Sino-American Technological Competition: National Innovation Systems and the Case of Semiconductors
By Rúbia Marcussi Pontes States have been a key actor in promoting research and development (R&D) and National Innovation Systems...
When Bureaucracy Fails Victims: EEOC, Political Will, and the Trump Administration
by Nicole Colaianni “Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America” proclaimed journalist Carter Sherman...
Negotiating the Nation through Art Collection and Exhibition: The Met’s American Wing at 100
by Anna Köhler In November 1922, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the addition “of a wing to be devoted...
Willa Cather’s Nebraska: The Divide, Geologic Deep Time, and Indigenous Erasure in O, Pioneers!
by Jack Love Introduction Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! is a unique novel that employs environmental language prevalent in American Literature of the...
Beyond the ‘Melting Pot’: Black American Identifications across National and Ethnic Lines
by Kieran Sommer Widespread practices of disparaging and othering immigrants to the country can be seen as illustrative of...
Manifest Destiny or Science Fiction? Elon Musk’s Mars Colonization Plans and the New Nexus of Religion
by Peggy Reeder “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars...
New Editorial Team
The HCA Graduate Blog has a new editorial team. With the coming summer term, a new generation takes over the...
Joe Biden’s Legacy: The Ambivalence of Bipartisanship and Friendship in Politics
by Richard Lange On January 20, 2025 Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States....