Tag: Names
How ‘Karen’ went from a popular baby name to a stand-in...
Robin Queen, University of Michigan
When I read about Amy Cooper, the woman in Central Park who called the police on a black birder because...
Why do kids call their parents ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’?
Bethany Van Vleet, Arizona State University and Denise Bodman, Arizona State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
Why are some Americans changing their names?
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”
The story explained how Obama’s...
Do you look like your name?
Anne-Laure Sellier, HEC School of Management – Université Paris-Saclay
Most parents can remember the subtle mix of excitement and anxiety accompanying the choice...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
