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Joshua Douglas: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 18, 2024, 7:16 AM

Joshua Douglas, the Ashland, Inc.-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law at the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

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UK law students continue work to solve cold cases with CRRJ-KY

Jun 18, 2024, 10:23 AM

Students in the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic at UK will investigate cases of historical homicide that took place in Kentucky during the Jim Crow-era.

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'Behind the Blue': Joshua Douglas discusses new book on voting rights and elections

Jun 4, 2024, 7:42 AM

Joshua Douglas, from the Rosenberg College of Law, discusses his new book on voting rights and elections “Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting”

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Stephen Ware’s NSF-funded Research Trains Police in De-escalation

Jul 12, 2022, 7:13 AM

For police officers, de-escalation training is critical — greatly reducing the use of force and the likelihood that anyone will be hurt during a confrontation. That’s where the research of Stephen Ware, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, comes in.

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Why Are We So Obsessed With True Crime? UK Expert Has Intriguing Insight

Dec 2, 2021, 7:15 AM

Rosenberg College of Law professor Richard Underwood lends his expertise to help us understand our obsession with true crime.

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UK's Ellen Riggle Named APA Fellow for Contributions to LGBTQ Research

Jan 3, 2020, 8:01 AM

Ellen Riggle, professor and chair of the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at UK, has been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

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UK's Justin Wedeking Awarded NSF Grant for U.S. Supreme Court Research

Nov 25, 2019, 8:28 AM

Collaborating with Michael Zilis, a fellow political science professor, Wedeking has combined efforts with the computer science program at UK to create an application that collects online news stories about the Supreme Court to compile the data in textual stories. 

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Behind the Blue: Richard Ausness (Tackling Legal Issues of the Opioid Crisis)

Sep 19, 2019, 3:13 PM

Richard Ausness, UK College of Law, talks about lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis.

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Taking the Opioid Fight to the Courts: Kentucky Expert Weighs In

Feb 23, 2018, 8:32 AM

Is litigation a powerful tool in the fight against the opioid epidemic? And does bad behavior equal liability? UK College of Law Professor and product liability expert Richard Ausness weighs in on the issue.

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Election Law with Joshua A. Douglas

Oct 10, 2016, 12:55 PM

Joshua A. Douglas talks about his research and his new book "Election Law Stories", a 13 chapter behind-the-scenes anthology.

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