Jennifer Ruth is a professor and associate dean at Portland State University. She is the co-author, with Michael Bérubé, of It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom and co-editor, with Ellen Schrecker and Valerie Johnson, of The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom, forthcoming from Beacon Press.
Stories by This Author
The Review | Opinion
Do current events really affirm the wisdom of the Kalven Report?
The Review | Opinion
Right wingers like Dan Patrick and Christopher Rufo seek to erode academic power.
The Review | Opinion
The risk of appearing partisan when fighting for nonpartisan principles is not one we can run from.
The Review | Opinion
The difference between the two is critical — and widely ignored.
The Review | Opinion
Evidence has no role in right-wing attacks on the professoriate.
The Review
Harassment should not be protected.
Commentary
The crisis in graduate education is a result of colleges’ hiring instructors without Ph.D.s, not an overproduction of doctorates, argue the authors of a new book.
