Faculty

Science Friction

Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno discusses the battle over science in America.

Calling It Like He Sees It

John Lapinski shares his insider view on the Republican presidential nomination race.

Art on Wheels

Religious studies professor Jamal Elias explores the culture of truck decoration in Pakistan.

A Teetering Domino

Antonio Merlo riffs on Italy’s looming economic collapse.

The Politics of Black Religion

Historian Barbara Savage's new book examines tensions between faith and political activism in black churches.

Reality Check for Checklists

Sociologist Charles Bosk analyzes the effectiveness of checklists in patient safety.

Archaeology Matters

Archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff's new book argues for the modern-day relevance of studying the long-ago and faraway.

Balancing Act

Historian Richard Beeman’s new book explores the making of the American Constitution.

Mr. Fixit

In his new book, political scientist Donald Kettl argues that 20th-century government is no match for 21st-century problems.

Therapeutic Benefits and Risks

Anthropologist Adriana Petryna charts the expansion of the global clinical trials industry.

How to Get Out of Iraq

Political science scholar and international adviser Brendan O'Leary maintains that the Iraq constitution offers the best framework for stability and democracy.

Unintended Consequences

Middle East scholar Heather Sharkey’s new book examines the impact of American Presbyterian missionaries in Egypt.

Change and Survival

Graduate student Lucia Peixoto investigates the molecular machinery of single cell parasites.

Troubled Homecoming

Historian Thomas Childers explores the complicated reality of the Greatest Generation's return from World War II.

When We Were Gross

Historian Kathleen Brown's new book examines the evolution of body care in early America.