Suggested Readings: Truckers, Stalkers, and Computers
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of the JSTOR Daily
Civil Religion
The US has created its own "civil religion," a complex body of ambiguous public assertions of faith that obscure the varied, private beliefs of the populace.
Representative Barbies
A weekly deep dive into the scholarship around a current news story. This week: Barbie.
Suggested Readings: Free trade, Peer Review, and Bloodletting
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Suggested Readings: Fear, Heartbreak, and Planet Nine
Extra Credit: Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. ...
Women at Work
From finance to law and the sciences, women at work find themselves changing their personalities and habits to fit in.
The Midlife Crisis
Recent studies beg the question: Is the mid-life crisis universal or is it a phenomenon limited to a certain class and privilege level?
Suggested Readings: Witches, Germs, and Lobbyists
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Suggested Readings: Rethinking Freud, Rewatching Movies, and Remodeling the Earth
Extra Credit: Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. ...
Empathy and Imagery
Theories from psychology, education, philosophy, and sociology, show how complex and subconscious the feeling of empathy can be.
Suggested Readings: School Stress, Juking the Stats, and Ninja Sharks
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: De-stressing, Divorce, and the False View of Abortion on TV
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Syrian Deserters, Fight or Flight, Yoda’s Speech
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Tortoises, Teenagers, and Literary Critics
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Climate Change and Migration
Multiple research bodies show how climate change and natural disasters cause migration and refugees crises.
Cultural Capital
Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's 1970s concept of cultural capital has been co-opted by economics, racial studies, and education.
Suggested Readings: China and Africa, Designer Babies, and Slacktivists
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Studying Heart Disease, Punctuating Texts, Destroying Alderaan
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Rich Kids, Mean Drunks, and Terrorists
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Dogs, Ukuleles, and Political Ideology
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily
Suggested Readings: Religion and Morality, Women and Sex, Allergies and Flatworms
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Sim Cities, Racist Dates, and Spooky Action
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Humans are Ok, Fracking is Dangerous, Nutrition is Complicated
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Purity for Men, Center of the Earth, Silly Walks
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Suggested Readings: Gender and Job Reviews, Smart Video Games, Vampire Slayer Studies
Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.