Month: February 2012
Guest post by Robert M. Pallitto One of the big questions in the media these days is whether torture should be used to interrogate terrorists and prevent future attacks. When I hear these discussions, I get the sense that we are facing this question for the first time in our post-9/11 world. Even the famous…
Guest post by Andrew E. Derocher, Ph.D. February 27 is International Polar Bear Day but it’s a safe bet that polar bears throughout the Arctic aren't paying much attention. Nonetheless, any bear living at the northern reaches of land near Ellesmere Island or northern Greenland might be celebrating: celebrating the return of the sun. Given that the…
By Janet Gilbert, Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator It’s the best part of my week—every week—when I get to talk with journal editors or association administrators and hear the passion in their voices as they speak about their publications or societies and the global effects their scholarship is having across a particular discipline.…
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by George A. Feldhamer Most of us here in North America know a white-tailed deer when we see one. And we know that deer…
The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Kathy Steligo As a woman who has had lumpectomy on both breasts, I thank my lucky stars for that simple yet effective operation. But a new study published recently in…
Guest post by Blair A. Ruble I just returned from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library where I spoke about my history of U Street with veteran jazz broadcaster Rusty Hassan, currently of DC's WPFW. A very diverse group of about 40 showed up on a rainy afternoon in the middle of the week…
By Sara Cleary, Acquisitions Assistant Our editorial director, Greg Britton, once told us a story about an editor who gift-wrapped advance book copies before sending them to authors. Since then, I have noticed that I take a little extra care with advances in the mailroom. Perhaps it is only a selfish thing on my part—after…
By Sara Cleary, Acquisitions Assistant Our editorial director, Greg Britton, once told us a story about an editor who gift-wrapped advance book copies before sending them to authors. Since then, I have noticed that I take a little extra care with advances in the mailroom. Perhaps it is only a selfish thing on my part—after…
In case you weren’t aware, it’s Black History Month. We’ll leave aside the well-known and somewhat suspicious fact that the shortest month of the year is the one officially designated to understanding, recognizing, and honoring the long and troubled history of the relationship between blacks and whites in the United States and instead take this…
Guest post by Marybeth Gasman I grew up in a large Michigan farm family with a racist father. He used the “N-word” daily, often calling all of the children the word when he chastised us. I didn’t know what the word meant but I knew it was bad. My father constantly told us that Blacks…