. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as an overarching analytical framework, the study analyzes the policy texts to identify and unpack the prior...

    Language Policy2026-10-120 citationsDOI
  • Society & Economics

    Class and Incarceration

    Class inequality in incarceration in the United States is vast, widening, and understudied. Despite multiple comprehensive reviews of the literature on incarceration and inequality, no reviews have been dedicated specifically to class and incarceration. We review the empirical ev...

    Annual Review of Criminology2026-09-250 citationsDOI
  • BiologyOpen access

    Transcriptomic shift in ethanol and amino acid metabolic genes regulated by Med15 during alcoholic fermentation

    Abstract Organisms that thrive in extreme environments provide natural experiments in evolution, revealing the genetic regulators that orchestrate complex phenotypic change. Wine yeast are specialized strains that are adapted to survive in the wine making environment while produc...

    Microbial Genomics2026-09-030 citationsDOI
  • Society & Economics

    Metabolic Supercharging: Active Learning Strategies for Increasing Student Engagement With Metabolism

    Metabolism is a central component of biochemistry and biochemistry education. Metabolism, however, presents a challenge to students. Many students struggle to progress beyond rote memorization of enzymes, metabolites, and reaction steps and into understanding the underlying chemi...

    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education2026-08-240 citationsDOI