Dear Educator Hating Strangers: Your Opinions Belong in the Comments Section. Not in my Inbox.

This is now the third time I’ve written about being harassed for being an educator, but clearly the message isn’t getting through, so I will try one more time to reason with those who spend their lives making it their duty to share their opinions regarding my profession, my areas of expertise, and the work…

The 2015 Official UW-System Faculty Exodus Update Part 3: The “ Why Everyone’s Leaving” Edition

The other morning I opened my email, as I do every morning, to find this lovely message: “I saw online that you are leaving UW because of working conditions. I had a look at your ‘areas of expertise’ and I have to say I am delighted you are leaving. People with your ‘areas of expertise’…

Presidential Address at AAUP Annual Meeting

Remarks from AAUP president Rudy Fichtenbaum to the 101st Annual Meeting of the AAUP. It is truly an honor to stand before you today at the 101st annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors, the meeting that is the bookend to the celebration of our centennial. I want to start by reading to…

The Responsibility Behind Academic Freedom

This is a version of a piece I posted six years ago on my own blog, One Flew East. I am offering it again now as a way of introducing myself to the Academe blog: How can we in academia make the case for “academic freedom” to the broader public and move our own understanding…

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Dear Educator Hating Strangers: Your Opinions Belong in the Comments Section. Not in my Inbox.

The 2015 Official UW-System Faculty Exodus Update Part 3: The “ Why Everyone’s Leaving” Edition

Presidential Address at AAUP Annual Meeting

The Responsibility Behind Academic Freedom