July 10, 2025

Why Research Is Not Enough

Philip N. Cohen

Phil N. Cohen discusses the urgent need for social scientists to engage with the public, emphasizing the need for transparency and local relevance in research.

July 8, 2025

Setting the Stage

Shalini Kudinoor

Shalini Kudinoor thinks about the power of storytelling as a force for both memory and transformation in this AUP RoundUP about Pride Month and Juneteenth.

July 1, 2025

Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby on Psychedelic Capitalism

Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby discuss their concerns that psychedelics are being appropriated and commodified by institutional power structures.

June 23, 2025

Daniel Kane on Love, Joe

In this Q&A, Daniel Kane discusses his book, Love, Joe, and examines how Joe Brainard’s letters speak to his artistic life and queer identity.

June 16, 2025

Reimagining the Plantation Toward More Liberatory Futures

Strategies in Black Self-Determination

Jarvis C. McInnis

Jarvis C. McInnis discusses the transformation of plantation legacies as strategies in Black self-determination and community empowerment.

June 16, 2025

Ian F. McNeely on The University Unfettered

In This Q&A, author of The University Unfettered Ian F. McNeely emphasized the importance of competition and academic freedom in higher education.

June 11, 2025

Attacks on Science Put Same-Sex Marriage, and All Our Rights, in Danger

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer discusses how attacks on science threaten same-sex marriage rights and highlights the crucial role experts play in shaping policy.

June 4, 2025

How Trump’s Executive Order Threatens Scientific Understanding of Health Inequities

Joseph L. Graves Jr.

Joseph L. Graves Jr. explores health inequities, racial disparities, and the misconceptions surrounding biological race in his work.

May 19, 2025

The Myth of the Xenophobic Voter

Alexander Kustov

Alexander Kustov argues that the belief that voters are inherently xenophobic oversimplifies public opinion on immigration.

May 12, 2025

Four Things I Found in an Adult Filmmaker’s Storage Unit

(#4 Left Me Shook)

Rob King

Rob King reveals how he became the custodian of his own modest “Radley Metzger Collection” while researching Man of Taste.

April 16, 2025

John Timothy Wixted on The Poetry of Yuan Haowen

John Timothy Wixted explores the themes of loss and cultural legacy in Yuan Haowen’s (1190–1257) poetry—one of the greatest poets in Chinese literary history.

April 9, 2025

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine’s Misdiagnosis of the Potential of Ward’s Island

Philip T. Yanos

Philip T.Yanos details the misinterpretation of Ward’s Island’s potential, advocating for housing solutions over increased hospitalization for mental health.