No, This Isn’t “The Onion”
Dec 22, 2011 by George Leef |
Inside Higher Ed today has a story about a new book by a professor on hip-hop culture in college. In the interview, the author says, ”Hip-hop collegians are college students who create hip-hop and apply its sensibilities… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Lady Gaga Makes It to Harvard
Nov 21, 2011 by Charlotte Allen |
Charlotte Allen ponders the curious fascination academics seem to have with a popular singer. Perhaps it's connected to post-modernist theory?
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When Adolescent Culture Goes to College
Nov 14, 2011 by Jonathan Imber |
Sociologist Jonathan Imber analyzes the common threads running through recent student protest behavior.
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“Popular Culture and the Academy” AQ Issue in Print
Dec 29, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The winter issue of Academic Questions looks at the ways pop culture affects higher education today.
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Culture and the NY Times
Dec 08, 2010 by Daniel Asia |
I am aware that I am getting older, and therefore have less patience. But is it really that important where I or you were when John Lennon died? Thirty years after his untimely death this still seems to be an important question… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
The Canonical Alfred Hitchcock
Nov 16, 2010 by Michael Lewis |
A case for why Alfred Hitchcock and his films deserve to be studied in college classrooms, this article appeared in the "Popular Culture and the Academy" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 4).
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Newsflash: MSN Cites “Weird” College Courses
Sep 13, 2010 by Glenn Ricketts |
This just in from the MSN homepage, where there's a piece advising parents of prospective college students to check out what their hefty tuition buys them these days. The "weird" offerings include courses on dancing in laundromats… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Muppet Yoda or ‘Toon Yoda?
Dec 29, 2009 by David Clemens |
For 30 years, I have used Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now in conjunction with Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to illustrate allusion, ambiguity, irony, anxiety of influence, medium imperatives, and narrative… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
For Shame!
Jun 08, 2009 by Peter Wood |
On the transformation of the idea of "shame" - and how the right kind of shame is seen as honorable. Especially on the college campus.
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Is American Cultural Influence Declining?
Mar 16, 2009 by Herbert London |
Cowboy hats in Japan? It seems America is still a trend-setter.
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Zombies Ahead!
Feb 25, 2009 by Peter Wood |
Creeping public controversy about the role of zombies in our society prompts us to consider their place in higher education.
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Shaming the Winners
Jan 29, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Media hype after a 100-0 basketball game between two small private schools in Dallas exemplified a cultural tendency to vilify success.
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Updike at Rest
Jan 28, 2009 by Peter Wood |
Will the great American author's legacy outlive him?
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The College Backgrounds of America’s Leading Syndicated Columnists
Dec 01, 2008 by Tom Wood |
Journalism's roots in higher education remind us of the university's role in public society.
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Chocolate Rage
Nov 26, 2008 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
New anger in America sets cultural trends, writes NAS Executive Director Peter Wood.
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