Scholars in the News
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Abigail Seldin's Foundation Uncovered Sex Trafficking At State-Authorized Massage Schools
50 years ago, A.E. Dick Howard helped rewrite Virginia's constitution to ensure voting rights.
AARS Co-Presidents, Nnenna Lynch (NY & St. John's '93) and Janice Ugaki (ID & St. Antony's '93), provide response to David Satter's Op-Ed
Alice Baumgartner
Basic Books
Alice Baumgartner tells the story of the several thousand enslaved people who escaped to Mexico in the decades leading up to the U.S. Civil War.
Cristina A. Bejan, PhD
Finishing Line Press, 2020
Cristina A. Bejan writes a collection of poetry about her Romanian heritage, the inherited trauma of communism, love, mental health and sexual assault.
Cristina A. Bejan, PhD
Palgrave, 2019
Cristina A. Bejan writes academic history book.
eds. Domnica Radulescu & Roxana Cazan (Solis Press, 2020)
Mira Debs
Harvard Education Press, 2019
In Diverse Families, Desirable Schools, Mira Debs offers a richly detailed study of public Montessori schools, which make up the largest group of progressive schools in the public sector.
Pam McElwee
The Hill
Pam McElwee writes op-ed on the biodiversity/climate breakdown and its links to the COVID pandemic.
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, we have convened a task force of Association of American Rhodes Scholars (AARS) board members and scholars to address systemic racism.
The Coronavirus pandemic has reinforced what we already knew – Rhodes Scholars step up to serve others.
Sara Swenson writes op-ed emphasizing the heightened importance of influenza vaccines this flu season.
The AARS hosted a special virtual conversation with Eric Foner, Randall Kennedy, and moderator Camille Borders on Sunday, October 11.
For the first time since this prestigious alumni organization was founded in 1907, the Association of American Rhodes Scholars (AARS) elected three women to fill its top leadership positions.