During the spring 2026 semester, undergraduate students in Psychology of Prejudice (PSYC 3210) examined systemic prejudice and discrimination in U.S. social institutions through a series of opinion pieces. The op-eds were submitted to community news outlets for potential publication.
Read the students’ published op-eds below (these opinion pieces represent the views of the individual student authors):
UWM Post: Finding Hope Through Restorative Justice Post Incarceration
By Bella Everett, Adriana Morales-Goss, Abby Peterman and Matthew Schacht
The Milwaukee Courier: Making America Hateful: The Spike in Hispanic Hate Crimes Post Election
By Skye Nagashima, Kerstin van Oostenbrugge, Maggie Leonard and Sam Miderski
The Park Record: How Social Media is Making us More Unaccepting
By Dylan Woodbury, Madison Larson, Claudia Nichols, Micah Lear, Carter Peetz
Fayette County News: Somewhere Between Silence and Sound: Not Deaf Enough, Not Hearing Enough
By Arden Bursua, Emily Erickson, Samantha Grivno and Luke Robertson
The Milwaukee Courier: Breaking the Cycle of Recidivism in America
By Jessie Beyer, Aniyah Jefferson, Maddie Ognacevic, Alexi Walker and Alek Werosh
By Najwa Ahmed, Unique Wilson, Skylar Forbes and Alyssa Pencak
