Press Releases

07/15/08 - Journal of Asian American Studies Author Wins Research Paper Award
The Johns Hopkins University Press is pleased to announce the winner of the Asia/Asian America section of the American Sociological Association's Research Paper Award for 2007: Being American Between Black and White: Second Generation Asian American Professionals Racial Identities, by Pawan Dhingra, Associate Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College. This study, based on in-depth interviews with seventy second-generation Asian American professionals in Dallas, Texas, examines the ways that Korean Americans and Indian Americans of the second generation make sense of their racial status relative to both whites and blacks.

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05/20/08 - Establishing A Workable Autonomy In Tibet
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Urban Morgan Institute at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Law are pleased to make available the article “Establishing a Workable Autonomy in Tibet,” written by Michael C. Davis, professor of law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Davis’s article explores China’s historical relationship with Tibet and demonstrates how the failure of China’s current policies has contributed to the growing tension. Most importantly, the author recommends a solution that is based on China’s own constitution. This article is required reading for those wishing for a richer understanding of this issue and a discussion of a pragmatic and tenable movement towards resolution.

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2/14/08 - The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved marks Black History Month

The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is marking Black History Month with the publication of its February issue. Among the many articles is one that reports on a study exploring why low-income and minority women are less likely than other women to be screened for breast and cervical cancer at an early stage in the cancer's growth. Patricia Isabel Documet, M.D., Ph.D., the lead researcher, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. She is interviewed by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd.

Listen to the interview online or download the podcast at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/closerlook/01may07.

1/30/08 - The Hopkin's Review featured on WYPR
The Hopkin's Review was featured on WYPR 88.1's Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast. Susan McCallum-Smith reviews the first edition (Winter, 2008) of the resurrected literary quarterly journal The Hopkins Review, a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars and the Johns Hopkins University Press. McCallum-Smith raved, "Baltimore finally has a magazine that proves it does read, and it reads way, way beyond the 3rd grade level." For more information and to hear the audio from the show visit WYPR's Website For more information on the journal visit The Hopkin's Review