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American Magazine, July 2015

This issue, meet Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan, learn about Kogod’s startup incubator, explore the Smithsonian’s new American Enterprise exhibit, hop on the Metro to Navy Yard—Ballpark, and get to know some of AU’s 1,200 Atlanta transplants. Also in the August issue: footwear on campus, 12 Eagles to follow on Twitter, and a new quiz with a tasty prize.

This issue, meet Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan, learn about Kogod’s startup incubator, explore the Smithsonian’s new American Enterprise exhibit, hop on the Metro to Navy Yard—Ballpark, and get to know some of AU’s 1,200 Atlanta transplants. Also in the August issue: footwear on campus, 12 Eagles to follow on Twitter, and a new quiz with a tasty prize.

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syllabus<br />

JUSTICE, LAW, AND<br />

CRIMINOLOGY 496<br />

Prison: Is Orange the New Black?<br />

More than 200,000 women are<br />

incarcerated in the United States.<br />

For better or for worse, the public’s<br />

leading portrait of this growing<br />

population comes from the account<br />

of a privileged Caucasian woman<br />

serving a short-term prison sentence.<br />

Piper Kerman’s 2011 memoir,<br />

Orange Is the New Black, and the<br />

Netflix series of the same name<br />

serve as the jumping-off point for<br />

Robert Johnson’s popular School of<br />

Public Affairs course. Which of the<br />

accounts—series or book—is more<br />

accurate? What are their strengths<br />

and limitations? How are issues of<br />

drugs, privacy, motherhood, and<br />

mental health addressed?<br />

“I think the series is truer to the<br />

actual environment than the memoir—<br />

the climate, the tensions, the<br />

atmospherics,” Johnson says. “But<br />

that’s all to be debated in the class.”<br />

Next course<br />

HEALTH PROMOTION 323<br />

Issues in Women’s Health<br />

Students in Aimee Richardson’s<br />

course, which explores cancers,<br />

menopause, and infertility, develop<br />

a personal health plan based on<br />

family history and lifestyle.<br />

WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND<br />

SEXUALITY STUDIES 696<br />

Female Masculinity<br />

Professor William Leap uses Judith<br />

Halberstam’s theory that “masculinity<br />

is not owned by men” to create<br />

explanations for female masculinity<br />

that emphasize women’s agency.<br />

4 AMERICAN MAGAZINE JULY <strong>2015</strong>

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