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Opinion articles and speeches by MHC faculty, staff, and students, published in the media are available here. Should you wish to respond to the ideas contained within any of these articles, email Mary Jo Curtis, media relations associate, and she will forward to the commentator.

 

American Heritage: Ellis on Madison
MHC's Ford Foundation Professor of History Joseph Ellis writes about James Madison's "radical agenda" in the February 19 issue of American Heritage.
February 25, 2010 13:34

 

Eva Paus in Top Costa Rican Business Paper
The economics prof and director of the McCulloch Center wrote an op-ed, “Learning from the Chinese Dragon: Towards Costa Rica Inc.,” for the February 22 issue of El Financiero.
February 22, 2010 16:30

 

Benfey Reviews New Sheila Kohler Novel
Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey reviews Sheila Kohler’s tenth work of fiction, Becoming Jane Eyre, in the December 27 New York Times Sunday Book Review.
December 29, 2009 10:07

 

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.
November 09, 2009 15:27

 

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.
October 29, 2009 14:34

 

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.
September 30, 2009 11:07

 

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.
September 22, 2009 09:42

 

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.
September 14, 2009 12:01

 

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.
August 31, 2009 15:00

 

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.)
August 21, 2009 10:44

 

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."
August 17, 2009 12:05

 

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.
August 12, 2009 13:51

 

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.
July 20, 2009 16:10

 

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.
July 02, 2009 14:00

 

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.
June 29, 2009 15:13

 

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.
June 29, 2009 10:33

 

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.)
June 22, 2009 11:02

 

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.
June 18, 2009 09:54

 

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.
June 11, 2009 09:06

 

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).
May 22, 2009 10:59

 

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.
April 29, 2009 13:58

 

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.
April 22, 2009 16:43

 

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.
April 08, 2009 10:55

 

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.
February 02, 2009 13:40

 

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.
January 21, 2009 14:58
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