Top 5 most read posts written by USC Dornsife faculty for ‘The Conversation’
As part of a new partnership this year, several USC Dornsife scholars have written for The Conversation, an independent source for informed commentary and analysis written by the academic and research community and edited by journalists for the general public.
Many of these insightful posts have been republished in Newsweek, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, IFL Science, Salon, The New Republic and other outlets across the country and around the globe. The following five articles topped the list, with more than 300,000 reads between them as of Dec. 21.
5 — How a new generation is changing evangelical Christianity
Richard Flory, associate professor (research) of sociology, explains how evangelical Christianity, as we have known it, is changing.
With nearly 33,300 reads, this article was republished by The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, Real Clear Religion, UPI, SFGate, Associated Press, and others.
4 — Jesus Christ, businessman: From John Humphrey Noyes to Donald Trump
Ellen Wayland-Smith, assistant professor (teaching) of writing, examines how the United States has conjoined business success and piety in a way that no other country has.
With more than 34,200 reads, this article was republished by The New Republic, The Raw Story, SFGate, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Houston Chronicle, and others.
3 — How did classified information get into those Hillary Clinton emails?
Jeffrey Fields, assistant professor of the practice of international relations, discusses why determining whether or not Hillary Clinton was careless in sharing classified information is not a cut and dried issue. Fields, who used to hold top secret security clearance, explains how things get classified.
With more than 53,200 reads, this article was republished by The Huffington Post, Scroll.in, GovExec.com, The Raw Story, Associated Press, SFGate, and others.
2 — Young children are terrible at hiding — psychologists have a new theory why
Henrike Moll, assistant professor of psychology, and graduate student Allie Khalulyan share their research, which suggests this doesn’t mean children can’t understand others’ perspectives, as had been assumed.
With more than 65,000 reads, this article was republished by Live Science, World Economic Forum, Science Rocks My World, The Raw Story, Daily Mail, Associated Press, and others.
1 — Music training speeds up brain development in children
Assal Habibi, assistant professor of research at USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute, explains how learning to play music generates positive results in developing brains and why it may be important to support music education for children.
With more than 126,600 reads, this article was republished by Quartz, IFL Science, The Observer, and others.