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From questioning whether a coup should ever be labeled “good” to protesting recent immigration policies, opinions expressed by faculty appeared in major national publications via essays and letters to the editor throughout the year.

A Washington Post article reviewing the explosive growth of Christmas-themed movies included Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate’s observations on the phenomenon.

In “Trump's executive order raises important questions about Jewish identity and free speech,” co-authors President David Wippman and Professor of American Studies Glenn C. Altschuler question whether President Trump’s Dec. 11 Executive Order Combating Anti-Semitism adds to the protections already available for Jews under Title VI and conclude that it “may well do more harm than good.”

What makes Christmas movies so popular https://theconversation.com/what-makes-christmas-movies-so-popular-127972 is the question Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate answers in a Dec. 6 essay published by The Conversation and appearing in publications around the world.

“Betsy DeVos is giving defrauded student debtors the back of her hand,” an essay co-written by President David Wippman and Professor of American Studies Glenn Altschuler in The Hill, highlighted how difficult Secretary of Education DeVos has made it for these students to seek debt relief.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, presented Women in Key Leadership Positions = High Performing Financial Institutions at the Federal Reserve of Richmond to bank CEOs, board members, and senior managers.

Art made by women accounted for just 11 percent of all acquisitions by 26 prominent American museums and 14 percent of all exhibitions in the last decade, according to a New York Times article in which Associate Professor of Art History Susan Jarosi was quoted.

“U.S. officials have developed a bad habit of endorsing military meddling in global politics — ironically, in the name of democracy,” Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin writes in her essay published by The Washington Post on Nov. 13.

In an opinion piece about the NCAA’s intention to permit compensation for college athletes, President Wippman posed nine questions that must be considered in designing “a comprehensive, coherent, and equitable solution to the crisis of intercollegiate athletics.”

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of History, will be offering an illustrated talk, and signing copies of his just-published book, The Winter Army: The 10th Mountain Division in World War II, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 4:15 p.m., in the Burke Library.