Like to read?
So do Case Western Reserve University faculty. And they love to write, too. (It’s their not-so-secret power.)
Elevating your creativity and analytical powers is the mission of our faculty, and words are one tool they use to achieve that. As a student in our College of Arts and Sciences, you’ll have the chance to think in concert with scholars of all kinds. It’s a sense-making you’ll carry beyond the page.
Explore your interests.
Take a look at some of our favorite faculty reads…you’re “bound” to enjoy them!
- In The Wind～an Unruly Living, Philosophy’s Jeremy Bendik-Keymer undertakes a breathtaking “askēsis”—the ancient philosophical word for a practice of changing yourself or your outlook—by winding together scholarship, fiction and journaling. Read an excerpt.
- Humanities professor Michael Clune writes a memoir of his childhood transformed by technology through seven computer games in Gamelife. Read an excerpt.
- Best-selling author Thrity Umrigar illuminates the redemptive powers of friendship, backlit by the complexities of modern India in The Secrets Between Us.
If you’re looking for a place to rest your imagination this summer, our faculty library is a great start. Enjoy!