Faculty Profile

William Scarborough

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019.
Major: Sociology
Dissertation Title: Configurations of Gender Inequality: Material and Cultural Change in the United States.
MA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015.
Major: Sociology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 2024
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Summer 2024
SOCI 4850.001, Applied Research and Careers in Sociology, Spring 2024 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
SOCI 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2024

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5315.001, Intersectionality, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6515.001, Intersectionality, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2023
SOCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2023
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
SOCI 4210.001, Intersectionality, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023
SOCI 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2023
SOCI 5900.702, Special Problems, Spring 8W2 2023
SOCI 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2023
SOCI 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
SOCI 4250.001, Gender and Society, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2022
SOCI 6201.001, Quantitative Research Methods and Design, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2022
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4210.001, Intersectionality, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.703, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022
SOCI 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2022
SOCI 6950.709, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
SOCI 4250.001, Gender and Society, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5315.001, Intersectionality, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6515.001, Intersectionality, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4250.001, Gender and Society, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.703, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021
SOCI 4990.001, Sociology Capstone, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4250.900, Gender and Society, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2020
SOCI 6201.001, Quantitative Research Methods and Design, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2020
SOCI 6900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2020
SOCI 5950.703, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
SOCI 4260.002, Topics in Sociology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 4250.001, Gender and Society, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.004, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6500.004, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Academic Blog
Scarborough, W., Sin, R. (2020). Local Gender Norms Across the United States. Gender & Society Journal Blog. https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/local-gender-norms-across-the-united-states/
Scarborough, W., Lambouths, D., Holbrook, A. (2019). Diversity policies: how workers feel about them and why. Work in Progress: Sociology on the economy, work and inequality. http://www.wipsociology.org/2019/10/07/diversity-policies-how-workers-feel-about-them-and-why/#more-1794
Academic Blog for Journal
Scarborough, W. (2020). What is Publons and why do they keep e-mailing after I review a paper?. https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/what-is-publons-and-why-do-they-keep-e-mailing-after-i-review-a-paper/
Book
Scarborough, W. (2023). Gendered Places: The Landscape of Local Gender Norms Across the United States. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. https://tupress.temple.edu/books/gendered-places
Risman, B. J., Froyum, C., Scarborough, W. (2018). Handbook of the Sociology of Gender, 2nd Edition.
Book Chapter
Via, E., Rodriguez, D. G., Jackson, N., Risman, B., Scarborough, W. J. (2023). Beyond Sons and Daughters: Nonbinary Experiences with Family. Families as They Really Are, edited by Virginia Rutter, Kristi Williams, and Barbara Risman. Norton Press. https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324059929/about-the-book/table-of-contents
Scarborough, W. J., Pepin, J. (2023). In Other Words: People Are Not as Consistent in Their Social Ideologies as We Think: Changing Views on Gender and Race, 1977–2018. Families as They Really Are, edited by Virginia E. Rutter, Kristi Williams, and Barbara Risman.
Scarborough, W., Holbrook, A. (2022). Surveying the Social Landscape. Social Research Methods: Sociology in Action!. Washington, DC: Sage.
Scarborough, W., Fessenden, D. J., Sin, R. (2021). Convergence or Divergence? The Generational Gap in Gender Attitudes, 1977-2018. Advances in Gender Research: Gender and Generations. 30, 73-94.
Scarborough, W., Risman, B. (2020). Gender Studies. Companion to Women's and Gender Studies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Scarborough, W., Risman, B. (2018). Gender Inequality. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems edited by A. Javier Treviño.
Scarborough, W. (2018). New Developments in Gender Research: Multidimensional Frameworks, Intersectionality, and Thinking Beyond the Binary. The Springer Handbook of the Sociology of Gender edited by Barbara J. Risman, Carissa Froyum, and William J. Scarborough. Springer Press.
Book Review
Scarborough, W. J. (2022). Book Review: The New Gender Paradox: Fragmentation and Persistence of the Binary. Social Forces.
Scarborough, W. (2021). Book Review: Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution. Political Science Quarterly. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/polq.13225
Scarborough, W. (2016). Book Review: Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, 3rd Edition, by Stephen Sweet and Peter Meiksins. Teaching Sociology.
Scarborough, W. (2016). Book Review: Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems, edited by Javier Treviño. Teaching Sociology.
Conference Proceeding
Krahmer, A. J., Scarborough, W. J., Fisher, S. L. Using Digitized Historical Texas Newspapers to Engage Sociology Students in Local History. International Federation of Library Associations - IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section - Satellite Meeting Leuven 2023. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2795
Journal Article
Kwon, R., Scarborough, W., Gallardo, R. (2024). Configurations of attitudes towards immigration in Europe: Evidence of polarization, ambivalence, and multidimensionality.. Comparative Migration Studies.
Scarborough, W. J., Collins, C., Landivar, L. C., Ruppanner, L., Huffman, M. L. (2023). COVID-19 and the Role of Gender, Earnings, and Telecommuting in Parents’ Employment. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 85(5), 1007-1027.
Landivar, L. C., Scarborough, W. J., L., Collins, C., Rouse, L. (2023). Remote Schooling and Mothers’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Race, Education, and Marital Status. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 9(3), 134-158.
Scarborough, W. J., Sobering, K. E., Kwon, R., Mumtaz, M. (2023). The Costs of Occupational Gender Segregation in High-Tech Growth and Productivity Across U.S. Local Labor Markets. Socio-Economic Review. https://academic.oup.com/ser/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ser/mwab036/6318727?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Kwon, R., Scarborough, W., Taylor, C. (2023). Multidimensional Attitudes: Homonationalist and Selective Tolerance Toward Homosexuality and Muslim Migration across 21 Countries. Ethnicities. 23(2), 331-366.
Scarborough, W., Moeder, J. (2022). Culture's Gendered Consequences: The Relationship Between Labor Market Cultural Conditions and the Gender Wage Gap. Social Currents. 9(6), 526-557.
Landivar, C., Scarborough, W., Ruppanner, L., Collins, C. (2022). Do High Childcare Costs and Low Access to Head Start and Childcare Subsidies Limit Mothers' Employment? A State-Level Analysis. Social Science Research. 102, 1-16.
Kwon, R., Scarborough, W., Faglie, T. (2022). Exclusionary attitudes toward immigrants: Globalization and configurations of ascribed and achieved status across 14 European countries. The International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 63(4), 155-183.
Ruppanner, L., Caitlyn, C., Landivar, L. C., Scarborough, W., (Equal Author), (2021). How do Gender Norms and Childcare Costs Affect Maternal Employment Across US States?. Gender & Society. 36(6), 910-939.
Landivar, L. C., Ruppanner, L., Rouse, L., Scarborough, W., Collins, C. (2021). Research Note: School Reopenings During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Implications for Gender and Racial Equity. Demography. 59(1), 1-12.
Scarborough, W., Pepin, J. R., Lambouths III, D. L., Kwon, R., Monasterio, R. (2021). The Intersection of Racial and Gender Attitudes, 1977 through 2018. American Sociological Review. 86(5), 823-855.
Scarborough, W. J., Helmuth, A. S. (2021). How Cultural Environments Shape Online Sentiment Toward Social Movements: Place Character and Support for Feminism. Sociological Forum. 36(2), 426-447.
Scarborough, W. J., Crabbe, R. (2021). Place Brands Across U.S. Cities and Growth in Local High-Technology Sectors. Journal of Business Research. 130, 70-85.
Collins, C., Ruppanner, L., Ruppanner, L., Scarborough (equal authorship), W. J., (. (2021). The Gendered Consequences of a Weak Infrastructure of Care: School Reopening Plans and Parents’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Gender & Society. 35(2), 180-193.
Landivar, L. C., Ruppanner, L., Scarborough, W. (2021). Are States Created Equal? Moving to a Less Expensive Childcare State Increases Mothers’ Odds of Employment. Demography. 58(2), 451-470.
Ruppanner, L., Tan, X., Scarborough, W., Landivar, L. C., Collins, C. (2021). Shifting Inequalities? Parents’ Sleep, Anxiety, and Calm during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia and the United States. Men and Masculinities. 24(1), 181-188.
Collins, C., Landivar, L. C., Ruppanner, L., Scarborough (equal authorship), W. (2021). COVID-19 and the Gender Gap in Work Hours. Gender, Work & Organization. 28(S1), 101-112.
Scarborough, W., Collins, C., Ruppanner, L., Landivar, L. C. (2021). Head Start and Families’ Recovery from Economic Recession: Policy Recommendations for COVID-19. Family Relations. 70(1), 26-42.
Scarborough, W., Sin, R. (2020). Gendered Places: The Dimensions of Local Gender Norms Across the United States. Gender & Society. 34(5), 705-735. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0891243220948220
Landivar, L. C., Ruappanner, L., Scarborough, W., Collins, C. (2020). Early Signs Indicate COVID-19 is Exacerbating Gender Inequality in the Labor Force. Socius. American Sociological Association.
Scarborough, W. (2020). Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010. PLOS One. 15(1), 1-21.
Scarborough, W., Holbrook, A. (2020). The Complexity of Policy Preferences: Examining Self-Interest, Group-Interest, and Race Consciousness Across Race and Political Ideology.. Social Justice Research. 33(1), 110-135.
Scarborough, W., Sin, R., Risman, B. (2019). Attitudes and the Stalled Gender Revolution: Egalitarianism, Traditionalism, and Ambivalence Between 1977 and 2016. Gender & Society. 33(2), 173-200. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0891243218809604
Scarborough, W., Lambouths, D., Holbrook, A. (2019). Attitudes Towards Workplace Diversity Policies: Race, Gender, and Discrimination as a Source of Inequality. Social Science Research. 79, 194-201. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17310360
Scarborough, W. (2019). Choosing Schools, Reproducing Family Inequality? Race, Gender, and the Negotiation of a New Domestic Task. Sociological Quarterly. 60(1), 46-70.
Ruehs, E., Pessagno, R., Lovis, R., Scarborough, W., Muniz, M., Cuddy, M., Kass, D., (2018). A Relevant Pedagogy: Outcomes from a High School Sociology Research Practicum. Other.
Scarborough, W. (2018). Feminist Twitter and Gender Attitudes: Opportunities and Limitations to Using Twitter in the Study of Public Opinion. Socius. 4, . American Sociological Association.
Scarborough, W., Risman, B. (2017). Changes in the Gender Structure: Inequality at the Individual, Interactional, and Macro Dimensions. Sociology Compass. 11(10), 1-16.
Scarborough, W. (2017). The [Human Resource Management] Revolution Will Not Be Televised: The Rise and Feminization of Human Resource Management and Labor Force Equity. Social Currents. 4(5), 448-461.
Scarborough, W., Risman, B., Meola, C. (2017). Women’s-Group Fishponds in Bangladesh: Using Gender Structure Theory to Examine Changes in the Gender Asset Gap. Socius.
Magazine/Trade Publication
Landivar, L. C., Scarborough, W. J., Collins, C., Ruppanner, L. (2024). Maternal Employment Drops when Child Care is Expensive and Hard to Find. University of Wisconsin. https://www.irp.wisc.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Focus-on-Poverty-39-2.pdf
Ruppanner, L., Collins, C., Landivar, L. C., Scarborough, W. J. (2023). Being the main breadwinner didn't necessarily keep married mums in work during the pandemic. Other. https://theconversation.com/being-the-main-breadwinner-didnt-necessarily-keep-married-mums-in-work-during-the-pandemic-210897
Poulos, C. D., Scarborough, W. J., Lewis, A., Arenas, I. (2022). Opinion: A century of data shows who's moving to Chicago, who's leaving—and why. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/who-leaving-chicago-who-moving-chicago
Scarborough, W., Pepin, J. R. (2021). People are Not as Consistent in Their Social Ideologies as We Think: Changing Views on Gender and Race, 1977-2018. Council on Contemporary Families. https://contemporaryfamilies.org/changing-views-gender-and-race-1977-to-2018-brief-report/
Scarborough, W. (2021). Being a Good Dad Means Being an Equal Caregiver. Washington, D.C.: New America Think Tank. https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/better-life-lab-experiments/bllx-blogs/being-a-good-dad-means-being-an-equal-caregiver/
Ruppanner, L., Collins, C., Landviar, L. C., Scarborough, W., Tan, X. (2021). COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at the same cost mothers have long endured. https://theconversation.com/covid-forced-australian-fathers-to-do-more-at-home-but-at-the-same-cost-mothers-have-long-endured-154834?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
Landivar, L. C., Ruppanner, L., Scarborough, W., Collins, C. (2020). Mothers Bear the Burden of the COVID-19 Economic Crisis with Few Supports. Other. https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/08/11/mothers-bear-the-burden-of-the-covid-19-economic-crisis-with-few-supports/
Ruppanner, L., Collins, C., Scarborough, W. (2020). COVID-19 is a disaster for mothers’ employment. And no, working from home is not the solution. https://theconversation.com/covid-19-is-a-disaster-for-mothers-employment-and-no-working-from-home-is-not-the-solution-142650
Ruppanner, L., Churchill, B., Scarborough, W. (2020). Why coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families. Other. https://theconversation.com/why-coronavirus-may-forever-change-the-way-we-care-within-families-134527
Lambouths, D., Scarborough, W., Holbrook, A. (2019). Who Supports Diversity Policies? It Depends on the Policy. Harvard Business Review.
Scarborough, W., Lewis, A., Arenas, I. (2018). Asian Americans don’t see same returns on education as whites in Chicago.. (May 23, 2018), . Chicago, IL: The Chicago Reporter. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/asian-americans-dont-see-same-returns-on-education-as-whites-in-chicago/
Scarborough, W., Henricks, K., Lewis, A. (2018). Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today. (February 26, 2018), . Chicago, IL: The Chicago Reporter. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/fifty-years-later-what-the-kerner-report-tells-us-about-race-in-chicago-today/
Risman, B., Scarborough, W., Sin, R. (2018). Good News! Attitudes Moving Toward Gender Equality: Why Won’t Anyone Listen?. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gender-questions/201812/good-news-attitudes-moving-toward-gender-equality
Scarborough, W. (2018). What the Data Says About Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010. Harvard Business Review.
Risman, B., Sin, R., Scarborough, W. (2017). Millennials: Not Pushing the Envelope, Not Rejecting the Gender Revolution. The Society Pages. https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2017/04/18/millennials-not-pushing-the-envelope-not-rejecting-the-gender-revolution/
Risman, B. J., Scarborough, W. (2016). Why There Are No Quick Economic Fixes for Women in Developing Countries. Scholars Strategy Network. https://scholars.org/contribution/why-there-are-no-quick-economic-fixes-women-developing-countries
Newspaper
Collins, C., Ruppanner, L., Scarborough, W. (2021). Why haven’t U.S. mothers returned to work? The child-care infrastructure they need is still missing.. Washington Post. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/08/why-havent-us-mothers-returned-work-child-care-infrastructure-they-need-is-still-missing/
Scarborough, W., Lewis, A., Walden, A. (2019). The invisibility of Chicago's Native American residents. June 7, 2019, . Chicago, IL: Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-native-american-inequity-uic-20190605-story.html
Reprinted Article
Collins, C., Scarborough, W., L., Landivar, L. C. (2020). Early Signs Indicate That COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Gender Inequality in the Labor Force. The COVID-19 Reader The Science and What It Says About the Social. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/early-signs-indicate-covid-19-exacerbating-gender-inequality-labor-force-linda-christin-landivar-leah-ruppanner-william-scarborough-caitlyn-collins/e/10.4324/9781003141402-22?context=ubx&refId=35f8ddd1-b16d-4e7c-9881-30c3c0313786
Scarborough, W. (2019). What the Data Say about Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010. Women and Gender: The Latest Research. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
Research Report
Scarborough, W. J., Lewis, A. E., Arenas, I. (2022). Shifting Population Trends in Chicago and the Chicago Metro Area. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.
Sobering, K., Scarborough, W. J., Kwon, R. C., Mumtaz, M. (2021). Can Gender Equality Spur Tech Growth?. Gender Policy Report. University of Minnesota. https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/can-gender-equality-spur-tech-growth/
Scarborough, W., Arenas, I., Lewis, A. (2020). Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: The Future of Black Chicago?.
Scarborough, W., Kares, F., Arenas, I., Lewis, A. (2019). Adversity and Resiliency for Chicago’s First: The State of Racial Justice for American Indian Chicagoans. Chicago, IL: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy. https://irrpp.uic.edu/pdf/publications/IRRPP_TheStateOfRacialJusticeForAmericanIndianChicagoansReport.pdf
Rodriguez, G., Park, E., Washington, D., Arenas, I., Scarborough, W., Lewis, A. (2019). Beyond Evaluatoin: The Role of Trust in Transforming REACH into a Development Tool. Chicago, IL: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy.
Scarborough, W., Lewis, A., Arenas, I. (2018). A Tale of Diversity, Disparity, and Discrimination: The State of Racial Justice for Asian American Chicagoans. Chicago, IL: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy. https://irrpp.uic.edu/pdf/publications/IRRPP_TheStateOfRacialJusticeForAsianAmericanChicagoansReport.pdf
Teaching Resource
Scarborough, W. (2016). Teaching the Sociological Imagination: Using Actual Lenses to See Personal Troubles as Public Issues.
White Paper
Ruppanner, L., Scarborough, W., Collins, C., Landivar, L. (2020). Head Start Enrollment is Key to COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Lessons from the Great Recession.
Scarborough, W., Ruppanner, L. (2019). POLICY BRIEF: What helps American Mothers Stay at Work? Reducing Childcare Costs, Increasing Head Start Enrollment and Lengthening School Days - Evidence from Key States. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/57hnv/

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Scarborough, W. J., "Structural Racism and Racial Disparities in Homelessness.," Sponsored by Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy / Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, State, $20000 Funded. (May 2023August 2023).
Scarborough, W. (Co-Principal), Lewis, A. (Co-Principal), Arenas, I. (Co-Principal), "Shifting Population Trends in Chicago and the Chicago Metro Area," Sponsored by MacArthur Foundation, Private, $15000 Funded. (January 2022December 2022).
Fellowship
Scarborough, W. J., "Dean’s Scholar Fellowship," Other, $22000 Funded. (20182019).
Grant - Research
Risman, B. (Principal), Scarborough, W. (Co-Principal), "Social Identities in the 21st Century," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $177774 Funded. (July 1, 2020June 30, 2023).
Ruppanner, L. (Co-Principal), Collins, C. (Co-Principal), Landivar, L. C. (Co-Principal), Scarborough, W. (Co-Principal), "COVID-19 and School Closures: The Impact on Mothers’ Employment," Sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation, Private, $49909 Funded. (March 1, 20212022).
Scarborough, W. (Principal), "Gendered Places: The Landscape of Local Gender Norms Across the United States," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (June 2022).
Collins, C., Ruppanner, L., Churchill, B., Scarborough, W. J., "Childcare in Neoliberal Times," Sponsored by McDonnell Academy International Symposium: Forces Reshaping the World, Washington University at St. Louis, National, $8748 Funded. (20192020).
Scarborough, W. J., Lewis, A., "Racial Wealth Disparities Among the Middle Class in Chicago," Other, $15000 Funded. (20182020).
Collins, C. (Co-Principal), Ruppanner, L. (Co-Principal), Scarborough, W. (Co-Principal), Landivar, L. C. (Co-Principal), "Testing Gender Essentialist Myths: Fathers are Inferior Caregivers to Kids," Sponsored by Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, Washington University in St. Louis, National, Funded. (November 2020November 2020).
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