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Author of Racial Exhaustion @ralinajoseph.bsky.social on the need for collective accountability for community success.
This March, we're honoring the women who have made history. Save 30% on all titles in our Women's History Month collection now.
There are 21 newly updated subject collections available on nyupress.org/books/.
A list of the 19 incoming visiting scholars, including their headshots, names, and institutional affiliations: Gregory Acs, Urban Institute Omer Ali, University of Pittsburgh Tony Cheng, Duke University Bo Cowgill, Columbia University Peter Hepburn, Rutgers UniversityβNewark Jelani Ince, University of Washington Elizabeth Jacobs, University of Connecticut Christine Jang-Trettien, City University of New York Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Syracuse University Lisa Levenstein, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Rachel Meltzer, Cornell University Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University Ryan Parsons, University of Mississippi Samuel Perry, University of Oklahoma Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts Amherst Mary Ellen Stitt, Rutgers University Lauren Valentino, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Caitlin Zaloom, New York University
I am so excited to be part of this incredible group of incoming Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Visiting Scholars.
Taking Rawls's overlapping consensus seriously would go a long way to this. If ends of justice are shared, it shouldn't matter how we get to them.
Today, we're launching the Obama Presidency Oral Historyβa comprehensive record of the Obama presidency through the voices of officials, artists, organizers and people from all walks of life. 462 Interviews, 1100 hours of audio and video, 6 years in the making.
obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu
If you're local to NYC on Tues, Feb 17 find out how civility operates across culture, identity, media, and the arts featuring NYU community members Charlton McIlwain, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Catharine Stimpson, moderated by Eric Klinenberg, @ipk.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social
Jade Power-Sotomayor explains how Bad Bunny takes the Super Bowl half time stage as an entertainer and activist.
Some strong @aupresses.bsky.social member cover designs this month, including @nyupress.bsky.social
"What links these essays is the seriousness with which the authors approach civility. This is a book that assumes the reader will take the time to grapple with the complexities of the various arguments and learn something from each of them." @forbes.com
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
"The fact that Resistance 2.0 is expanding its tactics gives me hope. Americans are finding their voices and their power to push back against burgeoning autocracy." @fisherdanar.bsky.social
We're proud to share that "Black Panther Woman" by Mary Frances Phillips has been named a Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize!
Congratulations to all for this worthy recognition!
@asalh-bhm.bsky.social
The last time I attended an academic conference without an editorial responsibility was 2004.
Looking forward to attending #mla26 offering some great books in literature and poetry from nyupress.bsky.social and featuring our partners at fonografeditions.bsky.social. π nyupress.org/search-resul...
"As Schwartz makes sense of numbers that donβt make sense, he reframes the conversation: βUniversity presses areβand in most respects, have always beenβa service rather than a product.β That service is captured in a subtle though significant distinction between printing and publishing. "
The "Academic Publishing in a New Era" feature in the latest issue of @contexts.org magazine includes my short piece "A Service, Not a Product." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this episode of WUNC Due South, author of WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER Joseph L. Graves, Jr. interprets the gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans and debunks the misconception that race can dictate disease prevalence.
Judith Butler, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Cornel West, Susan Buck-Morss, Seyla Benhabib, Bruno Bosteels, and more will be joining us for Hegel 13/13 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social in the new year 2026! Mark your calendars: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu
Book cover: Citizen Scholar Public Engagement for Social Scientists Philip N. Cohen
π₯ Citizen Scholar made the list of book forums for next year's @asanews.bsky.social meetings. π₯
Thanks to @nvancleve.bsky.social, @davidsmeyer.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social, and @jessicacalarco.com for agreeing to discuss! And
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"Just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination."
Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social
Another great @lithub.com.web.brid.gy round-up of the year's best in book cover design.
"Federal attacks on elite private universities, and a few public ones, might lead one to believe that our entire system of higher education is buckling under pressure. But just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination." Ian McNeely
Where did data science come from? In his new book, ASA member Philipp Brandt @scpo-research.bsky.social examines how computer experts and hackers integrated established technologies and methodologiesβand some questionable ideasβinto a profession. @columbiaup.bsky.social
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