Month: September 2015

A few thoughts from JHUP publicity manager Kathy Alexander (before she retires this week)

Guest post by Yasmine Z. Kaminsky Kathy Alexander, the publicity manager in the books marketing department at JHU Press, is retiring this October after fourteen years at JHUP. In her retirement, Kathy is looking forward to spending time with her family, writing a cookbook, focusing on her music, traveling, sewing, and painting. She is the…

Don’t miss the 2015 Baltimore Book Festival, September 25-27

Look for books from Johns Hopkins University Press at the Ivy Bookshop tent at this year's Baltimore Book Festival!  The Festival takes place at Baltimore's Inner Harbor  this weekend--with great music, food, and books, books, books (and more books).  The Ivy tent on Rash Field features a JHUP table with a display of some of…

Don’t miss the 2015 Baltimore Book Festival, September 25-27

Look for books from Johns Hopkins University Press at the Ivy Bookshop tent at this year's Baltimore Book Festival!  The Festival takes place at Baltimore's Inner Harbor  this weekend--with great music, food, and books, books, books (and more books).  The Ivy tent on Rash Field features a JHUP table with a display of some of…

A banner year for behavioral science and policy

Guest post by Benjamin L. Castleman On Tuesday, September 15, President Obama issued an Executive Order encouraging federal agencies to use insights from behavioral science to inform the design and implementation of policies aimed at improving the lives of Americans. On the same day, the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team issued a report…

A banner year for behavioral science and policy

Guest post by Benjamin L. Castleman On Tuesday, September 15, President Obama issued an Executive Order encouraging federal agencies to use insights from behavioral science to inform the design and implementation of policies aimed at improving the lives of Americans. On the same day, the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team issued a report…

Ending medical reversal

Guest post by Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH, and Adam S. Cifu, MD For doctors, it is common to have some doubt about a new medical test, procedure or drug—even one which is widely hailed as remarkable or a game changer. It is not cynicism but a healthy skepticism towards marketing over substance. Doctors want…

Controversy, thy name be Smithsonian

Guest post by Robert C. Post The Smithsonian Institution is currently wrapped in controversy involving an exhibit at its National Museum of African Art, Conversations: African and African Amercian Artworks in Dialogue. Nobody doubts the exhibit’s noble purpose, displaying art with “the power to inspire.” But one-third of the works are from the collection of…