Happy New Year!

A new year, a new source! This week, we’re introducing Richard Yi, a professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, where he specializes in addiction studies. 

Richard Yi analyzes the behavioral and economic approaches that lead to decision and behavioral processes in health. He looks at valuation, or the process of determining monetary worth, and dynamic inconsistency, when one’s decision-making becomes inconsistent, as factors in addiction and relapse. 
 
Yi is the director of the Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment. The center focuses on research, training and outreach efforts to prevent and treat addiction. With the University of Kansas, it offers treatment programs, art-based therapy, and addiction-based clinical services. 

Other sources of interest this week.

Minimum wage has increased in 23 states. According to the Economic Policy Institute, this increase is due to a price hike in cost of living.

Saba Waheed is the research director of the Labor Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has nearly 20 years of research experience developing projects in partnership with community stakeholders. Her expertise includes the gig economy, the service industry, domestic work, and the sharing economy, including Lyft and Uber drivers.

Sources of the Week on the news

Read:

• Tina Trujillo shared insight with The Mercury News about UC Berkeley's Center for the Science of Psychedelics and its plan to teach guides on facilitating hallucinogens. 
• Otis Brawley was interviewed by CNN about the likelihood of a double cancer diagnosis.
• Lawrence Yun talked Chicago Agent Magazine about the current state of the economic market.

Watch:

• Shaun Harper spoke with Forbes about DEI efforts in remote work. 

Listen:

• Khiara Bridges chatted with the American Constitution Society's Broken Law Podcast about the biggest political takeaways from 2022, and what to expect this year.