Did academia kill jazz?
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
Jazz seems to be experiencing a bit of a renaissance among movie directors – look no further than documentaries such...
Foreign language classes becoming more scarce
Kathleen Stein-Smith, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Of all the skills that a person could have in today’s globalized world, few serve individuals – and the...
3 ways that big data reveals what you really like to watch, read and...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
Anyone who’s watched “Bridget Jones’s Diary” knows one of her New Year’s resolutions is “Not go out every night but...
The real problem with posting about your kids online
Priya C. Kumar, University of Maryland
In a recent essay published in The Washington Post, a mother explained her decision to continue writing essays and...
Measles: Why it’s so deadly, and why vaccination is so vital
Paul Duprex, University of Pittsburgh
On the darkest day of 2018, the winter solstice, we at the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of...
3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, West Virginia University
When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In...
Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta
Derrick P. Alridge, University of Virginia
As a historian who studies W.E.B. Du Bois – and as someone who once lived in nearby Athens, Georgia...
Who’s smoking now, and why it matters
Kenneth E. Warner, University of Michigan
Suppose you were told that there is something responsible for nearly 1 of every 5 deaths of Americans, and...
