The faculty at the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies are regularly called upon to share their expertise on various topics with media publications all around the world.
2024
January 2024
January 1 | Ethics Welcomes New Editor | Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy | Douglas Portmore
January 20 | Transitions énergétiques : « Le transport a été bien plus important que ce que les gens peuvent penser » | Forbes France | Christopher Jones [English Translation]
January 26 | Zapatistas: the power of an Indigenous uprising in Mexico | Native American Calling | Alan Shane Dillingham and Alexander Aviña
February 2024
February 1 | Super shoes ushered in a new era of competitive running — and they're not going away | KJZZ | Victoria Jackson
February 10 | ‘Inequality Is Part Of Our Fossil Fuel Regime — Urban Users Gain, Rural Producers Pay The Cost’ | Times of India | Christopher Jones
February 26 | Injustice in her roots: How a DNA test revealed the truth of this Peoria woman's ancestry | AZCentral | Calvin Schermerhorn
March 2024
March 1 | Black Power, Jazz Ambassadors, and the African Maghrib in the Revolutionary 1960s | Amerikastudien/American Studies | Chouki El Hamel
March 6 | Labor victory for Dartmouth basketball players only start of path to a union deal | ABC 15 | Victoria Jackson
March 8 | As Ramadan begins, Arizonans with Palestinian roots are holding onto hope | AZCentral | Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines
March 13 | Stoicism and Spirituality | Insider Higher Ed | Sandra Woien
March 15 | New scholarship for history students named in honor of ASU alumna | ASU News | Richard Amesbury, Catherine O'Donnell, Kathleen Kole de Peralta, James Dupey
March 22 | New degree brings humanist approach to world issues | ASU News | SHPRS
April 2024
April 1 | Humanities professors on mega sporting events, fan bases and placemaking in the Valley of the Sun | ASU News | Victoria Jackson, Shawn Klein, Terry Shoemaker
April 4 | ASU helps document history, implement new technologies for 100-year-old botanical garden | ASU News | Jason Bruner, Erin Craft, Mark Tebeau, Evan Berry
April 7 | Meet Jason Bruner | Canvas Rebel | Jason Bruner
May 2024
May 22 | The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrates faculty excellence with 2024 teaching awards | ASU News | Thad Botham
May 30 | How Grievance Splintered American Sports | The Washington Post | Victoria Jackson
June 2024
June 6 | 2 ASU faculty awarded prestigious fellowships for research in history, religious studies | ASU News| Hannah Barker, Han Hsien Liew
June 10 | College athletes set to receive $2.8 billion from the NCAA | Arizona PBS | Victoria Jackson
July 2024
July 10 | Colleges Make Olympic Athletes. Is That About to Change? | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Victoria Jackson
August 2024
August 8 | Jewish Studies director recognized for offering leadership in difficult times | ASU News | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
August 22 | ASU Professor Joan McGregor named new director of Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics | ASU News | Joan McGregor
September 2024
September 4 | ASU researchers awarded $1M grant to cultivate civic virtues in Arizona public universities | ASU News | Joan McGregor, Tyler DesRoches
September 6 | Good Friends Meet Again: Power, Emotion, and Tatar–Venetian Relations in the Memoirs of Giosafat Barbaro | Project Muse | Hannah Barker
September 9 | Putting a spiritual spin on my love affair with vinyl | The Conversation | Brock Ruggles
September 12 | No Peeking: Peer Review and Presumptive Blinding | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | Nathan Ballantyne, Jared Celniker
September 14 | George Washington established the presidency. How much of it would he recognize now? | NPR | Catherine O'Donnell
September 15 | With more gambling cases likely, Ohtani debacle is a lesson to MLB | Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein
September 24 | The puzzle of sports fandom | Journal of the Philosophy of Sport | Shawn Klein, Peter Kung
September 25 | The Beast Computer of Brussels: An American Invention That Conquered the World | Journal of the American Academy of Religion| J Eugene Clay
October 2024
October 15 | Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought | Maydan Islamic Thought | Han Hsien Liew
October 18 | ‘The Caliphate Will Last for Thirty Years’: Polemic and Political Thought in the Afterlife of a Prophetic Ḥadīth | Journal of Islamic Studies | Han Hsien Liew
October 25 | Miami Dolphins should tell Tua Tagavailoa ‘enough’ | Andscape | Shawn Klein
November 2024
November 6 | How did a highly educated prosecutor lose to a convicted megalomaniac? | Metro | Laura Smith
November 7 | In historic shift, American Muslim and Arab voters desert Democrats | Voice of America | Chad Haines
2023
January 2023
January 6 | ASU professor: 'A very mixed legacy' for the late Pope Benedict | KTAR News 92.3 | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
January 6 | Life or death crisis on football field puts spotlight on NFL’s priorities | Financial Times | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 8 | Empathy and humanity are at the center of Holocaust education in Arizona | Arizona Public Media | Volker Benkert | Link
January 11 | Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them? | Religion News Service | Terry Shoemaker | Link
January 11 | Conference on religion, technology coming to ASU's Tempe campus | ASU News | Evan Berry | Link
January 13 | Associate Professor Jason Bruner named new director of Desert Humanities Initiative at ASU | ASU News | Jason Bruner | Link
January 18 | ASU center director reflects on the state of religion and conflict | ASU News | John Carlson | Link
January 19 | How concerns about the economy affect the world of college sports | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 24 | Killam Fellow studies abroad in Canada | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
February 2023
February 1 | Catherine O'Donnell named new associate director of the Institute of Humanities Research | ASU News | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 1 | History professor wins book award for work on the history of Mexico | ASU News | A.S. Dillingham | Link
February 3 | Scholars say racial impacts of Mexican-American War still felt today | AZ Central | Alexander Aviña & Maurice Crandall | Link
February 6 | A look at the history of the Super Bowl | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
February 8 | In a Valley of transplants, Arizona's professional sports teams struggle to find their fan base | KJZZ Phoenix | Shawn Klein | Link
February 13 | ASU historian awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship | ASU News | Julian Lim | Link
February 16 | First cross-humanities degree program to launch at ASU | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
February 22 | Open Doors Gets Dragged into Germany’s Debate Over Christian Persecution | Christianity Today | Jason Bruner | Link
February 23 | Must reads for Black History Month | ASU News | Andrew Barnes, Calvin Schermerhorn & Monica Espaillat-Lizardo | Link
February 26 | Open Door in Tempe caps off monthlong series of events | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
February 27 | Cheshire Calhoun's Workbench: Origins, Brickmaking, & Thinking-Beyond | Workbench | Cheshire Calhoun | Link
February 28 | How to Study Global Christianity | New Books Network | Jason Bruner | Link
February 28 | History PhD candidate turns 46-day walk into a love letter to Arizona | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
March 2023
March 7 | ASU professor shares personal story of Yavapai-Apache scouts in new book | Navajo-Hopi Observer | Maurice Crandall | Link
March 8 | ASU religious studies faculty on the global springtime festivals you may not know about | ASU News | Alexander Henn, Huaiyu Chen, Han Hsien Liew & Joel Gereboff
March 10 | Mayor Kate Gallego kicks off Phoenix History Month | 12 News | Mark Tebeau | Link
March 23 | Chris Smith taught history at ASU. Now he’s a part of Mill Avenue history | KJZZ Phoenix | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
March 27 | Arizona HERstory: Meet Sister Clare Dunn, the nun who served in the state Legislature | AZ Central | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
March 29 | Three guiding questions for world history state standards | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College | Lauren McArthur Harris | Link
April 2023
April 3 | ASU hosts Genocide Awareness Week on April 17–21 | ASU News | Timothy Langille & Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
April 4 | Former ASU coach among plaintiffs in suit against NCAA over unpaid coaches | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
April 5 | The Zoryan Institute and Arizona State University Join Forces at the 2023 Genocide Awareness Week to Promote Equity, Tolerance, and Reconciliation | The Zoryan Institute | Timothy Langille | Link
April 12 | 6 ASU professors selected as Institute for Humanities Research Fellows | ASU News | Volker Benkert, Katherine Bynum, Marcello Di Bello | Link
April 12 | ASU Black Collections symposium reimagines, centers communities in archives | ASU News | Curtis Austin | Link
April 19 | ASU's Institute for Humanities Research announces 2023–24 seed grant recipients | ASU News | N. Ángel Pinillos | Link
April 21 | 1st OURS symposium recognizes research projects from ASU Online students | ASU News | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
April 23 | 'My God, to see it in person': 160 years of Phoenix history were discovered at a Maryvale elementary school | 12 News | Public History program | Link
April 27 | History professor does a 360, comes home to teach | ASU News | Maurice Crandall | Link
April 28 | For women, pope's changes for upcoming Vatican summit open doors 'that will be hard to shut' | USA Today | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
May 2023
May 1 | What happens when a new king is crowned? | ASU News | Toby Harper | Link
May 1 | Influential Indigenous: Chatting with Owen Wister Award Winner Joseph M. Marshall III | Cowboys & Indians Magazine | Donald Fixico | Link
May 7 | 1,500 service members will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border this week | NPR | Alexander Aviña | Link
June 2023
June 5 | The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrates faculty excellence with 2023 teaching awards | ASU News | Jason Bruner | Link
June 4 | Al Aoula | Chouki El Hamel | Link
June 9 | Critics slam The Economist for 'racist' article calling Latin American workers 'useless' | NBC News | Alexander Aviña | Link
June 12 | Backlash following PGA and LIV merger announcement | Arizona PBS | Shawn Klein | Link
June 13 | Transgender athlete bans are part of a long, problematic history of policing women's sports | KJZZ | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 14 | ASU WWII studies graduates honored at New Orleans celebration | ASU News | Richard Amesbury | Link
June 19 | 2023’s Most Patriotic States in America | WalletHub | Donald Critchlow | Link
June 21 | Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics announces new director | ASU News | Gaymon Bennett | Link
June 27 | The Land is Everything: Voting Rights vs Tribal Sovereignty with Dr. Maurice Crandall | Encounter Culture Podcast | Maurice Crandall | Link
July 2023
July 18 | How Title IX Catapulted Women’s Soccer onto the Global Stage | New America: The Thread | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 18 | REVIEW: Progressives, Old and New | Current | Donald Critchlow | Link
July 29 | The U.S. Law That Made the Rest of the Globe So Strong at the Women’s World Cup | Slate | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 2023
August 3 | ASU center receives grant to amplify voices of Muslim youth | ASU News | Chad Haines and Yasmin Saikia | Link
August 9 | New professor brings passion for Korean history to ASU | ASU News | Sungik Yang | Link
August 9 | The Dangerous Promise of the Pro-Doping “Enhanced Games” | Outside Magazine | Shawn Klein | Link
August 14 | Institute for Humanities Research names new associate director | ASU News | Curtis Austin | Link
August 16 | ASU's Institute for Humanities Research announces new sports initiative | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 18 | Women’s soccer is growing globally. U.S. college sports are part of that. | NPR's Marketplace | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 31 | Bioethics and barriers: ASU professors weigh in on the future of ethical research | ASU State Press | Sandra Woien | Link
September 2023
September 5 | ASU sports historian to speak on state of sports in the US | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 7 | College sports have shifted dramatically, and Arizona schools have played a big part | KJZZ | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 8 | Collections: See 3 Quran leaves dating as far back as 1106 at Phoenix library | KJZZ | Han Hsien Liew | Link
September 15 | Why does Hispanic Heritage Month start in the middle of September? | AZCentral | Alan Shane Dillingham | Link
September 19 | The Myth of Marijuana | The Dial Magazine | Alex Aviña | Link
September 27 | The weighty decisions around dementia and accompanied death | Mayo Clinic Press | Joan McGregor | Link
October 2023
October 20 | ASU researchers work to save the rainforest by putting a new value on it | ASU News | Tod Swanson | Link
October 30 | To teach the Holocaust is to honor the legacy of its victims and survivors | Jewish News | Jacob Flaws | Link
November 2023
November 7 | Course Spotlight: REL 301 - Comparative Mysticism | ASU Online | Charles Barfoot | Link
November 10 | Salazar Viniegra and the myth of marijuana | Animal Politico | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 15 | Allow Us to Explain - Performance Enhancing Drug Use | Our National Conversation | Shawn Klein | Link
November 16 | Gen Z is moving away from traditional religion, but that doesn't mean they aren't spiritual | KJZZ | Terry Shoemaker | Link
November 29 | The Olympics are back and ASU has great opportunities to learn about its history | State Press | Shawn Klein and Victoria Jackson | Link
December 2023
December 1 | How religion plays into Ron DeSantis' public image — from 'armor of God' to a Bible ordered on Amazon | NBC News | Richard Amesbury | Link
December 21 | ASU faculty collaborate on $1.6M grant to improve civics education in local schools | ASU News | Lauren Harris and James Dupey | Link
2022
January 2022
January 11 | ASU lecturer says the Jan. 6 display of white nationalism is linked to the Cold War | KJZZ Phoenix | Terry Shoemaker | Link
January 11 | ASU lecturer says the Jan. 6 display of white nationalism is linked to the Cold War | Fronteras | Terry Shoemaker | Link
January 11 | ASU reports record-breaking 2,033 COVID-19 cases | The State Press | Evan Berry | Link
January 27 | Getting students involved with German history | ASU News | Volker Benkert | Link
February 2022
February 1 | Religious studies faculty member awarded NSF grant to research Indigenous knowledge in the Amazon | ASU News | Tod Swanson | Link
February 1 | ASU workshop to home in on the social responsibility of business | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
February 3 | History shows how consumer boycotts have influenced business | KJZZ Phoenix | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
February 3 | More than sports: 2022 Beijing Olympics stir up conversations about human rights | ASU News | Shawn Klein & Victoria Jackson | Link
February 7 | Why America’s founding is a conservative touchstone | Christian Science Monitor | Donald Critchlow | Link
February 8 | Phoenix Holocaust Association to Bring Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit to Arizona | Arizona Jewish Life | SHPRS | Link
February 15 | Phoenix priest resigns after he gave thousands of invalid baptisms | 12 News Phoenix | Tracy Fessenden | Link
February 15 | One wrong word by Phoenix priest invalidates decades of baptisms | AZ Family | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 15 | Arizona Catholic priest resigns over wrongly-used word during baptism; what you should know about the mix-up | Fox 10 News | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 15 | ‘Holocaust by Bullets’ returns to ASU | Jewish News | SHPRS | Link
February 15 | Phoenix priest gives thousands of invalid baptisms for decades | ABC 15 | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 17 | Phoenix Holocaust Association to bring Holocaust exhibit to ASU library | Daily Independent | SHPRS | Link
February 21 | Putin Orders Troops Into Ukraine: 5 Essential Reads | Flagler Live | Eugene Clay | Link
February 22 | 'Holocaust by Bullets' exhibit coming to ASU | ASU News | Volker Benkert | Link
February 24 | Questions and answers about Russia's invasion of Ukraine | ASU News | Eugene Clay | Link
March 2022
March 9 | The historical roots of the war in Ukraine | The Conversation | Jacob Flaws | Link
March 10 | Philosophy alumnus publishes book on the politicization of trangender identities | ASU News | Joan McGregor | Link
March 14 | Was it hypocritical for the NFL to suspend Calvin Ridley for gambling? Maybe not. | Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein | Link
March 14 | Valley 101 asks: Why is there art on the freeways? | AZ Central | Mark Tebeau | Link
March 15 | Here's what permanent daylight saving time would mean for Arizona | 12 News | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
March 16 | Where Ukraine fits into Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'culture war' | ABC News | Eugene Clay | Link
March 17 | ASU center launches Spirituality and Public Life Initiative | ASU News | John Carlson, Terry Shoemaker & Tracy Fessenden | Link
March 20 | All in a Day’s Work | Arizona Highways Magazine | Douglas Miles & SHPRS | Link
March 22 | Genocide Awareness Week Celebrates 10th Anniversary | Jewish Phoenix | SHPRS | Link not available
March 22 | Genocide Awareness Week moves to Tempe | Jewish News | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Volker Benkert & Erica May | Link
March 22 | When lockdown happened, historians took to the internet | High Country News | Katy Kole de Peralta | Link
March 23 | ASU to host 10th annual Genocide Awareness Week | ASU News | Volker Benkert | Link
March 24 | Woman's Hour: Actor Ruth Wilson. Kinship Care. Rear Admiral Jude Terry. Body hair in history | BBC | Marissa Rhodes | Link
March 28 | UTSA caps off Women’s History Month with national speaker on the history of Title IX | UTSA Today | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 31 | PBS presents 'The Futures of Democracy' podcast | ASU News | Richard Amesbury & Evan Berry | Link
April 2022
April 1 | Climate activism at The College | ASU News | Evan Berry & Tod Swanson | Link
April 5 | Expert says genocide is part of humanity, often result of propaganda | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
April 6 | ASU honors student selected for 2022 Henry Clay Center College Student Congress | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
April 8 | 4 ASU students nominated for Udall Undergraduate Scholarship | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
April 20 | Navy veteran, State Department employee earns Dean's Medal in religious studies | ASU News | Agnes Kefeli Clay, Doe Daughtrey & Joel Gereboff | Link
April 20 | Graduate to earn 5 bachelor’s degrees spanning STEM, social sciences, humanities | ASU News | Douglas Portmore, Steven Reynolds & Thad Botham | Link
April 20 | Graduating history student reflects on times as an intern, research assistant | ASU News | Catherine O'Donnell, Amy Kaiman, Julian Lim, Erin Craft & Alexander Aviña | Link
April 20 | Philosophy graduate to pursue career in law, human rights | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
April 20 | Philosophy graduate discusses changing course, a future in law | ASU News | Joan McGregor & Michelle Saint | Link
April 20 | A love for stories led this soon-to-be graduate to get involved on campus | ASU News | Calvin Schermerhorn & Hannah Barker | Link
April 28 | Small tribe takes giant leap for Indian gaming | Indian Country Today | Donald Fixico
May 2022
May 9 | Biden is right to call out GOP as ‘extreme’ on abortion | The Hill | Donald Critchlow
May 11 | The College celebrates faculty excellence with 2022 Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Awards | ASU News | Michelle Saint | Link
May 16 | ASU Online student presents research on Native genocide at conference | ASU News | Jason Bruner | Link
May 18 | NIL, College Football, & the Business of College Athletics with Victoria Jackson | Sports 360 AZ | Victoria Jackson | Link
May 24 | An electric company treasure hunt | ASU News | Public History Program | Link
May 26 | ASU students help Emerson School celebrate 100 years of history | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
May 31 | 3 ASU students curate 'extraordinary' SRP art collection | Tri-Valley Dispatch | SHPRS | Link
May 31 | The abortion debate often involves religious beliefs. But not all groups are against abortion | KJZZ Phoenix | Tracy Fessesnden | Link
May 31 | Students reflect on final projects from Buddhism course | ASU News | Huaiyu Chen | Link
June 2022
June 2 | ASU institute hosts Palestinian delegation visit from An-Najah National University | ASU News | Matt Casey-Pariseault & Catherine O'Donnell | Link
June 5 | How Title IX has shaped women's athletics 50 years after its passage | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 10 | Oklahoma’s Abortion Law Raises Questions About N.C.A.A.’s Softball World Series | The New York Times | Victoria Jackson
June 14 | Title IX Compliance | That's What She Said with Sarah Spain | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 21 | Title IX at 50: Sun Devils level up for access, equity in academics, athletics | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 2022
July 4 | Small churches close from low attendance | KJZZ Phoenix | Jason Bruner | Link
July 18 | ASU South Asia expert poised to make global impact in new role | ASU News | Yasmin Saikia | Link
July 20 | ASU Online history grad used his passion to become an award-winning filmmaker | ASU News | Yann Mann | Link
July 21 | When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ | Smithsonian Magazine | Christopher Jones | Link
July 25 | ASU scholars join conversation on climate, communities at Global Humanities Institute | ASU News | Joan McGregor | Link
July 28 | Complicity and Deflection at the LIV Golf Traveling Circus | The Ringer | Shawn Klein | Link
August 2022
August 2 | Unsung heroes of civil rights movement tell their stories | ASU News | Curtis Austin | Link
August 2 | Nike scores success with early backing for women’s football | Financial Times | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 3 | Colin Murray | BBC News Radio | Victoria Jackson | Link no longer available
August 4 | Student Athletes Face Uncertainty After Colleges Go Silent Post-Roe | NBC News | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 9 | Secretary Haaland Announces Members of the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names | U.S. Department of the Interior | Donald Fixico | Link
August 10 | Who's new at the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies? | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
August 15 | Lecture to address ideological conformity on university campuses, in American society | ASU News | Peter de Marneffe | Link
August 29 | New ASU center aims to showcase Muslim contributions, accomplishments in US | ASU News | Chad Haines & Yasmin Saikia | Link
August 29 | Shawn Klein / The Sports Ethicist | The Tully Show | Shawn Klein | Link
September 2022
September 7 | Buick TSL “22 For 2022” | Women’s Sports Have Come A Long Way Since Title IX, But We Still Have Miles To Go | The Shadow League | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 9 | Accession to the throne | AZ Family 3TV | Tobias Harper | Link
September 21 | With Queen Elizabeth II gone, will the Commonwealth say goodbye to Britain? | Euro New | Tobias Harper | Link
September 26 | With the Celtics and Udoka, it’s about brand | Boston Globe | Shawn Klein | Link
September 26 | ASU Online alumnus named Idaho History Teacher of the Year | ASU News | James Dupey | Link
September 27 | ASU to host Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide | ASU News | Jacob Flaws | Link
October 2022
October 4 | History is happening today | ASU News | Peter Van Cleave | Link
October 6 | Former Olympic soccer goalie Briana Scurry shares her story at ASU event | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 13 | ASU professor calls for more research into 'climate collapse' | ASU News | Tyler DesRoches | Link
October 18 | Arizona GOP legislators rolled out the red carpet for '2,000 Mules.' Then law enforcement gave the movie what amounts to two thumbs down | NBC12 News | John Carlson | Link
October 27 | 2022’s States with the Most & Least Powerful Voters for the Midterms | WalletHub | Donald Critchlow | Link
November 2022
November 1 | Historian receives prestigious award for first book | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | A.S. Dillingham
November 14 | Humanities projects receive funding for Latino research and scholarship | ASU News | Julian Lim | Link
November 15 | What can be done about cynicism, hopelessness in the face of climate change? | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 15 | Past meets future: Humanities students engage with WWI history through virtual reality | ASU News | Victoria Thompson | Link
November 16 | ASU senior awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 17 | ASU alum honored as civic leader | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 28 | ASU, Uber partnership allows student to complete bachelor's degrees | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 28 | Quadruple major graduates with plans of helping people with disabilities | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 28 | World War II studies graduate looks to bring new perspective to the past | ASU News | Jacob Flaws | Link
December 2022
December 2 | Social Studies Leaders Vow Not to Water Down ‘Hard History’ | Education Week | Lauren Harris | Link
December 6 | ASU graduate digs deep into the dark history of mining in Arizona | ASU News | Peter Van Cleave, Matthew Casey-Pariseault, Jean-Marie Stevens & Marissa Rhodes | Link
December 9 | The College recognizes academic excellence with fall 2022 Dean's Medalists | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
December 13 | Failed Futures: The Confederacy Had Colossal Plans After the Civil War to Spread Slavery Across the Globe And Become Fabulously Wealthy | History Unplugged Podcast | Adrian Brettle | Link
December 16 | Math grad aims to specialize in computer verification of mathematical proofs | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
December 28 | A new journal and its co-editor | Sport Faith Life | Terry Shoemaker | Link
2021
January 2021
January 1 | Kathleen Kole de Peralta, curadora de A Journal of the Plague Year: “Hay muchas historias que capturan alegría y felicidad durante la pandemia” | La Tercera | Kathleen Kole de Peralta | Link
January 3 | What led to the emergence of monotheism? | Live Science | Chad Haines | Link
January 4 | Why the humanities matter to sports | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 8 | Violence in Washington | BBC World News | Donald Critchlow | Link
January 8 | How Billie Holiday’s religious childhood shaped her haunting legacy | Angelus | Tracy Fessenden | Link
January 14 | President Trump impeached again | BBC World News | Donald Critchlow | Link
January 20 | Historians Dismiss 1776 Report As Misleading, Inaccurate | KJZZ Phoenix | Lauren Harris | Link
January 20 | ASU history professor on how Donald Trump will be remembered | KTAR News | Donald Critchlow | Link
January 21 | ASU Professor: Biden's Inaugural Address Bolsters Civil Religion | KJZZ Phoenix | John Carlson | Link
January 22 | Is America losing its civil religion? | ASU News | John Carlson & Tracy Fessenden | Link
January 28 | Persecution, martyrdom and Christian identity: 7 questions with Jason Bruner | Sacred Matters | Jason Bruner | Link
January 29 | Narrative storytelling has power in driving clean energy revolution | ASU News | Paul Hirt | Link
February 2021
February 1 | ASU historian awarded fellowship to research history of policing, surveillance of Black communities | ASU News | Leslie Alexander | Link
February 1 | The Women and Men of American Religion. Story 4: Elizabeth Seton | Religion in the American Experience | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 2 | 2 ASU historians awarded National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships | ASU News | Anna Holian & Laurie Manchester | Link
February 5 | New universitywide conference aims to facilitate open dialogue on issues of religion, ethics and science | ASU News | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
February 8 | UCLA Pauses 'Unethical' Study Designed to Mentally Distress Trans People | VICE | Maura Priest | Link
February 12 | Interview with Dr. Adrian Brettle, author of COLOSSAL AMBITIONS: Confederate Planning for a Post-Civil War World | University of Virginia Press | Adrian Brettle | Link no longer live
February 16 | 'A window into the world of others' | ASU News | Leslie Alexander & James Rush | Link
February 16 | The hidden structure of the Arizona oasis | ASU News | Jason Bruner | Link
February 17 | Run, see, rise: ASU alumna reflects on undergraduate experience, how it led to career in music | ASU News | Shahla Talebi | Link
February 24 | Before the vaccine, we were in this together. Now there's a divide between the have-shots and have-nots | AZ Central | Mark Tebeau | Link
February 26 | Regents and Emeritus Professor of history Peter James Iverson dies at 76 | ASU News | Peter James Iverson | Link
March 2021
March 5 | New digital humanities journal started by ASU undergraduates | ASU News | Katherine Osburn | Link
March 11 | Female ASU faculty share challenges, triumphs and what gives them hope about the future of women in academia | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 17 | Confederate Ambitions: Flawed Visions for a New Nation | Virginia Humanities | Adrian Brettle | Link
March 17 | Colossal Ambitions: Confederate Planning for a Post-Civil War World book review | Civil War Book Review | Adrian Brettle | Link
March 17 | The Civil War: Confederate Ambitions | C-SPAN | Adrian Brettle | Link
March 19 | ASU faculty affiliate awarded US Holocaust Memorial Museum fellowship | ASU News | Anna Cichopek-Gajraj | Link
March 24 | Humanities undergrad uses research on Armenia to pen article of awareness | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
March 25 | Bangladesh at 50 | BBC Radio | Yasmin Saikia | Link
March 30 | 5 doctoral students begin inaugural Race Relations Scholar program | ASU News | Donald Fixico | Link
April 2021
April 4 | Attendance at Valley faith-based gatherings low | 12 News | Terry Shoemaker | Link
April 5 | How does the history of COVID-19 look after a year of archiving? | ASU News | Richard Amesbury, Kathleen Kole de Peralta, Catherine O'Donnell, Marissa Rhodes & Mark Tebeau | Link
April 7 | Elevating the humanities | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
April 7 | To mandate or not mandate? Greater access to COVID-19 vaccine raises ethical questions in sports world | Cronkite News | Shawn Kein | Link
April 8 | Is America losing her civil religion? | Deseret News | John Carlson | Link
April 13 | WNBA stars praise college players for exposing NCAA inequality | KOLD News 13 | Victoria Jackson | Link
April 15 | Planning for a Victorious South | HistoryNet | Adrian Brettle | Link
April 16 | First-gen grad pioneers his passion to earn dual degrees from ASU | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
April 19 | Philosophy, political science graduate finds passion in local politics | ASU News | Cynthia Bolton | Link
April 19 | East Asian studies graduate reflects on time abroad before COVID-19 | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
April 19 | Religious studies graduate earns doctorate for research on Indonesian singer | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
April 19 | Active military member, student graduates with two degrees, eye toward a doctorate | ASU News | Multiple faculty members | Link
April 19 | History student who researches slavery in the medieval Islamic world earns Dean’s Medal | ASU News | Hannah Barker | Link
April 27 | Historians on the delights of Route 66 | ASU News | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | Link
May 2021
May 3 | 8 faculty awarded Institute for Humanities Research fellowships | ASU News| Shamara Alhassan, Curtis Austin & Alexander Aviña | Link
May 13 | Chapter 129: Adrian Brettle | Iain Dale’s Book Club | Adrian Brettle | Link
May 13 | Learning from Populist Movements of the Past | National Review | Donald Critchlow | Link
May 20 | Faculty members recognized by The College for teaching excellence | ASU News | Donald Critchlow | Link
May 22 | What sports leaders (and all of us) gain by encouraging, not demanding, vaccinations | The Kansas City Star | Shawn Klein | Link
May 26 | Two days in Tulsa: Revelations and reflections on the 1921 race massacre | ASU News | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
June 2021
June 2 | Openings and Closings: June 2 to June 8 | The Magazine Antiques | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 11 | ‘No Union With Slavery,’ ‘God Armeth the Patriot’ and other flags of America are visiting the Revolution Museum | The Philadelphia Inquirer | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 12 | Flag Days: 43 historical flags of America are visiting the Revolution Museum | The Philadelphia Inquirer | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 13 | Historic flags unfold national pride and struggle | WHYY | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 13 | Segment | WHYY | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 13 | Segment | CBS Channel 3 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Banner Days: 43 historical flags of America are visiting the Revolution Museum | Philadelphia Daily News | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Scene Through the Lens | The Philadelphia Inquirer | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Singles in the Christian religion | ASU News | Jason Bruner & Tracy Fessenden | Link
June 14 | Spring into Summer | CBS This Morning | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | WPHL-17’s In Focus | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | FOX-29 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | ABC Channel 6 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | CBS Channel 3 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | ABC Channel 6 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | ABC Channel 6 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 14 | Segment | NBC Channel 10 | James Hrdlicka | Link
June 15 | 10 classes from The College on gender, sexuality and identity to take this summer and fall | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
June 17 | Juneteenth: History and Significance | ASU | Leslie Alexander | Link
June 17 | History PhD candidate wins scholarship to research Indigenous sacred land battles in Arizona | ASU News | Julian Lim | Link
June 21 | A U.S. -Mexico Pledge to End Disappearances Fails to Grapple with the Complicity of the State | The Intercept | Alexander Aviña | Link
June 21 | US makes June 19 a federal holiday to mark end of slavery | TRT World | Donald Critchlow | Link
June 21 | Teaching Genocides with Lauren Harris and Stephanie Reid | Visions of Educations | Lauren Harris | Link
June 23 | Scholars Document Historical Impact Of COVID-19 In 'A Journal Of The Plague Year: An Archive Of COVID-19' | KJZZ Phoenix | Mark Tebeau | Link
June 23 | Is Populism the Savior of Democracy? | Regulation Magazine | Donald Critchlow | Link
June 24 | ASU history lecturer helps curate exhibition featuring historic early American documents, flags | ASU News | James Hrdlcka | Link
June 25 | ASU Regents Professor joins American Society for the Study of Religion | ASU News | Stephen Bokenkamp | Link
July 2021
July 12 | Recent Supreme Court rulings could impact college athletics significantly | Arizona PBS | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 14 | Are Young, Less Conservative Evangelicals Parting Political Ways with Their Elders? | Voice of America | Terry Shoemaker | Link
July 15 | Meet the Sun Devil 100 Class of 2021 honorees from The College | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
July 16 | Fact check: Stat grossly misleading about slave ownership in 1860 | USA TODAY | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
July 19 | Book on Mediterranean slave trade wins humanities award | ASU News | Hannah Barker & Leslie Alexander | Link
July 19 | ASU faculty research intersection of Japanese, Indigenous American displacement in US history | ASU News | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
July 21 | 5 factors that have led to Haiti's current political state | ASU News | Leslie Alexander | Link
July 22 | Have humans reached the limit of athletic potential? | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 22 | Their Black Power Protest Stunned the World in 1968. Today, Politics Are Still Taboo at the Olympics | VICE | Shawn Klein | Link
July 23 | Olympics trivia with ASU athletes (and actual Olympians) | ASU News | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 23 | Working 'in' history: ASU graduate student makes a career change to work in her field | ASU News | Matthew Casey-Pariseault | Link
July 28 | To vaccinate or not? For U.S. Olympic athletes, the debate creates division | Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein | Link
July 28 | ASU history alumna publishes research on Ohio women’s movements | ASU News | Gayle Gullett | Link
July 29 | Secondary History Teachers' Content Choices with Brian Girard and Lauren Harris | Visions of Educations | Lauren Harris | Link
August 2021
August 17 | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies welcomes 2 postdoctoral scholars | ASU News | Michael Kenny & Matthijs Tieleman | Link
August 18 | Teaching through the pandemic was a 'painful process' | State Press | Andrew Barnes | Link
August 25 | College football kicking off in pandemic all over again | Associated Press | Shawn Klein | Link
August 30 | What Is An 'Evangelical?' | Religion Unplugged | Terry Shoemaker | Link
September 2021
September 7 | ASU exhibit uses art to explore mass incarceration | ASU News | Leah Sarat | Link
September 8 | The post-9/11 generation: Relating to the recent past | ASU News | Mark Tebeau | Link
September 10 | ASU panel: 9/11 changed how America viewed itself and its core values | Pinal Central | John Carlson | Link
September 10 | Schools teaching students about 9/11 attacks | ABC15 Arizona | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
September 13 | Podcast: Making sense of a disaster in Haiti | World Affairs | Leslie Alexander
September 15 | Explore the human adventure at ASU's inaugural Humanities Week | ASU News | Volker Benkert & Jason Bruner | Link
September 19 | Workers' Rights Have Long Been A Tenet Of U.S. Democracy. Thank Mexico For That | NPR | Alexander Aviña | Link
September 26 | Here's why Gen Z may be least religious in U.S. history, according to 5 young Arizonans | AZ Central | Terry Shoemaker | Link
October 2021
October 1 | Tribe accepting bets on games involving WNBA team it owns | Associated Press | Shawn Klein | Link
October 2 | Payday for US college athletes rattles $14bn industry | Financial Times | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 6 | U.S. history with Latin America could pose challenges for Biden's Build Back Better World plan | KJZZ Phoenix | Alexander Aviña | Link
October 11 | Using skateboards, street art in Native activism | ASU News | Richard Amesbury | Link
October 13 | Member Spotlight: Evan Berry | American Academy of Religion | Evan Berry | Link
October 13 | ASU schools to host inaugural Humanities Week | State Press | Richard Amesbury | Link
October 21 | ASU event to address human dignity and technoscience | ASU News | Gaymon Bennet & Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
October 25 | Book Review: “Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation Into Tyranny” | The Epoch Times | Donald Critchlow | Link
October 31 | Spirits, ghouls and pumpkins, oh my! The historical origins of Halloween | State Press | Blake Hartung
November 2021
November 1 | Conference to bring together language scholars, translation professionals | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 10 | ASU alumna publishes report on effectiveness of Holocaust education mandates across US | ASU News | Volker Benkert | Link
November 12 | How Apache artist Douglas Miles expresses the Native narrative in Phoenix | Downtown Devil | SHPRS
November 17 | The ethical implications of facial recognition technology | ASU News | Gaymon Bennett | Link
November 23 | Faculty associate uses trading experience to teach negotiations to global studies students | ASU News | Roger Adelson | Link
November 24 | The Holiday Table | Arizona Highways Magazine Podcast Network | Jason Bruner | Link
November 26 | Black History in the Middle East and North Africa | BBC Arabic | Chouki El Hamel | Link
November 29 | ASU prepares global security grad for career opportunities | ASU News | Volker Benkert | Link
November 29 | Double major graduates with honors in pursuit of career in law | ASU News | Thad Botham & Shawn Klein | Link
November 29 | Online student returns from studying in Israel to earn degree in religious studies | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
November 29 | History graduate to continue his passion with museum internship | ASU News | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 29 | Online history graduate student reflects on his student experience as a digital archivist | ASU News | Kathleen Kole de Peralta | Link
November 29 | Active duty Army major graduates with master's degree in history | ASU News | Peter Van Cleave | Link
December 2021
December 15 | New ASU course focuses on dismantling racism, reshaping the humanities | ASU News | Shamara Alhassan | Link
December 17 | New ASU certificate to prepare future leaders in public, private sectors | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
December 17 | ASU PhD candidate receives award for work with Indigenous communities | ASU News | SHPRS | Link
2020
January 2020
January 6 | President’s Professor leads first international discussion about the best ways to teach environmental humanities | ASU Now | Christopher Jones | Link
January 7 | Historians Against ICE | Inside Higher Ed | Alexander Aviña | Link
January 13 | How Universities Could Start Paying NCAA Student-Athletes | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 13 | Astros symptoms of bigger problem | Washington Times | Shawn Klein | Link
January 15 | How should MLB and its fans respond to sign stealing scandals? | KJZZ Phoenix | Shawn Klein | Link
January 17 | International Intellectuals Tackle Race, Gender, Migration in Fez | Morocco World News | Chouki El Hamel | Link
January 18 | Technology Throws a Curveball to a Sport Build on Deceit. Or Is It Gamesmanship? | The New York Times | Shawn Klein
January 18 | Who was the real Phyllis Schlafly? | Washington Examiner | Donald Critchlow | Link
January 28 | The Return of Louis C.K.: Can Celebrities Come Back After Sexual Misconduct? | KJZZ Phoenix | Michelle Saint | Link
January 31 | Climate Change, the apocalypse and skepicism | ASU Now | Evan Berry | Link
February 2020
February 4 | Volker Benkert Director of Graduate Studies WWII Program #103 | Coffee and a Mike | Volker Benkert | Link
February 6 | Illuminating the history of Jews in the Caribbean | ASU Now | Stanley Mirvis | Link
February 7 | ASU professor to receive Arizona Humanities' Public Scholar Award | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
February 14 | History student awarded MCLEAPS internship for environmental services | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
February 17 | Who can tell stories? | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña & Michelle Saint | Link
February 17 | NYU Abu Dhabi kicks-off 10 days of women in sports as part of its anniversary celebrations | Abu Dhabi Education Guide | Victoria Jackson | Link
February 17 | Jewish studies at ASU offers global understanding and intellectual growth to students | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson & Stanley Mirvis | Link
February 24 | Whine Line, Bringing Younger People to STL | KMOX Radio | Donald Critchlow | Link
February 28 | Gov. Ducey talks school choice, campus free speech, importance of civics at ASU | State Press | SHPRS | Link
March 2020
March 3 | Transgender Athlete Ban Stokes Controversy In State Legislature | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 3 | 'Never forget': Survivors want Holocaust taught to younger generations | Cronkite News | Volker Benkert & Timothy Langille | Link
March 4 | Survivors want Holocaust taught to younger generations | Daily Independent | Volker Benkert & Timothy Langille | Link
March 11 | Pour one out for your final project | ASU Now | Stephen Lazer | Link
March 17 | ASU engineering professor makes amazing solar cell advances | ASU Now | Christopher Jones | Link
March 19 | How Phyllis Schlafly Derailed the Equal Rights Amendment | History.com | Donald Critchlow | Link
March 20 | Curating a pandemic | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell, Mark Tebeau & Richard Amesbury | Link
March 25 | Plague Journal: How You Can Help Document the COVID-19 Pandemic | Phoenix New Times | Mark Tebeau | Link
March 30 | How Religious Communities Are Celebrating Services Virtually | KJZZ Phoenix | Gaymon Bennett | Link
March 30 | Religion, sports, and public life in the midst of a pandemic | Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict | Terry Shoemaker | Link no longer available
April 2020
April 3 | The Black Death: Pondering a past plague during today’s pandemic | Thought Huddle | Hannah Barker | Link
April 6 | The Coronavirus Canceled Sports. Here's What We're Missing | KJZZ Phoenix | Terry Shoemaker | Link
April 7 | ASU professors create virtual COVID-19 archive accessible worldwide | State Press | Catherine O’Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link
April 7 | ASU professors create virtual COVID-19 archive accessible worldwide | News Break | Catherine O’Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link no longer available
April 8 | Paroles d'expert — Chouki El Hamel: <<Le système renie à la population noire un statut social digne>> | Zamane | Chouki El Hamel | Link
April 10 | Collecting from the Couch: Thoughts and Projects during a Pandemic | Mining McKissick | Catherine O'Donnell, Mark Tebeau & Richard Amesbury | Link
April 14 | RRCHNM and Covid-19 | Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 15 | What Historicans Will See When They Look Back on the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 | The New York Times | Mark Tebeau
April 15 | Dean’s Medalist finds herself through philosophy | ASU Now | Shawn Klein, Cheshire Calhoun & Cynthia Bolton | Link
April 15 | Hvað sagnfræðingar munu sjá þegar þeir líta til baka á heimsfaraldur frá 2020 | Coronavirus News Live | Mark Tebeau | Link no longer available
April 16 | Students, faculty clash with University on ASU-widy and New Mediae pass/fail policy | State Press | Christopher Jones
April 16 | What historians will see when they look back on 2020’s coronavirus pandemic | Independent | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 16 | What historians will see when they look back on the covid-19 pandemic of 2020 | bdnews24.com | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 20 | Pandemic Religion Project to Document Changes in American Religion | Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media | SHPRS | Link
April 20 | ASU historian awarded fellowship for research in medieval slavery | ASU Now | Hannah Barker & Richard Amesbury | Link
April 20 | History student overcomes obstacles to graduate with master’s and honors | ASU Now | Chouki El Hamel | Link
April 21 | After 50 years of Earth Day, ASU environmental experts see shift to grassroots activism | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
April 21 | Add you expereince to the 'Plauge Year' archive | Futurity | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
April 21 | Journal of the Plague Year: An Online Archive of COVID-19 Times | The University of Melbourne | Catherine O'Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link
April 21 | Archiving to Connect During a Crisis: How We Can Unite to Document COVID-19 | History Associates Incorporated | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 21 | A Journal of the Plague Year in Melbourne | Melbourne History Workshop | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 22 | A Smithsonian Task Force Is Shaping How Future Generations Will View The Pandemic (But Here’s How To See The Future Now) | Forbes | SHPRS
April 22 | April 22 Is The 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day | KJZZ Phoenix | Paul Hirt | Link
April 22 | How to Save the Environment: Today I Learned: Arizona State University | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
April 22 | 50 years after the first Earth Day, environmental activists confront another global crisis | The Arizona Republic | Paul Hirt | Link
April 22 | Online graduate student hopes to help future students by teaching online | ASU Now | Matthew Casey | Link
April 22 | Graduating history undergraduate to pursue military career | ASU Now | Donald Critchlow | Link
April 22 | How Teachers Are Integrating COVID-19 Crisis Into Their Lessons | neaToday | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 22 | Collaboration, curation in a time of COVID-19 | The National Tribune | Catherine O'Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link
April 22 | Racontez votre confinement pour les archives historiques du Covid-19 | L'ADN Innovation | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
April 22 | Recording history with COVID | Cronkite News | Catheirne O'Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link
April 22 | Fact Check: Phyllis Schlafly’s Biographer On Her ‘Deplorable’ Depiction In ‘Mrs. America’ | The Federalist | Donald Critchlow | Link
April 23 | 'We want it all': Keeping a COVID-19 diary? It could help future historians — and your mental health | CBC Radio | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
April 23 | ASU Environmental Humanities Initiative is partner in Global Humanities Institute grant | ASU Now | Joan McGregor | Link
April 23 | ASU Professor Aims To Document History Of Coronavirus As It Happens | KJZZ Phoenix | Mark Tebeau | Link
April 24 | COVID-19 and American college sports | Al Jazeera English | Victoria Jackson | Link
April 26 | What Phyllis Schlafly’s Heirs Could Learn From Her | Politico | Donald Critchlow | Link
April 29 | NCAA and COVID-19 | The Seven Footers Basketball Podcast | Victoria Jackson | Link
April 30 | ASU professors create website to document life during the COVID-19 epidemic | AZ Family | Catherine O'Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link no longer available
May 2020
May 1 | GSM Live 05/01/2020: COVID-19 & the Reset of Sport | Global Sport Matters | Victoria Jackson | Link
May 2 | ASU global panel: Money, anxiety driving push for return of sports | AZ Central | Victoria Jackson | Link
May 7 | ASU virtual archive documents impact of coronavirus on people’s lives | KTAR News | Catherine O’Donnell & Katy Kole de Peralta | Link
May 8 | ASU center receives $1.2M grant for Asian studies research | ASU Now | Juliane Schober | Link
May 13 | A Few Concerns I Have About Historians Reading My Coronavirus Diary | VICE | Mark Tebeau | Link
May 18 | What It Would Take To Get More Women In Sports Ownership | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
May 21 | 2 ASU professors elected to distinguished American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ASU Now | Cheshire Calhoun | Link
May 27 | History vs. Hollywood: Mrs. America (2020) | History vs. Hollywood | Donald Critchlow | Link
May 27 | How accurate is ‘Mrs. America’s’ take on Phyllis Schlafly’s role in Reagan election? | LA Times | Donald Critchlow | Link
May 29 | ASU history professor wins Fulbright for research in racial wealth gap | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
May 30 | Risk vs. Reward: Exploring the ethics of resuming sports | The Score | Shawn Klein | Link
May 31 | Episode 1: Pandemic Protest | Podcast of the Plague Year | Terry Shoemaker | Link
June 2020
June 2 | How Americans are coping without sports during the COVID-19 pandemic | ASU Now | Shawn Klein, Victoria Jackson & Terry Shoemaker | Link
June 2 | Fighting ‘dehumanization’ with the humanities | ASU Now | Linh Vu | Link
June 12 | To prevent whitewashed history, a scramble to archive voices of pandemic, protests | ABC News | Mark Tebeau | Link
June 17 | Agnes Smedley exhibition opens in major museum in China | ASU Now | Jim O'Donnell | Link
June 17 | Why confederate monuments exist in Arizona and around the country | Arizona PBS | Mark Tebeau | Link
June 18 | ASU Sports Historian Victoria Jackson | Zócalo Public Square | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 19 | How America was built on slavery: Those roots can still be felt today | Thought Huddle | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
June 19 | Love the Games or Loathe Them, Th Olympics Need to do Better by Competitors and Local Communities | Zócalo Public Square | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 19 | ASU professor elected president of International Network for Economic Method | ASU Now | Tyler DesRoches | Link
June 22 | The power of print | ASU Now | Jason Bruner | Link
July 2020
July 8 | ASU researchers launch blog series exploring equitable research practices | ASU Now | Gaymon Bennett & Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
July 9 | Arizona State professor advocates canceling college football season for more than COVID-19 | AZ Central | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 13 | 'Adaptation, Resiliency and Care' event series supports ASU community during pandemic | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña & Catherine O'Donnell | Link
July 13 | Turning global focus back on humanity | ASU Now | Richard Amesbury | Link
July 13 | Listening and learning: 21 ASU classes on race, history, culture and gender to take this fall | ASU Now | SHPRS | Link
July 15 | ASU alumna intends to spend lifetime connecting people, countries | ASU Now | SHPRS | Link
July 22 | Books by ASU authors that illuminate the African American experience | ASU Now | Multiple faculty members | Link
July 24 | Rapid relief grants aid Arizona's vulnerable populations | ASU Now | John Carlson & Tracy Fessenden | Link
July 28 | The grim reality facing the sports world | Deseret News | Shawn Klein & Victoria Jackson | Link
August 2020
August 4 | The rescue, resilience, renewal of space | ASU Now | Multiple faculty members | Link
August 10 | Creating academic dialogues for female athletics | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 19 | ASU launches wide range of new programs for fall 2020 semester | ASU Now | SHPRS | Link
August 20 | Who's new at the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies? | ASU Now | Multiple faculty members | Link
August 20 | Should the Big Ten have let the 2020 fall football season happen? Examining the ethics behind the decision | Cleveland.com | Shawn Klein | Link
August 25 | ASU welcomes two ACLS Emerging Voices fellows | ASU Now | Marissa Rhodes | Link
August 27 | ASU faculty awarded over $440K in grants from National Endowment for the Humanities | ASU Now | Chad Haines & Yasmin Saikia | Link
August 28 | ASU unit introduces new Race Relations Scholar Award | ASU Now | Richard Amesbury, Donald Fixico & Julian Lim | Link
September 2020
September 1 | 75 years after WWII ends, discussions remain relevant | ASU Now | Volker Benkert | Link
September 2 | Religious studies alumnus wins Best First Book prize | ASU Now | Moses Moore | Link
September 4 | Religious studies PhD candidate wins Fulbright fellowship | ASU Now | Anne Feldhaus, Juliane Schober & Gaymon Bennett | Link
September 10 | When history, politics, gender and race meet | Tucker Center Talks | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 11 | Women's soccer: Building a future for the next generation — on and off the pitch | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 14 | The Philosopher’s Annual – 2019 Edition | Daily Nous | Brad Armendt | Link
September 24 | Living apart: Valley religious communities offer advice to those struggling during the pandemic | 12 News | Jason Bruner | Link
September 28 | Telling the truth: Fall lecture series focuses on religion, race and democracy | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
September 30 | A people’s man, a man’s legacy | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
October 2020
October 1 | What 2020 taught us about the importance of the humanities | ASU Now | Catherine O’Donnell & Mark Tebeau | Link
October 5 | 2nd annual “Doing Business” report ranks North American cities by ease of doing business | Newswise | SHPRS | Link
October 6 | New online degree explores the idea of church and state | ASU Now | Leah Sarat, Jason Bruner, Peter Van Cleave & Matthew Casey | Link
October 8 | U.S. election 2020: Harris, Pence lay out two visions of America in debate that plays to their supporters | The Globe and Mail | Donald Critchlow | Link
October 9 | 'The people's padre' leaves a legacy of a life lived, a fight and work yet to be done | AZ Central | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
October 20 | Vote early at ASU | ASU Now | James Hrdlicka | Link
October 23 | The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump | The New Yorker | Donald Critchlow | Link
October 23 | The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump | Sky-News | Donald Critchlow | Link no longer available
October 23 | Taking ‘a Chronological Romp’ Through State Constitutions | The New York Times | James Hrdlicka
October 26 | It’s all about the process: ASU historians discuss elections throughout American history | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell, Calvin Schermerhorn & Katherine Bynum | Link
October 28 | Why your voice matters | ASU Now | Jonathan Barth | Link
October 28 | Will A.J. Hinch, Jeff Luhnow, Alex Cora have jobs in near future after Astros scandal? | Houston Chronicle | Shawn Klein
November 2020
November 3 | U.S. elections are rarely contested. When has it happened, and why? | Arizona PBS | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
November 3 | Elections make the world go ‘round? | ASU Now | Tobias Harper, Volker Benkert & Alexander Aviña | Link
November 4 | How did Trump stay in the hunt to save his presidency? The answer is in the Sun Belt | The Globe and Mail | Donald Critchlow | Link
November 11 | Books of the year | New Statesman | Adrian Brettle | Link
November 11 | Colossal Ambitions and Confederate Exceptionalism with Adrian Brettle | The Rogue Historian | Adrian Brettle | Link
November 18 | Interstate highways displaced thousands in Phoenix. The consequences were long-lasting | AZ Central | Mark Tebeau | Link
November 20 | Native Narratives program embraces storytelling, supports future leaders | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
November 24 | Bountiful harvest celebrations from around the globe | ASU Now | Stephen Bokenkamp, Eugene Clay, Agnes Kefeli, Timothy Langille, Tod Swanson & Shamara Wyllie Alhassan | Link
December 2020
December 6 | Some colleges axing "secondary sports" like gymnastics and tennis as pandemic continues | 60 Minutes | Victoria Jackson | Link
December 7 | Graduating Jewish studies student hopes to build human connection | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
December 7 | Active-duty military student and religious studies grad named a fall 2020 Dean’s Medalist | ASU Now | Charles Barfoot | Link
December 7 | Graduating with her master’s degree in history, student plunges into the world of research | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
December 7 | The Best Civil War Books of 2020 | The Civil War Monitor | Adrian Brettle | Link
December 8 | World War II studies program celebrates first graduating class | ASU Now | Yan Mann | Link
December 8 | A passion for learning drives undergraduate to pursue a future researching German history | ASU Now | Volker Benkert & Tobias Harper | Link
December 10 | Secondary college sports left behind | Arizona PBS | Victoria Jackson | Link
December 14 | The pandemic effect on 'secondary' college sports programs | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
December 15 | Still broke? Top earners are sucking up the cash | The Final Call | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
December 15 | Barr was a Hero to Conservatives | Newsmax | Donald Critchlow | Link
December 16 | El futuro del trumpismo: un Partido Republicano a la sombra de Trump | El Nuevo Herald | Donald Critchlow | Link
2019
January 2019
January 10 | Border Security, Migrant Caravans, Get to Know: | PBS Arizona | Alexander Aviña | Link
January 17 | Arizona churches at crosshairs of immigration debate after hosting growing number of migrants | Fox News | Leah Sarat | Link
January 25 | Can innovation exist without soul work? | ASU Now | Gaymon Bennett | Link
February 2019
February 1 | Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing will host talk on religion's influence in Billie Holiday's music | The State Press | Tracy Fessenden | Link
February 1 | New Regents' Professor is one of the nation's pre-eminent history scholars | ASU Now | Donald Fixico | Link
February 6 | Immigration group's response to U.S. border security | Cronkite News | Alexander Aviña | Link
February 10 | President Russell M. Nelson tells 65,000 of the faith's 'Arizona battalion' to strengthen themselves and others | Deseret News | Alexandria Griffin | Link
February 11 | Sport continues to drive social change | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
February 13 | The journey of lifelong learning: Online MA history student to earn sixth degree | ASU Now | Matthew Casey | Link
February 13 | You are what you eat: religion and morality's influence on food choices | The State Press | Joan McGregor | Link
February 18 | ASU students access the art of a diverse human story | ASU Now | Miguel Astor-Aguilera | Link
February 18 | Philosophy and sustainability collide | ASU Now | Tyler DesRoches | Link
February 20 | ASU students use art to tell their immigration story | The State Press | Alexander Aviña
February 20 | MLB aims to crack down on the game's tradition of sign stealing | The Washington Post | Shawn Klein | Link
February 21 | Confronting grand social challenges with humanities | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña & Elizabeth Brake | Link
February 22 | Athletes are no longer satisfied with just competing, they are demanding a seat at the table and a vote in deciding the big issues | ABC News Radio | Shawn Klein | Link no longer available
February 26 | Stories of the Grand Canyon | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
March 2019
March 3 | On the Account of Sex | MSNBC | Donald Critchlow | Link no longer available
March 11 | 'Moments of hope': ASU panel explores role of art and music during holocaust | ASU Now | Hava Samuelson & Volker Benkert | Link
March 14 | Putting people in the technology equation | ASU Now | Hava Samuelson | Link
March 15 | Pair of ASU events feature scholars discussing how to safeguard democracy | ASU Now | John Carlson | Link
March 18 | College admissions scandal a 'slap in the face' to minority athletes | USA Today | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 22 | ASU talk explores democracy in an age of religious and ethnic nationalism | The State Press | John Carlson | Link
March 23 | U.S. Imperialist Intervention in Latin America: A Discussion with Professor Alexander Aviña | Millennial Politics | Alexander Aviña | Link no longer available
March 25 | RTN Theology #8 Elizabeth Seton and Catholics in Early America with Catherine O'Donnell | The Road to Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
March 25 | Compromising Conference Locations | Inside Higher Ed | Anne Feldhaus | Link
March 26 | New 'Sports, Cultures and Ethics' certificate enhances student opportunities | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson, Shawn Klein and Terry Shoemaker | Link
March 27 | The end of amateurism? What's behind calls to pay NCAA athletes. | The Christian Science Monitor | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 28 | March Madness's Toughest Matchup: Brackets vs. Ethics | The New York Times | Shawn Klein
March 28 | ASU students quiz experts about sports, race, economics and culture | AZ Central | Victoria Jackson & Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
April 2019
April 2 | Translating Caesar's 'Gaul' (aka 'the best bad man's book ever written') | ASU Now | Jim O'Donnell | Link
April 2 | History undergrad wins prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C. | ASU Now | Link
April 5 | Mormons Ease Opposition To Same-Sex Couples And Their Kids | KJZZ Phoenix | Alexandria Griffin | Link
April 5 | Interview with Shahla Talebi | Entangled Worlds Project at University of Toronto | Shahla Talebi | Link
April 10 | From guitarist to graduate student | ASU Now | Link
April 11 | Two ASU professors receive Public Humanities Scholars Awards | ASU Now | Joan McGregor | Link
April 12 | L’horrifiante histoire du Maroc noir | Telquel | Chouki El Hamel
April 12 | Chouki El Hamel: “Le racisme fait partie de la structure politique de la nation marocaine” | Telquel | Chouki El Hamel
April 15 | The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognizes academic excellence with spring 2019 Dean’s Medalists | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
April 16 | East Asia studies student hopes to have international political impact | ASU Now | Michael Currey | Link
April 16 | México, España y las heridas abiertas de Estados Unidos | Animal Politico | Calvin Schermerhorn
April 18 | The Popery Panic | The New York Review of Books | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
April 18 | Dual history and biology undergrad puts her thesis under lights | ASU Now | Kyle Longley | Link
April 18 | Historical Perspectives On Contemporary Issues: Energy Transitions Past and Present | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine | Christopher Jones | Link
April 18 | Author Interview--Adrian Brettle (Confederate Imaginations with the Federals in the Postwar Order) | H-Net | Adrian Brettle | Link
April 19 | Fewer Americans attending church, religious services | 12 News | Jason Bruner | Link
April 20 | Arizona Humanities Smithsonian Water/Ways exhibit comes to Verde Valley | Camp Verde Bugle | Link no longer available
April 22 | ASU undergraduate research to be displayed at symposium | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
April 24 | Philosophy student graduates with degree she's passionate about | ASU Now | Cynthia Bolton and Benjamin Phillips | Link
May 2019
May 2 | ASU Online student reaches graduation milestone through Starbucks College Achievement Plan | ASU Now | Brock Ruggles | Link
May 3 | The College celebrates excellence with Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Awards | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
May 10 | Chouki El Hamel diagnostique le passé esclavagiste du Maroc | Aujourd'hui | Chouki El Hamel | Link
May 12 | Livre. Chouki El Hamel déterre le passé esclavagiste du Maroc | H24 info | Chouki El Hamel | Link
May 13 | Richard Amesbury joins ASU as new School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies director | ASU Now | Richard Amesbury | Link
May 13 | Age of the megadeal: Do athletes make too much money | The Christian Science Monitor | Shawn Klein | Link
May 16 | A dwindling generation: WWII veteran aims to preserve the lessons of war's horrors | Los Angeles Times | Volker Benkert | Link
May 22 | Two ASU professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ASU Now | Asunción Lavrin | Link
May 22 | The Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week | Phoenix New Times | Paul Hirt | Link
May 24 | Out of the classroom and into the community | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña | Link
May 28 | Le Maroc noir, une histoire de l’esclavage, de la race et de l’Islam | L'Observateur | Chouki El Hamel | Link
June 2019
June 7 | Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict names a director of strategic initiatives | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
June 15 | The ethical question of running up the score | NPR | Shawn Klein | Link
June 19 | Another one in the history books, literally | ASU Now | Donlad Fixico | Link
June 24 | Financial Literacy in African American Communities | WOSU Radio | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
June 28 | Arizona Students Win Top Prizes at the 45th Annual National History Day Contest | Mohave County Rattler | Link
July 2019
July 1 | Will White House Advisory Council Act to End America's Affordable Housing Crisis? | The Seattle Medium | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
July 1 | ASU student travels abroad in pursuit of a future career, learns about family’s culture on the way | ASU Now | Link
July 2 | New report reveals 30 percent disparity in homeownership rates | The St. Louis American | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
July 2 | Six new fellows to study 'Borders and Boundaries' | ASU Now | Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Laurie Manchester & Calvin SChemerhorn | Link
July 10 | Scholars Sign Letter Disagreeing with Holocaust Museum on Analogies | Jewish Exponent | Kimberly Allar, Anna Cichopek-Gajraj & Anna Holian | Link
July 28 | Racisme anti-Noirs au Maroc : "Le Coran ne soutient pas la pratique de l’esclavage mais son abolition" | Le Monde Afrique Chouki El Hamel | Link
August 2019
August 5 | Joint stake in horse by state regulator and Santa Anita executive raises questions | Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein | Link
August 7 | Learn to discuss the hard topics | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
August 7 | ASU scholars reflect on Toni Morrison's impat on literature | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
August 14 | In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation | The New York Times | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
August 19 | The impossible story of an African pioneer in colonial America | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
August 19 | The new faces of the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies | ASU Now | Multiple faculty members | Link
August 20 | Billie Full of Grace | NPR | Tracy Fessenden | Link
August 22 | The College Picks: Standout courses to bookmark this fall | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
August 27 | Library presents FRANK talk Wednesday | White Mountain Independent | T.J. Davis
August 30 | New Course at ASU Dives Into the World of Religion, Politics and the Media | Henry Luce FoundationI | Tracy Fessenden | Link
August 30 | ASU alum utilizes his humanities degrees to join political conversations, past and present | ASU Now | Richard Amesbury | Link
September 2019
September 11 | Story of African-descended settler who found success in colonial Virgina | Arizona PBS | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
September 13 | The NCAA vs. Everyone: On the student-athlete likness debate | 247 Sports | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 13 | 'Fair Pay to Play' Act Seems Like A Step In The Right Direction, But If NCAA Has Its Way, It Will Be More Of The Same | BET | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 18 | Survival, resilience and rediscovery | ASU Now | John Carlson | Link
September 19 | Should college athletes be paid for their names and images? Where college sports could go from here | Deseret News | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 19 | Pulling the sheet back on 'ghosting' | ASU Now | Maura Priest | Link
September 20 | Building a sustainable world through history | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
September 23 | Is the Fair Pay to Play Act fair? | WGN Radio | Victoria Jackson
September 23 | Episode 257: Catherine O'Donnell, Elizabeth Seton An Early American Life | Ben Franklin's World | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
September 24 | The relationship between religion, science and technology | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson & Gaymon Bennett | Link
September 25 | ASU professor's book on U.S.-Mexico border wins humanities award | ASU Now | Julian Lim | Link
September 25 | New grant advances focus on truth in public life | ASU Now | John Carlson, Tracy Fessenden & Gaymon Bennett | Link
September 27 | So your favorite team is tanking. Do you have to cheer? | Deseret News | Shawn Klein | Link
September 30 | Religious studies PhD candidate explores the rituals of menstruation | ASU Now | Joel Gereboff | Link
October 2019
October 1 | California Governor Signs 'Fair Pay to Play' Act, Allowing College Athletes To Receive Endorsements | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 1 | Women respond to Pac-12 assertion that new California law would hurt female athletes | Los Angeles Times | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 2 | NCAA sports are doomed, they say. Yeah, we've heard that before | Los Angeles Times | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 3 | The Best of the University Press: Recommendations for Smarter Reading | Literary Hub | Chad Haines & Yasmin Saikia | Link
October 6 | ASU initiative encourages participants to 'dish' with each other | ASU Now | Joan McGregor | Link
October 10 | Body shaming athletes a form of mental abuse | Global Sport Matters | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 10 | Narratives can connect even the most disparate groups of people | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
October 11 | Little-known Snyder Act completed the work of the 19th Amendment | ASU Now | Katherine Osburn | Link
October 11 | 5 new courses address social challenges at ASU's Humanities Lab | ASU Now | Christopher Jones | Link
October 11 | California Law Could Catalyze A New Future For College Sports | WUNC North Carolina Public Radio | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 23 | Hundreds of Colleges May Be Out of Compliance With Title IX. Here's Why | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 28 | eRosary and Pope's Instagram: How Religion and Technology Mix | KJZZ Phoenix | Gaymon Bennett | Link
October 31 | A name to know in the debate of collegiate sport reform | Media Hub | Victoria Jackson | Link
November 2019
November 2 | Hey! Where did all the Christians go? The God SHow knows! | The God Show with Pat McMahon | Terry Shoemaker | Link
November 5 | Nine U.S. citizens killed in attack in Mexico | Arizona PBS | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 8 | The end is coming and we're obsessed with it | ASU Now | Maura Priest & Shawn Klein | Link
November 14 | The Broken Culture That Broke Mary Cain | Hreal Sports | Victoria Jackson | Link
November 15 | Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick's Scheduled Tryout & Victoria Jackson on the NCAA | B.R.O.S. Pod | Victoria Jackson | Link
November 16 | Op-Ed: Too Big To Fail? Why the NCAA is at another crossroads over athletes' rights | BET | Victoria Jackson | Link
November 17 | New Humanities Lab gives insight on social justice and energy | State Press | Christopher Jones | Link
November 18 | Mormon Deaths In Mexico Reignite Questions About the Ongoing Drug War | New York Public Radio | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 19 | Will Mary Cain's story of a broken running culture initiate change? | Global Sport Matters | Victoria Jackson | Link
December 2019
December 6 | Opinion: Hate speech is an unnecessary evil | State Press | Alexander Aviña
December 6 | History graduate desires to pursue a career in museums | ASU Now | Karin Enloe | Link
December 6 | Philosophy, honors student graduates despite life obstacles | ASU Now | Multiple faculty members | Link
December 6 | Religious studies graduate earns degree while running nonprofit organization | ASU Now | Agnes Kefeli-Clay | Link
December 6 | History graduate leaves her mark on the ASU international community | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
December 11 | Giving voice to Rastafari women | ASU Now | Shamara Wyllie Alhassan | Link
December 13 | The College honors outstanding academic achievement with 2019 Dean’s Medals | ASU Now | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
December 19 | New fellowships will advance research on American Indian history and the West | ASU Now | Donald Fixico | Link
2018
January 2018
January 1 | She opened her own doors: ASU history professor retires from pioneering career | AZCentral | Retha Warnicke | Link
January 11 | ASU events show Martin Luther King Jr.'s contemporary relevance | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont | Link
January 12 | The NCAA as Modern Jim Crow? A Sports Historian Explains Why She Drew the Parallel | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 12 | Le Coranrecommandeexplicitement de libérerlesesclaves | Zamane: L’Histoire du Maroc | Chouki El Hamel | Link no longer available
January 15 | MLK's Relationship With Arizona | KJZZ Phoenix | Matthew Delmont | Link
January 16 | The classic explanation for the Black Death plague is wrong, scientists say | The Washington Post | Monica Green | Link
January 25 | A Jim Crow Divide in Sports | Bill Rhoden on Sports | Victoria Jackson | Link
January 25 | Treasures unearthed during Park Central Mall revitalization | AZ Big Media | Matthew Delmont | Link
January 26 | Treasure trove of history found in Park Central Basement | Fox 10 | Matthew Delmont | Link
January 26 | 'Buried treasures' unearthed at Old Park Central Mall in Phoenix | ABC 15 | Matthew Delmont | Link
February 2018
February 1 | Four ethicists walk into a Super Bowl party | The Outline | Shawn Klein | Link
February 6 | It's 'the life of the mind' for ASU professor | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
February 9 | Jewish studies program at ASU promotes diversity and learning | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
February 14 | ASU scholars preserve Phoenix history | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont, Kristine Navarro-McElhaney | Link
February 15 | The Blurring of Olympics and Paralympics | The Daily Beast | Victoria Jackson | Link
February 16 | Black athletes in 1980s, 90s not outspoken, but not silent | ABC News | Victoria Jackson
February 23 | Global Perspectives | Blaze Radio | Yasmin Saikia | Link no longer available
February 26 | Drafting History in Black and White | ASU Research site | Matthew Delmont | Link
February 26 | Opinion: The FBI investigation of college basketball may stop rampant corruption | The State Press | Shawn Klein | Link
February 26 | Brewers fear climate change is putting beer in danger | 12news.com | Paul Hirt | Link
March 2018
March 1| Satanic Temple Lawsuit Creates Conversation About Religious Freedom | KJZZ Phoenix | Tracy Fessenden | Link
March 4 | Voices from the ASU Womyn's Coalition | ASU Now | Yasmin Saikia | Link
March 8 | Why Arizona opts out of daylight saving time | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
March 8 | From Missiles To Tea Rooms: Remembering Phoenix's Park Central Mall | KJZZ Phoenix | Matthew Delmont | Link
March 13 | Unlocking ASU sports history | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
March 16 | Wakanda Forever: How ‘Black Panther’ is changing the zeitgeist of modern film | College Times | Matthew Delmont | Link
March 16 | The Ticket: Crossing the line | ABC News | Shawn Klein | Link no longer available
March 22 | Author Alexander Aviña talks about Mexico’s cold war in new book | Horizonte | Alexander Aviña | Link
March 23 | ASU professor receives grant for project focusing on persecution of Christians | ASU Now | Jason Bruner | Link
April 2018
April 3 | Sports Governance To Host Public Discussion On Athletics, Academics | CUBuffs.com | Victoria Jackson | Link
April 3 | Opinion: Islamophobia should not be tolerated in the ASU community | State Press | Yasmin Saikia | Link
April 3 | Park Central Invites Community to Share Memories of Phoenix’s First Mall | Downtown Phoenix Journal | Matthew Delmont | Link
April 9 | ASU Jewish studies students create unique final projects with art, music | ASU Now | Tim Langille | Link
April 10 | Collateral damage is not inherent in innovation | ASU Now | Christopher Jones | Link
April 12 | God bless the child: How religion built Billie Holiday’s inner soundtrack | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
April 12 | With Ongoing Debates On Border, Immigration, The Early 20th Century May Be Precursor Of Disputes | KJZZ Phoenix | Julian Lim | Link
April 26 | Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day | The State Press | Alexander Aviña | Link
April 27 | Could climate change be ruining the taste of your favorite craft beer? | KTAR News | Paul Hirt | Link
May 2018
May 7 | How Religion Shaped The Songs Of Billie Holiday | Jefferson Public Radio | Tracy Fessenden | Link
May 7 | New book explores how religion shaped Billie Holiday’s music | Horizon | Tracy Fessenden | Link
May 11 | A time of transition: British royal family zips through milestones | ASU Now | Retha Warnicke | Link
May 15 | As long as there's been sports, people have gambled on it: Expert | CNBC | Shawn Klein | Link
May 18 | Billie Holiday And Her Ties To Religion Explored In ASU Professor's New Book | KJZZ Phoenix | Tracy Fessenden | Link
May 29 | What is sport? ASU teachers, historians and athletes weigh in | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 2018
June 1 | Smithsonian exhibit to flow through state, exploring towns' water stories | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
June 4 | Environmentalists, Navajo Nation Concerned About Fracking In Northern Arizona | KJZZ Phoenix | Paul Hirt | Link
June 12 | Ep. 79 The one thing that connects us all | In the Green Room | Paul Hirt | Link
June 18 | Juneteenth: America’s second Independence Day | ASU Now | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
June 18 | Controversy over separating kids from immigrant families grows | Horizon | Leah Sarat | Link
June 19 | Chandler man and son explore The Holocaust’s horrors | SanTan Sun | Tim Langille | Link
June 21 | Family separation at the border: What is religion’s place in civil law? | ASU Now | John Carlson & Catherine O'Donnell | Link
June 30 | Where LeBron Should Play Next Year, According to an Ethicist | Slate.com | Shawn Klein | Link
July 2018
July 4 | Trump and the Constitution, Protesting the Anthem | Arizona Horizon | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 6 | ASU on the forefront of a Great Transition | ASU Now | Chris Jones | Link
July 10 | Route 66 on track to be designated National Historic Trail | Daniel Milowski (PhD student) | Link
July 13 | Five ethicists walk into a World Cup party | The Outline | Shawn Klein | Link
July 12 | Government policy, public perception and real-world economic consequence | ASU Now | Chris Jones | Link
July 16 | At odds with modern sport, ring, grid girls slowly disappearing | Global Sport Matters | Victoria Jackson | Link
July 18 | A Public Affair | KGNU Community Radio | Shawn Klein
July 18 | What Are the New Questions of Philosophy? | The Atlantic | Elizabeth Brake | Link
July 19 | The College Board Is Trying To Fix World History But Might Be Making It Worse | Forbes | Monica Green
July 24 | Cash is a miracle. So why are more businesses refusing it? | Slate | Jonathan Barth | Link
July 26 | Voyage of Adventure: Retracing Donelson's Journey | Nashville Public Television | T.J. Davis | Link
July 28 | More and more restaurants and stores are going cashless, to the delight of credit card companies | Business Insider | Jonathan Barth | Link
July 30 | Learning History Through Art And Music | KJZZ Phoenix | Marcie Hutchinson | Link
August 2018
August 3 | What constitutes a performance-enhancing drug or treatment? | Why Sport Matters with Kenneth Shropshire | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 7 | ASU, National WWII Museum launch new master's degree: World War II Studies | ASU Now | Penelope Moon and Volker Benkert | Link
August 7 | The National World War II Museum, Arizona State offering online degree | New Orleans City Business | Link
August 8 | National WWII Museum, Arizona State team up to offer master’s degree in WWII studies | WGNO ABC
August 9 | Know Your Roots | That's What She Said with Sarah Spain Show - ESPN Radio | Victoria Jackson | Link
August 9 | National WWII Museum and Arizona State University Have Teamed Up to Offer a World War II Master's Degree Program | Mental Floss | Link
August 10 | ASU joins forces with museum to offer master’s degree in WWII studies | KTAR News | Penelope Moon and Volker Benkert | Link
August 12 | WW2 Museum, Arizona State U, create online master's degree | WAFB CBS | Link
August 12 | WW2 Museum, ASU, create online master's degree | 12News | Link
August 12 | WWII Museum creates master's degree with Arizona State University | New Orleans Times-Picayune | Penelope Moon | Link no longer available
August 12 | WW2 Museum, Arizona State U, create online master's degree | New Haven Register | Penelope Moon | Link no longer available
August 12 | WW2 Museum, Arizona State U, Create Online Master's Degree | US News | Penelope Moon | Link no longer available
August 13 | ASU And Museum To Offer First World War II Grad Degree | KJZZ Phoenix | Link
August 13 | ASU to offer graduate degree in World War II studies, other new programs | AZCentral | Penelope Moon and Volker Benkert | Link
August 13 | First US-Based World War II Master’s Degree Program Will Launch in January | Smithsonian Magazine | Penelope Moon and Volker Benkert | Link
August 14 | Maryland takes step in right direction, but much more is needed from big-time college programs | The Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein | Link
August 18 | Van der Kemp’s Notorious Attempt to Translate the Records of New Netherland | New Netherland Praatjes Podcast | Peter Van Cleave | Link
August 25 | Troubling details of Ohio State report present a problem college football must fix | The Los Angeles Times | Shawn Klein | Link
August 30 | ASU historian: In sports, the power plays are often off the field | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 2018
September 5 | Nike courts controversy by featuring Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign | Arizona PBS | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 7 | Learn More About Immigrant Detention, Mass Imprisonment at These Phoenix Events | Phoenix New Times | Leah Sarat | Link
September 7 | Charles Barkley knows what it feels like to be Colin Kaepernick, trying to do right thing | AZCentral | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 7 | Charles Barkley knows what it feels like to be Colin Kaepernick, trying to do right thing | USA Today | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 10 | Corporations And Activism | WOSU Media | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 11 | How Will Nike's Brand Be Affected By The Colin Kaepernick Ad? | KJZZ Phoenix | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 18 | Modern Technology Raises Ethical Questions | KJZZ Phoenix | Joan McGregor | Link
September 20 | Junior uses Concussion Awareness Day to share her story; ASU researchers taking transdisciplinary approach to issue | ASU Now | Shawn Klein | Link
September 27 | Chandler Public Library expands collection to include Marathi language of west India | AZCentral | Anne Feldhaus | Link
October 2018
October 2 | The NFL says a lot about the current United States | Forbes Mexico | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 4 | The History Of Partisan Politics In U.S. Supreme Court Nominations | KJZZ Phoenix | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
October 23 | Raising a fist for change | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 26 | ‘Elizabeth Seton’ Review: The Widow Who Mothered the American Church | The Wall Street Journal | Catherine O'Donnell | Link
November 2018
November 1 | GOP, Democrats hope to win evangelical vote on Election Day | Fox News | Donald Critchlow | Link
November 5 | Daylight Saving Time and why it doesn't affect us in Arizona | KYMA / NPG of Yuma-El Centro | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link no longer available
November 15 | 4 at ASU honored with Regents' Professor title | ASU Now | Donald Fixico | Link
November 25 | 5 things to know about what's behind anti-migrant protests in Tijuana | AZCentral | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 27 | What's the difference between a refugee and a migrant? Plenty | ASU Now | Leah Sarat | Link
December 2018
December 3 | Prescott lawmaker criticized over racial comments, again | Fox News | Donald Critchlow | Link
December 4 | ASU's Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict celebrates 15 years | ASU Now | John Carlson & Yasmin Saikia | Link
December 10 | Alternative narrative proposed for America's inclusion in World War II | KJZZ Phoenix | Volker Benkert | Link
December 11 | College athletics are "21st century Jim Crow" | Agony of Defeat | Victoria Jackson | Link
December 12 | Arizona Supreme Court justice to co-teach new course at ASU | ASUNow | Donald Critchlow | Link
December 19 | Is 'Rudolph' Racist? Viewing Old Art Through a Modern Lens | KJZZ Phoenix | Michelle Saint | Link
December 19 | How the 'Heat and Light' of 1968 still influence today: 3 essential reads | The Conversation | Donald Critchlow | Link
December 20 | Experts wrestle with today's tough biotechnology questions at third Arizona Biosecurity Workshop | ASU Now | Gaymon Bennett | Link
December 21 | Where Did the Holiday Ghost Story Tradition Come From? | KJZZ Phoenix | Tracy Fessenden | Link
2017
January 2017
January 6 | Q&A: Things to know about celebrity deaths | ASU Now | Dustin Gann | Link
January 10 | Defining Sport | Lexington Books | Shawn E. Klein | Link
January 10 | Energizing the History Survey | Inside Higher Ed |Catherine O’Donnell | Link
January 14 | Lectures in History: Presidency of Andrew Jackson | C-SPAN 3 | Jonathan Barth | Link
January 18 | The Supreme Court Ruled Wrong, Then Right, on Japanese American Internment | Zócalo Public Square | Julian Lim | Link
January 20 | [Interview] On foreign policy, Trump may follow Kissinger’s advice | The Hankyoreh | Donald T. Critchlow | Link
February 2017
February 13 | Teach Online ... Before It's Too Late | Inside Higher Ed | Penelope Adams Moon | Link
February 14 | Sugar’s Bitter History | We’re History | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
February 17 | Collegiate Esports and Title IX: What You Need to Know | The Esports Observer | Victoria Jackson | Link
February 22 | ASU a top producer of Fulbright winners | ASU Now | Chouki El Hamel | Link
February 23 | ASU professor's project emphasizes lesser-known elements of black history | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont | Link
March 2017
March 1 | Online classes highlight the importance of student-teacher interactions | State Press | Penelope Moon | Link
March 8 | Some Worry US Emphasis On ISIS Weakens Overall Anti-Terrorism Policy | KJZZ Phoenix | John Carlson | Link
March 10 | How Abolitionists Fought—and Lost—the Battle with America’s Sweet Tooth | Zócalo Public Square | Calvin Schermerhorn | Link
March 13 | Professors Discuss Treatment Of Immigrants, US' Value On Diversity | KJZZ Phoenix | Julian Lim | Link
March 14 | Religious Holiday | PBS | Tracey Fessenden | Link no longer available
March 14 | Where's The Appropriate Cross-Section Between Historic People, Pop Culture? | KJZZ Phoenix | Dustin Gann | Link
March 16 | Thousands Who Practice Jedi-ism Have The Force With Them | KJZZ Phoenix | Jodie Vann | Link
March 29 | ASU history professor awarded social science fellowship | ASU Now | Aaron Moore | Link
April 2017
April 4 | ASU religious studies professor named Association for Asian Studies president-elect | ASU Now | Anne Feldhaus | Link
April 18 | Losing our religion? Not just yet | ASU Now | Charles H. Barfoot | Link
April 19 | Introducing Asia Mediated: Interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation at Arizona State University | Association for Asian Studies | Juliane Schober and Pauline Hope | Link
May 2017
May 2 | ASU professor honored for contributions to religion and conflict scholarship | ASU Now | Linell Cady | Link
May 3 | What Is A Humanist, And What Do They Believe? | KJZZ Phoenix | Tracy Fessenden | Link
May 4 | 5 things to know about Cinco de Mayo | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña | Link
May 10 | MMA Debut of 12-Year-Old Momo vs. Adult Draws Outrage Abroad, Support at Home | Bleacher Report | Shawn Klein |Link
June 2017
June 2 | Humanities Action Lab receives grant to produce projects on social issues | ASU Now | Leah Sarat | Link
June 2 | Listening to sholawat to combat radical Islam | The Jakarta Post (op-ed) | James Edmonds (grad student) | Link
June 15 | Do sports unite or divide us? | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
June 21 | How to teach teachers to teach the history of everyone, anywhere | Mary Lou Fulton Teaching College site | Lauren Harris | Link no longer available
June 30 | New College of Liberal Arts and Sciences leadership will foster excellence and unparalleled growth | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont | Link
July 2017
July 13 | New ASU faculty, same ASU mission | ASU State Press | Matthew Delmont | Link
July 26 | Catholic Publication Criticizes Conservative Catholics For Being Too Hard Line | KJZZ Phoenix | Catherine O’Donnell | Link
August 2017
August 1 | ASU history professor to explore African-Americans' perspective of World War II | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont | Link
August 1 | Being Bored Can Be Both A Good And Bad Thing | KJZZ Phoenix | Bernard Kobes | Link
August 4 | New ASU Online course to provide historical context of global migrations | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña | Link
August 10 | ASU prof on the relationship between religion and the media | ASU Now | John Carlson | Link
August 10 | ASU professor helps students critically engage with their own lives | ASU Now | Jason Bruner | Link
August 17 | Phoenix Confederate monument defaced with paint; Apache Junction area monument damaged | ABC 15 | John Carlson | Link
August 22 | President Trump's Phoenix Rally To Be Mixture Of Politics, Policy? | KJZZ Phoenix | Don Critchlow | Link
August 31 | Shot Clock: Sports and social issues, and how far back does it go? | AZcentral.com | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 2017
September 5 | ASU Professor's New Project Explores Lives Of African-Americans During WWII | KJZZ Phoenix | Matthew Delmont | Link
September 7 | Red Sox case gives an electronic jolt to a long history of spycraft | The Boston Globe | Shawn Klein | Link no longer available
September 14 | Latino 101: Stereotypes are boring | ASU Now | Alexander Aviña | Link
September 18 | The 226th ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’ will hit P.E.I. shelves Sept. 12 | The Guardian | Josh MacFadyen | Link
September 19 | ASU Insight: A U.S.-Mexico border wall and its implications on immigration in Arizona | ASU Now | Jacob Affolter & Alexander Aviña | Link
September 21 | Asia Mediated: 1 Year Later | ASU Now | Juliane Schober & Jim Rush | Link
September 26 | 09/25/17 Sport Protests, Veteran's Suicide & Breasts Cancer | Arizona Horizon | Victoria Jackson | Link
September 28 | Water Consumption and Sustainability in Arizona: A Tale of Two Desert Cities | Global Sustainability Site | Paul Hirt | Link
October 2017
October 1 | Nonfiction Book Review: Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan | Publishers Weekly | Don Critchlow | Link
October 2 | Amerind preps for Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit | Benson News | SHPRS | Link no longer available
October 3 | Coming to Campus to Teach Online | Inside Higher Ed | Pen Moon | Link
October 5 | ASU Regents' Professor honored by Princeton conference | ASU Now | Stephen Bokenkamp | Link
October 9 | ASU events to explore themes of populism, immigration from trans-Atlantic Perspective | ASU Now | Volker Benkert | Link
October 9 | A Conversation with Agnes Kefeli Clay on Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia: Conversion, Apostasy, and Literacy | Ta’Seel Commons | Agnes Kefeli Clay | Link
October 12 | Most valuable prayer: MU athletes on the importance of their faith | Vox Magazine | Terry Shoemaker | Link
October 17 | Holocaust Museum and ASU hold presentation on Arizonan's relationship to Holocaust and WWII | State Press | Matthew Delmont | Link
October 18 | At 500, Protestant Reformation still influencing our world | ASU Now | Tracy Fessenden | Link
October 18 | Lecturer builds ASU’s sports-history curriculum as a graduate student | ASU Now | Victoria Jackson | Link
October 18 | Could A Renegotiated NAFTA Be Better For Indigenous People Than Current Deal? | KJZZ Phoenix | Alexander Aviña | Link
November 2017
November 2 | ASU student seeks to impact Islam discourses | ASU Now | PhD Candidate Jamie Edmonds | LInk
November 7 | The Regional Reach of Buddhist Nationalism | US News | Juliane Schober
November 14 | ASU student inspires others to rethink immigration | ASU Now | PhD Candidate Judith Perer | Link
November 16 | 4 ASU faculty named Regents' Professors | ASU Now | Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Link
November 21 | Tips for surviving family table talk this Thanksgiving | ASU Now | Christopher Jones | Link
December 2017
December 1 | ASU professor says Prince Harry's marriage unlikely to rile royal family dynamics | ASU Now | Retha Warnicke | Link
December 6 | ASU students, faculty to #thinkwater in rural Arizona | ASU Now | Paul Hirt | Link
December 6 | ASU establishes Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems | ASU Now | Joan McGregor | Link
December 11 | Jeffrey Cohen to join ASU as dean of humanities | ASU Now | Matthew Delmont | Link
December 13 | How Do We Handle The Work Of People Accused Of Sexual Misconduct? | KJZZ Phoenix | Matthew Delmont | Link
December 14 | Beyond the face paint: Sports fandom rooted in connections | Cronkite News | Shawn Klein | Link
December 20 | The Real Deal in Sports: Rules and Repercussions | KGNU Community Radio | Shawn Klein
December 22 | ASU pioneer’s career is one for the history books | ASU Now | Retha Warnicke | Link