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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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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…