Published inThe National DiscussionRussian Immigrants…EmigratingThey waited in line for 13 years; but now that they’re here, my Russian relatives want out.Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
Published inThe National DiscussionWant Diversity? Fix the PipelineWhere calls for increased diversity in academia fall painfully shortJul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
Published inThe National DiscussionPut Allyship SecondOr, what’s wrong with the modern obsession with being an allyJun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
Published inThe National DiscussionSilence is Not Violence: The Responsibility of UniversitiesMany universities have joined with corporations in issuing public statements of solidarity. Doing so, however, imperils academic freedom.Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Published inThe National DiscussionThe Non-Cognitivist Goes to a ProtestImagining the non-cognitivist’s response to morally righteous political activism.Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
Published inThe National DiscussionSlavery and Racial Health Inequalities: What’s the Past to Policymakers?Writing in the Opinion Section of The New York Times, Sabrina Strings, a sociologist at UC Irvine, argues that America’s legacy of slavery…May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
Aspiration, Meaning, and Self-FashioningI argued in a recent essay that the COVID-19 pandemic presents a formidable challenge to those of us invested in self-fashioning—invested…Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
Creativity Aborted: Self-Fashioning in the Time of Global CrisisSelf-fashioning takes center stage in many accounts of the good life. What happens, then, when quarantine aborts creative opportunity?Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
Published inThe StartupCheap Sugar: Correlations in Price and Sugar Content in Mainstream YogurtsHow well does your personal experience trying to find cheap, healthy yogurts map onto the data?Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019
The Fiduciary“In the end, Mrs. Robinson, I think this portfolio is my best bet.”Jan 17, 2019Jan 17, 2019