About Us
The online magazine Miller-McCune.com harnesses current academic research with real-time reporting to address pressing social concerns. Every day our contributors — researchers, policymakers and journalists — suggest solutions for today’s pressing issues in areas such as education, politics, the environment, economics, urban affairs and health.
Our bimonthly print magazine, Miller-McCune, draws on academic research and other definitive sources to provide reasoned policy options and solutions in a longer and more complete form. All material in the magazine is posted, after a delay, at Miller-McCune.com.
Given the explosive and exponential growth in research and data, we strive to be an “honest broker,” a personal editor for our visitors. While individual articles may suggest a policy or solution associated with a particular party or ideology, as a whole we promise to be nonpartisan. Plus, we always will direct you to the research that underpins what we present.
At the same time, since so much research and policy work is, well, difficult to read and therefore difficult to act on, we hope to honor its importance through the liberal application of excellent writing, piercing wit and clear explanation.
And we ask you to join our lively global conversation through links, comments or by writing for us (or about us!).
As an arm of the nonprofit Miller-McCune Center, we are supported by a combination of grants and advertising revenue. Our major contributor to date has been SAGE Publications, an international publisher of academic journals and textbooks founded by Sara Miller McCune. Click here for a personal message from Sara.
PRESS RELEASES
May 17, 2011 — Miller-McCune Names Maria Streshinsky as Editor-in-Chief
PROFILES
Folio honors our commitment to long-form journalism.
The Los Angeles Times describes us as a “bright and earnest new student.”
AWARDS
- Miller-McCune.com received the silver award in Folio‘s 2010 Eddie & Ozzie Awards for News/Commentary/General Interest website.
- UTNE Independent Press Award 2009 in the category of science/technology coverage. Nominated for 2010 awards in general excellence and science/technology coverage, and in 2011 for science/technology.
- One of Library Journal’s 10 Best Magazines in 2008
- The Society of Environmental Journalists awarded Valerie Brown its 2009 award for Outstanding Explanatory Reporting in Print for her Miller-McCune article “Environment Becomes Heredity.”
- One of Magazine Industry News’ “Hottest Launches of 2008″
- National Council of Crime and Delinquency and the John Jay College for Criminal Justice have both awarded our authors Vince Beiser, Steve Weinberg and Emily Badger
- The American Association of University Professors in 2011 awarded Beryl Lieff Benderly its Iris Molotsky Award for Coverage in Higher Education prize for her article “The Real Science Gap.”
- This year, the North American Travel Journalists Association awarded a silver medal in the area of historical or hobby travel to Michael Luongo for his piece, “Ground Zero as Dark Tourist Site.”
Utne Independent Press Award 2009
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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
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An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
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New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World
A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
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Slugging — The People’s Transit
In Washington, D.C., commuters have taken thousands of cars off highways via a homegrown rideshare system known as “slugging.” Can the government create more slugs — without stepping on any?
Bacteria ‘R’ Us
Emerging research shows that bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think.
A New Take on Political Ideology
An evolutionary psychologist proposes a new framework for understanding the root causes of our political beliefs.
The Real Science Gap
It’s not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It’s a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.
Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
