News & Features
Economic Development and Food Heritage: The Case of Guinea Pigs in Chavín de Huántar, Peru
August 8th 2017
What happens when economic development clashes with tradition? What are the effects of boosting the commercialization of an animal traditionally excha
How the Folsom Point Became an Archaeological Icon
August 1st 2017
The Folsom spear point, which was excavated in 1927 near the small town of Folsom, New Mexico, is one of the most famous artifacts in North American a
The Promise of Language Difference in Writing
July 25th 2017
Historically, much interest in language difference has been directed at eliminating such difference—correcting errors—to the point that the presence o
Look Out: Who Picks Up the Tab for Climate-Fueled Wildland Fire?
July 18th 2017
What we do not witness are the armchair accountants totaling up the tab and battling over who owes what to whom . . .
"Anumeric" People: What Happens When a Language Has No Words for Numbers?
July 11th 2017
Speakers of anumeric, or numberless, languages offer a window into how the invention of numbers reshaped the human experience.
New Legislation May Make Free Speech on Campus Less Free
July 4th 2017
Around the country, state lawmakers have been talking about—and legislating—ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses . . .
Contingent Composition Faculty and Academic Freedom in the Age of Trump
June 27th 2017
In this fraught cultural environment, practically everyone feels that they are being censored or silenced or ignored.
The Case for Gross National Happiness
June 20th 2017
The standard objections to GNH (Gross National Hapiness) aren't really valid . . .
Stephen Prince's HOSEA STOUT wins 2017 MHA Book Award!
June 6th 2017
Congratulations to Stephen L. Prince, whose Hosea Stout: Lawman, Legislator, Mormon Defender has won the 2017 Mormon History Association Book Award fo
Facebook Pedagogy: Humans of UW-Stout, Digital Literacies, and Diversity
May 30th 2017
Every student has a story. And everywhere our students go, their stories follow.
Immigrant Rights are Women’s Rights
May 23rd 2017
The rights of immigrants and other marginalized communities are linked intimately with those of women.
Unanticipated Politics: Ancient Chunchucmil and Exclusive Maya Collectivities
May 16th 2017
The concepts of collective governance and factionalism might need to be tweaked in unanticipated ways when applied to Chunchucmil.
Conservation at a crossroads . . . again!
May 9th 2017
Natural resource conservation may be approaching a historic turning point.
The Lost City That’s Not Lost, Not a City, and Doesn’t Need to Be Discovered
April 25th 2017
Modern explorers can fly over a jungle to “discover” an ancient site, but the people living in those rainforests already have extensive knowledge abou
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