Justin McDaniel Found a Way to Make Students Read Again
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 16 Jan 2026 13:08:22 UTC All snapshots from host www.vulture.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Menu Search ENCOUNTER Gluttons for Punishment Justin McDaniel has developed a cult following for getting his students to read — as long as they follow his rules. By Lila Shapiro, a features writer for New York Magazine. JAN. 7, 2026 SAVE Photo: Michelle Gustafson for New York Magazine This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Professor Justin McDaniel, the tenured chair of the religious-studies department at the University of Pennsylvania, has found a way to make his students read again. They don’t write papers or take tests; instead, he asks them to follow a strict set of behavioral constraints. They must give up their cell phones and other worldly distractions, including, in one course, sex. In his popular class Existential Despair, the studen
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 16 Jan 2026 13:08:22 UTC All snapshots from host www.vulture.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Menu Search ENCOUNTER Gluttons for Punishment Justin McDaniel has developed a cult following for getting his students to read — as long as they follow his rules. By Lila Shapiro, a features writer for New York Magazine. JAN. 7, 2026 SAVE Photo: Michelle Gustafson for New York Magazine This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Professor Justin McDaniel,
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