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Nicole Smith

Nicole received her BA in Photography and minor in English Writing from Montana State University. She has a passion for impactful nonprofit work and the storytelling power of visuals combined with text after working in the newspaper industry and serving a year in the AmeriCorps VISTA Program in New Hampshire as a Graphic Design and Communications Coordinator.

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December 23, 2021 Nicole Smith Latest Updates

In addition to conducting research, we need to communicate it. Project-specific communication, in the form of blog posts, newsletters, and social media can advance understanding, inform future donors, and enact[…]

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Boston’s role at the center of vaccine history in the U.S.

August 23, 2021 Nicole Smith, Kippy Rudy, shaunesse' jacobs and Mabel Bassi Modeling Equity, Research Reports

Threads of both vaccine development and vaccine resistance can be found throughout the course of American history. Hesitancy over vaccine development was prominent before the first vaccine was created, and[…]

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Breaking down the episode graphics for DigEthix season 1

August 6, 2021 Nicole Smith CMAC Affiliates, Digital Ethics

The first season of our podcast DigEthix, hosted by CMAC Doctoral Fellow Seth Villegas, has wrapped. The podcast breaks down issues of ethics and technology from both a technical and[…]

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Looking back on “Reflective thought, religious belief, and the social foundations hypothesis”

July 27, 2021 Nicole Smith Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Publications

In 2017, CMAC Researchers Jonathan Morgan, Connor Wood, and Catherine Caldwell-Harris published their paper “Reflective Thought, Religious Belief, and the Social Foundations Hypothesis” as a chapter in the book The[…]

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Brain-based technologies for spiritual enhancement

June 30, 2021 Nicole Smith Research Reports, Spirit Tech

Spirit tech refers to brain-based technologies used to guide spiritual enhancement. The future of spirituality is here and growing. Empowered by knowledge, we can help shape how communities will embrace[…]

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Conversations at the intersection of the humanities and technology

June 8, 2021 Nicole Smith Digital Ethics, Latest Updates

CMAC is excited to introduce DIGETHIX – a public education and communication project that provides publicly available discussions on issues involving technology and ethics. The goal of DIGETHIX is to promote high-level,[…]

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Q&A with Rachel Bacon

May 14, 2021 Nicole Smith CMAC Network, Latest Updates, Modeling Religious Change

In the summer of 2020, CMAC brought on our first full-time demographer, Rachel Bacon. Rachel is working on the Modeling Religious Change project, adapting traditional demography methods to cooperate with[…]

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