Category: Journals

Reflections on “Signposts”

Over the past few issues, the journal American Jewish History has introduced a new feature to each issue—"Signposts: Reflections on Articles from the Journal’s Archive." These articles give scholars a chance to "reflect upon some of the most significant contributions that the journal has made to the field of American Jewish history," according to AJH editor…

Reflections on “Signposts”

Over the past few issues, the journal American Jewish History has introduced a new feature to each issue—"Signposts: Reflections on Articles from the Journal’s Archive." These articles give scholars a chance to "reflect upon some of the most significant contributions that the journal has made to the field of American Jewish history," according to AJH editor…

Shining the Light on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health

Guest Post by Kathy Ko Chin and Dr. Winston Tseng In 1985, Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret M. Heckler’s landmark report, Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health, shined a light on some of the pervasive and concerning disparities in health and health care experienced by racial and ethnic minorities.…

Shining the Light on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health

Guest Post by Kathy Ko Chin and Dr. Winston Tseng In 1985, Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret M. Heckler’s landmark report, Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health, shined a light on some of the pervasive and concerning disparities in health and health care experienced by racial and ethnic minorities.…

Social Research at eighty

Guest post by Arien Mack In 2014, Social Research entered its eightieth year of continuous publication, and this year I entered my forty-fifth year of editing the journal. One anniversary is public, the other is personal. Both seem remarkable. Founded as the journal of the University in Exile, which in 1934 was accredited as the…

Social Research at eighty

Guest post by Arien Mack In 2014, Social Research entered its eightieth year of continuous publication, and this year I entered my forty-fifth year of editing the journal. One anniversary is public, the other is personal. Both seem remarkable. Founded as the journal of the University in Exile, which in 1934 was accredited as the…

Examining ‘Callaloo Art’

For nearly 40 years, the journal Callaloo has showcased original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide. The quarterly offers an engaging mixture of fiction, poetry, critical articles, interviews, drama, and visual art. In late 2014, however, a long-time dream of journal founder and editor Charles Henry Rowell came to life…