Perspectives

Jean Allman, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on Ghana, women and gender for an episode of “Africa Past and Present,” a podcast produced at Michigan State University.

Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, writes in the online journal Religion & Politics about the killings in Louisville, Ky., and in Pittsburgh. “Honoring the latest thirteen lives callously stolen by hate, and so many who came before them, requires audible, visible action, even among those made uncomfortable […]

Aaron Bobick, dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, writes an expert piece on the Axios website about measures that voters in Arizona and Nevada will consider tomorrow to require utilities to invest in clean energy.

Ahead of the midterm elections, Steve Fazzari, chair of sociology in Arts & Sciences, explores the state of the economy and explains for a “Hold That Thought” episode why unemployment and growth figures don’t tell the full story.

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, of the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine, writes an op-ed in USA Today about sex discrimination in the workplace, including the field of medicine, and beyond — and how women are responding.

Literature scholar Tabea Linhard, a faculty fellow in the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, discusses her book project examining the formation after the Spanish Civil War of Mexico City’s international antifascist community.

Statistician Liberty Vittert, visiting assistant professor in Arts & Sciences, writes a piece in The Conversation about crime reporting data, how Chicago and St. Louis compare, and how the way crimes are counted today “can easily confuse and mislead” people.

Classics scholar Timothy Moore, in Arts & Sciences, discusses the importance of music in ancient Greek and Roman theater productions, an element often lost in modern-day readings of classic plays, on the Center for the Humanities website. He is working on a book and a website to help give such works their full context.

Physicist Kenneth Kelton, of Arts & Sciences, discusses for “Hold That Thought” how materials and technology, from metals and glass to plastics and semconductors, have advanced throughout history.

Xiang Hui, of Olin Business School, co-writes an op-ed in The Washington Post about the future and promise of artificial intelligence and the need to ensure it benefits the masses.