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Pop Culture and Education

Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice

Professor José-Antonio Orosco uses the sci-fi franchise to explore the concepts of peace studies, including Jane Addam’s theory of “negative” and “positive” peace and the Prime Directive.

The Marvel Age of Comics

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

The self-proclaimed party girl and friend of Spider-Man alter ego Peter Parker dressed in the latest fashions during the 1960s and even briefly got a job as a go-go dancer in a local nightclub.

Green Arrow and His Times

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

In a DC comic published to coincided with the first Earth Day in April 1970, the Justice League of America encounter a burning river similar to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland at the time.

Comic Books and the Real World

Captain America and Patriotism: Rambo vs. Springsteen

During the 1980s, competing forms of patriotism were advocated by John Rambo and Bruce Springsteen, while a similar debate took place within the pages of Captain America comic books.