In Fall 2011, I'm teaching a new course about the dominant cultural form in Western democracies, Melodrama: White Hat, Black Hat, from the French Revolution to Harry Potter.
I'm working on a new book about the bipartisan failure of education policy, maintain a youtube channel, and blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education. You can read how I got interested in these questions in Jeff Williams' very kind interview with me, Higher Exploitation.
I have just finished serving six years on the AAUP national Council. I'm on the organizing committee of our local AAUP chapter (and its webmaster). I serve on on the advisory board of several journals and organizations, including Academe.
