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Robert Zaretsky

Contributor
University of Houston

Robert Zaretsky teaches in the Honors College and the department of modern and classical languages at the University of Houston. His latest book is Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague.

Stories by This Author

The Review | Essay
By Robert Zaretsky August 7, 2024
Remembering the great historian of the Mediterranean world.
The Review | Opinion
By Robert Zaretsky December 6, 2023
This is what it looks like when a college prioritizes graduation rates.
The Review | Opinion
By Robert Zaretsky May 20, 2022
A recently identified phenomenon seems awfully familiar.
News
By Robert Zaretsky February 16, 2020
When it comes to effective teaching and writing, specialization only hurts.
The Review
By Robert Zaretsky November 12, 2019
Athletic programs too big to fail are leading to academic programs too small to succeed.
The Review
By Robert Zaretsky May 29, 2019
It will take much more than freshman-composition courses to solve the crisis.
The Review
By Robert Zaretsky February 24, 2019
A professor sees constant reminders of STEM’s ascent on his campus.
Commentary
By Robert Zaretsky May 8, 2018
The replacement of books with common study areas is a step in our evolving relationship with the printed word. But it’s still sad.
The Review
By Robert Zaretsky February 10, 2017
Difference can inspire wonder or fear. For Tzvetan Todorov, it was the former.
Advice
By Robert Zaretsky January 15, 2017
If Mariah Carey should make room for a younger generation of performers, does that not also apply to me?