Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Behavioral Physical Activity Laboratory (BPAL), recently co-authored an article entitled “Association of masking policies with mask adherence and distancing during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic” in the Journal of Infection Control. The research found that mask adherence increases by nearly “3-fold” when mandates are in place. Adherence was also found to be influenced by age group, gender, and race and/or ethnicity.