Laura Claxton
From conducting research to mentoring students, Laura Claxton has made strides in motor-development research at Purdue University. Claxton is an associate professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology and a member of the Human Motor Behavior Group, a group of five faculty members who study motor behavior across all ages in a highly interactive lab environment with the goal of improving quality of life. Claxton’s aim is to understand motor development in infants and young children and the link between cognitive and motor skills.
Prior to her career at Purdue, Claxton earned her master’s and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to her roles as a researcher and professor, Claxton is also Secretary-Treasurer of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.
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Weekend Edition Sunday. Prior to moving into that host position in the fall of 2011, Cornish reported from Capitol Hill for NPR News, covering issues and power in both the House and Senate and specializing in financial industry policy. She was part of NPR s six-person reporting team during the 2008 presidential election, and had a featured role in coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Cornish comes to Washington, D.C., from Nashville, where she covered the South for NPR, including many the Gulf states left reeling by the 2005 hurricane season. She has also covered the aftermath of other disasters, including the deaths of several miners in West Virginia in 2006, as well as the tornadoes that struck Tennessee in 2006 and Alabama in 2007.
U.S. Business Leaders Confront New Voter Suppression Efforts
Mar 10, 2021
Photo: The Texas State Capitol, where Republican legislators have introduced bills that would restrict access to the ballot box – which amounts to voter suppression, say critics here and in other states where similar legislation is making their way through statehouses nationwide.
Several leading corporations stepped up their get-out-the-vote initiatives last year as one way to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. However, their efforts were twisted by former President Donald Trump, who dominated the news cycle before and after Election Day with loud and persistent accusations of widespread voter fraud. As a result, the years ahead will be more challenging than ever for corporate supporters of voting rights as voter suppression efforts surge nationwide. An all-hands-on-deck emergency is taking shape, yet it appears that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is encouraging its members to drop the ball.