University of Maryland

GEIS Members Release New Research on BLM, Gun-Purchase Interest, and Public Behavior

GEIS member Masha Krupenkin published Gun purchase interest as backlash to Black Lives Matter protests in Social Forces, providing evidence on how protest movements can shape behavior and public sentiment.

Read the paper here: https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sf/soaf096/8187658.

This work contributes to GEIS’s broader agenda on political behavior and information ecosystems.