Robert Zaretsky
Contributor
University of Houston
Robert Zaretsky teaches in the Honors College at the University of Houston. His new book, Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague, was published this month by the University of Chicago Press.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | OpinionYes, Students Are Disengaged. What Else Is New?
A recently identified phenomenon seems awfully familiar. -
News
Why More Professors Should Be Generalists
When it comes to effective teaching and writing, specialization only hurts. -
The Review
How Football Can Wreck a University
Athletic programs too big to fail are leading to academic programs too small to succeed. -
The Review
Our Students Can’t Write. We Have Ourselves to Blame.
It will take much more than freshman-composition courses to solve the crisis. -
The Review
Teaching in the Twilight of the Humanities
A professor sees constant reminders of STEM’s ascent on his campus. -
Commentary
The Welcoming Labyrinth: What We Gain and Lose as Libraries Change
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
A Philosopher of Otherness Dies When He’s Needed Most
Difference can inspire wonder or fear. For Tzvetan Todorov, it was the former. -
Advice
Leaving the Academic Stage
If Mariah Carey should make room for a younger generation of performers, does that not also apply to me? -
The Review
Trump as a Teaching Moment
Rousseau and Thucydides can shed light on our era, a historian argues. -
Commentary
The Lessons of Brexit for the Humanities
Professors may think they can no longer live within their universities. But they certainly cannot live outside them.
