Opinion

Some academics may want to present an image of detachedness from issues of social justice in the classroom, writes Jomaira Salas Pujols, but I cannot be that person.

Scott McLemee examines Susan Zieger’s The Mediated Mind: Affect, Ephemera, and Consumerism in the Nineteenth Century, which helps put into clear view the impact of mass media culture on the way we live now.

Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.

Stephen J. Aguilar suggests ways new tenure-track faculty members can define and shape how they present themselves so they can do more of the work they want.