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Earlier this year, an issue of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (PPP) featured a number of articles and commentaries separately focused on issues concerning autism and depression. Two of the authors from the issue, Aaron J. Hauptman (Chief...

On the occasion of National Ampersand Day, a note from our editorial director who probably has a few other things to do-- Some weeks the work of publishing can seem endless. My summer to-do list has become a crumpled document with embarrassingly few items...

Back-to-school can be a tough time for students of any age – grade school, high school, college – and their parents. It carries with it anxiety about the social and academic events of the coming year. Thoughts such as: Who are my teachers? What if they don’t...

Well maybe not mean, but cold? “She was a cold one.” So responded a librarian when I told him I was writing a book about Nancy Clem. The attorneys who prosecuted her, who included future U.S. president Benjamin Harrison, would have agreed. They portrayed Clem...

1. Be mindful that your goal is to educate all students enrolled in your institution. Not just the top quartile with exceptional academic talent and the bottom quartile that may need special remediation. Traditional teaching methods don't do a good job with...

Earlier this year, the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth (JCHY) published a special issue on children and childhood in Ireland. The articles originated at a conference entitled “Twenty Years A-Growing: An International Conference on the History of...

This month I am proud to partner with JHU Press for the release of my newest single-author book. ‘Blue Marble Health’ describes a new and emerging paradigm for the poverty-related infectious diseases based on my observations and analyses as a physician...

In 1916, as the United States prepared to fight World War I, Congress created the National Park Service to administer the growing national park system. Turbulent times in United States history seem to spur preservation movements: somehow, in 1864, during the...

Illiberal Practices: Territorial Variance within Large Federal Democracies builds on a growing literature in comparative politics that focuses on subnational political processes. The volume offers comparative studies of subnational democracy in six of the...

The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial anniversary in the month of August! NPS has served as a valuable resource for many of our authors, both professionally and recreationally. To commemorate the occasion, our authors have taken to the blog...