At Dartmouth College, Robert Walser offers a course called "American Popular Song," which includes reading the scholarly article "Living to Tell: Madonna's Resurrection of the Fleshly." Andrew Ross of Princeton offers "Post-Modernism and Contemporary Culture," which explores "the teenage persona and how it negotiates the question of choice on abortion issues" through Madonna's hit single, "Papa Don't Preach." Ross promises that his students "will talk about Madonna till the cows come home" and "write papers about her at the drop of a hat." And Madonna studies pioneer Camille Paglia offers "Women and Sex Roles" at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, which examines the New York drag-queen origins of the "vogue" dance scene through the example of Madonna. Paglia has more than an academic interest in the pop star. "Madonna, like me, rejects the victim-centered view of the universe."

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