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A critique of (the Academy’s) History: The Master’s Tools Won’t Fix It (I said what I said.)
Audré Lorde’s The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House is a stunning Black feminist critique. I include some of my favorite quotes from the book below – but, Dear Reader, please remember that Lorde’s critique extends far beyond Black, queer, and feminist critique. Lorde was a critical observer of the world – as colonized…
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The Humanities Disconcerting Position on AI
November 2025 Log onto social media or seek out government policy reviews of the humanities. Notice anything? The humanities fall under serious scrutiny; much of the scrutiny returns to one core concern: many in the humanities have failed to make their work accessible, inclusive, and relational to learners, civil society, and policymakers/taxpayers overall. Humanities faculty…
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Decolonial scholarship <&> Artificial Intelligence
Statement: Artificial Intelligence offers meaningful applications for decolonial research methodologies. How? It is well-documented that AI can be a helpful tool in identifying biases, tone, and other patterns in writing. Beyond some of those fundamental tools, however, GenAI can meaningfully support engagement with and research governed by decolonial and other ethical future-oriented methodologies. Researching Engagement…
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We Can’t Teach Liberation or Respond to Equity in a Colonial Classroom
Just imagine: you walk into a history classroom today — you’ll see the contradiction: syllabi bursting with Black thinkers and Black voices, yet classrooms still governed by white logics of learning. True decolonization is the only way forward for the academy. This is the time; now or never. The sharp advent of artificial intelligence has…
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If Research Isn’t Accessible, What Are We Doing?
Reflections on decoloniality and research as I write my doctoral thesis. By Jamie-Lukas Campbell As I make inroads on my doctoral project, there’s a component here with respect to academia that I find really frustrating. When we talk about decoloniality – or even Afro-pessimism, which sits within broader traditions of critical race theory ≠ we’re…
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Decolonizing the Academy: Knowledge, Power, and What Counts as Academic Rigor
Can we talk about decolonizing the academy? There is something to be said of conservatives’ attacks on the academy and the elite – and, it is not for the reasons you might believe. More recently, the academy has become concerned with decolonization, as well as racial and social justice. These are righteous and noble causes…
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On inclusion: Call it blended, call it hybrid. Academia’s future is virtual and there’s no going back.
The future is hybrid. We have no other option than to rise to that very present reality. Virtual and hybrid workspaces work. These practices have long worked pre-pandemic and have only seen vast improvement since 2020. I was on staff at the New York City Council in the Office of the Speaker throughout the pandemic.…
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Radically transforming how we communicate
I was moved by a TikTok video I saw recently. It featured Ellie Midds, a neurodiversity advocate and speaker who laid out a framework that seems straightforward enough and can fundamentally shift how we communicate with one-another, especially in the context of the workplace and in the classroom. In her video, the speaker said that…