Category: Behind the Scenes

The Story of “The 36 Hour Day”

by Jack Holmes, Institutional Outreach and Publicity Officer In honor of University Press Week, the American Association of University Presses (AAUP) invited publishers to select one title from their full catalog of publications that they felt exemplifies the work they do. Here, JHU Press—with 134 years of history to choose from—shares how we made that…

Wild Thing: Rockfishes. Oh, Rockfishes . . .

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  guest post by Val Kells Rockfishes are a diverse and highly successful group within the Family Scorpaenidae, or Scorpionfishes. There are currently 102 known species of Scorpaenids…

Pop culture and academia: A marriage of convenience or of love?

by Michele Callaghan TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press. —Fred Friendly, president of CBS news and one of the people behind the creation of public television All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? —Nicholas Johnson, commissioner of the Federal…