Elvin Lim, assistant professor of government, offers brief reivews for The Wall Street Journal of five notable books on presidential rhetoric.
Faculty
Basinger: Obnoxious Wealth Turns Off TV Viewers
by David Pesci •
In a Los Angeles Times article, Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, discusses television shows that focus on characters and plots revolving around financial scandals and greed.
Roth: What’s a Liberal Arts Education Good For?
by David Pesci •
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth wrote a blog entry for The Huffington Post that discusses, among other things, how a liberal arts education could be an effective and ideal undergraduate experience for this century.
Roth on Djerassi’s Four Jews on Parnassus
by David Pesci •
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Carl Djerassi’s latest book Four Jews on Parnassus: a conversation for Bookforum.
Chenoweth: Iraq, Afghanistan & Intervention
by David Pesci •
In an OpEd for The Hartford Courant, Assistant Professor of Government Erica Chenoweth discusses how historically, interventions such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan have faired.
Price on Election of Barack Obama as U.S. President
by David Pesci •
Assistant Professor of Government Melayne Price comments in the New Britian Herald and Middletown Press on the significance of President-elect Obama and whether or not his election represents a mandate.
Roth: Bringing the Stories Together
by David Pesci •
President Michael S. Roth talks about the connections established by candidate Barack Obama’s appearance on campus in May and the student response to his election as President of the United States in November.
Potter, Lim: What I’d Say to the President
by David Pesci •
Claire Potter, chair of American studies and professor of history, and Elvin Lim, assistant professor of economics, both briefly discuss what they would say to the President-elect.
Plous on How Bias Affects the Media, Politics, Us
by David Pesci •
Scott Plous, professor of psychology, is quoted extensively in a piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer on bias and how it affects all of us.
Ulysse: Michelle Obama Destroys Stereotypes
by David Pesci •
Gina Ulysse, associate professor of African American Studies, associate professor of anthropology published an oped in The Hartford Courant on how Michelle Obama breaks stereotypes too.
President Roth Discusses Participation as Education
by David Pesci •
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth discusses participation as a form of eduction in his latest blog entry on The Huffington Post.
Lim on FDR’s “Intellectual” Fireside Chats
by David Pesci •
Assistant Professor of Government Elvin Lim talks about the intellectual complexity and near college-level language that FDR used in his popular fireside chats.
