Skip to content
FEATURED:
Sign In
Sign In
ADVERTISEMENT

Nina C. Ayoub

Books Editor (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Nina Ayoub was books editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Read MoreRead Less

Stories by this Author

  • 34SpringBooksQnA_BruceWalsh
    The Review

    ‘A Voice for Many Peoples’

    By Nina C. Ayoub April 23, 2017
    This upstart publisher wants to open Canadians’ eyes to their nation’s history.
  • Ruth Bielaski Shipley
    Nota Bene

    The Talented Mrs. Shipley

    By Nina C. Ayoub May 20, 2013
    A State Department bureaucrat of the early 20th century drew up a forerunner of the No Fly List, raising the same constitutional issues then as we face now.
  • A Nuremberg court notary drew this image of Frantz Schmidt at work.
    Nota Bene

    The Executioner’s Song

    By Nina C. Ayoub April 8, 2013
    A historian fleshes out the life of Nuremberg’s master executioner four centuries ago.
  • Video Gamers Find Failure an Attraction 1
    Nota Bene

    Screen Spleen

    By Nina C. Ayoub March 18, 2013
    How failure is part of the fun of video games.
  • Apollo 17 took off in 1972.
    Nota Bene

    Closer to God: Religion and the American Space Program

    By Nina C. Ayoub February 25, 2013
    Astronauts’ experiences, theologians’ pronouncements, and churches in space-enclave communities all factor in to a new cultural history.
  • "The Love Letter," by Fernando Botero
    Nota Bene

    The Skinny on Fat

    By Nina C. Ayoub February 3, 2013
    The sociologist who wrote “What’s Wrong With Fat?” is more interested in the question than in the answer.
  • In the 2008 film "Frozen River," a struggling mother becomes part of a scheme to smuggle immigrants from Canada to the United States across the frozen St. Lawrence River.
    Nota Bene

    An Anthropologist Goes Indie

    By Nina C. Ayoub January 14, 2013
    Independent films and their relentless social critique have found an observer in Sherry Ortner.
  • Jorge Luis Borges in Buenos Aires in 1973
    Nota Bene

    This Is Your Brain on Borges

    By Nina C. Ayoub December 3, 2012
    A neuroscientist finds that his research on the mind echoes intuitions expressed by the late writer.
  • The Orbs of Autumn 3
    The Review

    The Orbs of Autumn

    By Nina C. Ayoub October 22, 2012
    A new book proffers the history and lore of the pumpkin.
  • Professional poker players often practice a form of dissociation when it comes to money's practical uses, a new book says.
    The Review

    Dough-Eyed

    By Nina C. Ayoub September 10, 2012
    A sociologist explores how priests, poker players, and traders regard money.
Load More