The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

An article in the New York Times Magazine this week addressed a frequently recurring issue in the educational discourse of late. Namel...

When the headline first hit my newsfeed, I’ll admit I ignored it. I ignored it until a cascade of related stories made it clear that th...

It’s the week before classes begin and I’m in the faculty workroom at my “other” college, Verdant Fields, when my colleague Jesse shuffles ...

We’re told the victors write history.  This was not the case with the American Civil War. But first, a digression.  I lived and worked ...

This past week was my last before the fall semester begins, so I went to New York City for a short vacation.  It was six days well spent, b...

Public awareness of Algiers Motel Incident emerged slowly.  By July 29 th , Congressman John Conyers’ office had been informed of the k...

Inside the Algiers Motel manor house annex, Carl Cooper, Michael Clark, and Lee Forsythe had been listening to music with Juli Hysell and K...