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Boston Globe (2026)
What's missing from Healey's court picks?
Williams Record (2026)
Intergenerational equity should not justify intragenerational inequity
Inside Higher Education (2026)
The faculty merit act is meritless
Williams Record (2025)
What faculty must do to stop hate at the college
Philadelphia Inquirer (2025)
Language panics are a distraction... or worse
Williams Record (2025)
Test-optional admissions still expand access
Inside Higher Ed (2025)
Who's invisible in the data
Undark Magazine (2024)
Most college science professors aren't trained to teach
Chicago Tribune (2024)
Foster negotiation between police and protestors for a peaceful DNC
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2024)
Will Milwaukee police fuel violence at Republican National Convention protests
JAM News (2024)
Police must refrain from escalating violence
New York Daily News (2024)
Cooperation can end violent protests
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (2023)
WVU's cuts: A threat to digital age justice
New York Law Journal (2023)
Studying judicial decision-making is not intimidation
Albany Times Union (2023)
Study of judges reveals costs of pretrial detention
New York Daily News (2022)
What happened when Rikers let out hundreds? Follow the facts