Tag: Class
What is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
In modern conversations on race and politics, a popular buzzword has emerged to describe...
This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children’s stories
Meisha Lohmann, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series...
Canines go to college in this class that seeks to give...
Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg, Saint Francis University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the...
Karen A. Cerulo, Rutgers University and Janet Ruane, Montclair State University
In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy Cricket famously sings, “When...
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...
Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Reviewers varyingly called...
Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...
Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?
Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University
Many of us apply sunscreen when we go to the beach. But walking outside under the fierce summer sun...
I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
With training camp in full swing, quarterback Marcus Mariota, the first Samoan Heisman Trophy winner, will be the signal caller...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond...
Erin Coughlan de Perez, Tufts University
These days, it’s hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is...
