Commentary

MHC's Benfey Reviews Booker Prize Winner

Professor Christopher Benfey reviews Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning novel, in the October 29 issue of the New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Alum in UAE Writes on Women's Rights

Shoba Narayan '87, author of Monsoon Diary, writes in Abu Dhabi's The National on the role women must play in their quest for equal rights around the globe.

Mariya Karimjee '10 Reports for Newsline

Mount Holyoke student Mariya Karimjee '10 writes about sandboarding in the Sahara Desert in a travel piece for Pakistan's Newsline magazine.

Chris Benfey Reviews Book on Women Writers

The Mellon Professor of English reviews A Jury of her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter in the New York Review of Books.

MHC's Chura Featured in NY Times Letters

In a September 12 letter to the editor of the New York Times, Gates Scholar Lindsay Chura '06 advises college students to create opportunities for themselves.

MHC's Fox on Controlling Health Care Costs

John O. Fox, visiting professor of complex organizations, penned an oped for the Aug. 31 issue of the Baltimore Sun on eliminating excessive health insurance and health care costs.

MHC's Western: Threat of War in Bosnia

Writing in Foreign Affairs, international relations professor Jon Western coauthors a piece on the renewed threat of war in Bosnia. (Free registration required.)

MHC's Hornstein on "Heeding Plans of Violence"

Writing in the Hartford Courant, psychologist Gail Hornstein discusses listening to those who commit "senseless acts of violence."

MHC's Ahmed: Brutality and the Indian Police

Writing in the Hindustan Times, professor Waquar Ahmed calls for an end to brutal methods by the Indian Police Force that date to the practices of the British Raj.

MHC's Benfey Reviews Holmes on Science

Professor Christopher Benfey reviews a new book by Richard Holmes, The Age of Wonder, in the July 16 issue of the New York Times Sunday Book Review.

President Creighton on Author Joyce Carol Oates

Writing in her University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni magazine, President Creighton reflects on the life and work of renowned author Joyce Carol Oates.

MHC's Ellis Offers Advice to Cheney

MHC professor Joseph Ellis is among the historians who offer former VP Dick Cheney advice on writing presidential memoirs in the June 27 online edition of the NY Times.

L.A. Times: MHC's Doug Amy on Oscar Changes

Professor Douglas Amy comments in the June 26 L.A. Times on the announcement that ten movies will now be considered for the annual Academy Awards best picture honors.

MHC's Barry in LA Times

Professor of biology Susan Barry writes about overcoming binocular vision deficits in the June 22 LA Times. (Registration may be required.)

MHC's Doug Amy Discusses Web Publishing

Writing for Inside Higher Ed, Mount Holyoke politics prof Doug Amy discusses why he opted to publish his book, Government is Good, online.

MHC's John Fox on Obama's Health Coverage

A letter to the editor on universal health coverage, written by MHC's visiting associate professor of complex organizations John O. Fox, is published in the June 8 New York Times.

MHC’s Pyle Chides Obama on Torture

In the Providence Journal, politics prof Chris Pyle claims President Obama isn't enforcing the law. (Free registration may be required).

MHC's Glasser on Teaching Students to Succeed

In the May 1 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, MHC dean of first-year studies Leah Blatt Glasser says students who learn to fail well will ultimately succeed.

MHC’s Savoy on Culture and the Environment

Lauret Savoy, professor of environmental studies, published an essay, “Pieces toward a Just Whole,” in the spring 2009 edition of the Georgia Review.

Benfey Reviews New Oates Book in NYT

Christopher Benfey, Mount Holyoke's Mellon Professor of English, reviewed Dear Husband, Joyce Carol Oates' new book, in the April 5 New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Benfey Reviews New Darwin Books in NYT

MHC prof Chris Benfey reviewed two new books on Charles Darwin, Darwin's Sacred Cause and Angels and Ages, in the February 1 issue of the NY Times Sunday Book Review.

Ellis Writes on Inaugural Speeches in Newsweek

MHC prof Joseph Ellis penned an essay on the history of presidential inaugural addresses for the January 21 special inaugural commemorative issue of Newsweek.

Parks ’85 Pens Ode to Obama for NPR

Suzan-Lori Parks '85 read a poem she wrote and dedicated to President Barack Obama on the January 19 edition of NPR's All Things Considered.

MHC's Western: Happy Birthday, Human Rights!

In the December 10 Daily Hampshire Gazette, international relations prof Jon Western hailed the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

MHC's Ramsey on the Black Friday Death

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, psychology prof Patricia Ramsey looks at reasons for the recent deadly stampede at a Long Island Wal-Mart.