Critical Theories of Anti-Semitism
Despite its persistence and viciousness, anti-Semitism remains undertheorized in comparison with other forms of racism and discrimination. How should anti-Semitism be defined? What are its underlying causes?
Caitlyn Collins
Caitlyn Collins, an associate professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences, has focused her career on researching and advocating for policy solutions for working mothers and their families. Now that she’s a working mother herself, her work has new meaning.
Fenderson wins Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Jonathan Fenderson, an associate professor of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a 2024 New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Millennial Jewish Stars
Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy
A case study by Jonathan Branfman, AB ’06, on six young Jewish entertainers and what their success reveals about race, gender, and antisemitism in America.
Class Acts: Austin Schorfheide
Some of Austin Schorfheide’s happiest memories are working the family farm in Hoyleton, Ill. — bailing hay, milking the cows, planting corn and soybeans. So while Schorfheide knew he did not want to be a farmer himself, he does want to make life better for farming communities.
Find Me the Votes
A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election
The epic inside story of the prosecution of a president, by Michael Isikoff, AB ’74 and Daneil Klaidman.
Red Reckoning
The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life
Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to reconsider almost every aspect of their society, culture, and identity.
Faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Four Washington University in St. Louis faculty are among 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. They are John Atkinson, MD, Pauline Kim, Adia Harvey Wingfield and Jeffrey Zacks.
Treitel installed as William Eliot Smith Professor in History
Corinna Treitel, a professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed recently as the university’s William Eliot Smith Professor in History.
Lemur’s lament
What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Researchers in Arts & Sciences confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on critically endangered lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a fosa.
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