Are Academics Afraid to Study Scientology?
For a religion that some experts estimate includes only 30,000 members worldwide, Scientology attracts a lot of attention. But not so much from scholars.
Making College Work for Student-Athletes
What factors might help student-athletes at Division I schools get the most from their years at school?
Psy-Q: The Psychology Behind Our Fear of Ebola
Welcome to the first of a new weekly column, Psy-Q, which delves into the JSTOR archives to give ...
Playboy‘s Complicated Relationship with Feminism
Playboy has begun producing some surprisingly feminist content in recent months.
Animal History: An Emerging Scholarly Trend
A survey of emerging fields in animal history and animal studies.
The Surprisingly Long History of School Lunch as Teaching Tool
Research behind the history of school lunch.
Chess Grandmastery: Nature, Gender, and the Genius of Judit Polgár
László Polgár raised all three of his daughters to become chess prodigies.
YIVO Vilna Project Will Digitize Jewish History
It's an exciting time for Yiddish scholarship. The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has announced the start of its YIVO Vilna Project, a $5.25 million, 15-year endeavor to unite, at last, a collection of treasured documents that has been separated by an ocean for half a century .