Op-ed

Susan Helper Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, criticized General Motors’ closure of a plant in Lordstown in an op-ed for cleveland.com. The piece, titled “Closure of General Motors’ Lordstown plant was not inevitable. It resulted from GM’s own mismanagement and flawed...

Mark Singer, the Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child Welfare and deputy director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an article for Patch titled “Migrant Children, Our Children.” The piece discusses the U.S. government’s treatment of migrants, spe...

Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor, the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business and professor of organizational behavior, shared his top eight insights on leadership in an article for the Human Capital Leadership Institute. The piece, titled “Leadership Insights of Professor Ri...

Lee Hoffer Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology and professor of psychiatry, wrote a post for the blog Why Social Science? discussing why he believes the social sciences are important. His piece is titled “Because it requires confronting the assumptions we have about others.” Through t...

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III described how the Case Western Reserve University community can support a renaissance in Cleveland driven by technology. In an op-ed titled “Cleveland: Imagining a modern renaissance” for Crain Cleveland’s Business, Vinson explained how each of th...

Alanna Cooper, director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, wrote about an international program that keeps track of Torahs from pre-World War II Czech congregations, nearly all of which perished during the war. The Torahs were distributed throughout the 20th century...

Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, assessed 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s proposed national wealth tax in an op-ed for City Journal. The article, titled “Warren’s Folly,” illustrates the ways in which Warren’s proposed tax—on wealth, not income—may be u...

Leonard H. Calabrese, professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, wrote an article for Healio Rheumatology titled “Rheumatology and Burnout: Causes, Concerns and Hope.” In the piece, Calabrese explains how electronic medical records may contribute to burnout in physicians ...

Ashwini Sehgal, the Duncan Neuhauser Professor of Community Health Improvement and director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, wrote about concerns related to the increasing number of uninsured Ohioans. Sehgal’s op-ed, “The number of Ohioans without health coverage is rising as attacks ...

In an op-ed, Luke Reader, a SAGES teaching fellow, wrote about how Brexit has shaped the political identity in Britain. Reader wrote about how people in Britain identify more with their views on Brexit than on political parties and how those distinctions are increasingly showing in Parliament. His...