9/11 and the Academy

Mark Finney is Associate Professor of Mass Communications at Emory & Henry College, USA.Matthew Shannon is Associate Professor of History at Emory & Henry College, USA.

• Foreword; Alice Greenwald.- Chapter 1. Setting the Unsettled: An introduction to 9/11 and the Academy; Matthew Shannon.- Chapter 2. Changed Worlds? American Studies, Trauma Studies, and September 11, 2001; Christine Muller.- Chapter 3. Psychology confronts 9/11: Explanations, shortcomings and challenges; Robert Demski.- Chapter 4. Religious Studies and September 11, 2001: Religion and power in the ruins; Tam Parker.- Chapter 5. Media Studies: Why 9/11 and digital media pose new problems and opportunities for the study of news; Mark Finney.- Chapter 6. Spectacle, trauma and patriotism: Media and Media Studies in the aftermath of 9/11; Chiara Ferrari.- Chapter 7. Studying the Presidency after 9/11: Re-considering presidential character in domestic and international contexts; Stephen Farnsworth.- Chapter 8. Re-inventing the Heart of Darkness for the 21st century: African studies and the War on Terror since 9/11; Matthew Unangst.- Chapter 9. Growth and uncertainty: The impact of 9/11 intelligence and national security studies; Joseph Fitsanakis.- Chapter 10. International Education in the 21st century: Lessons learned from 9/11 and cautious hope for the future; Celeste Gaia and Marcelo Leite.- Chapter 11. Teaching 9/11 in the core curriculum; Joseph Lane and Mark Finney.- Chapter 12. 9/11 and the 'Memory Boom'; Samantha Ball.