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“The New Humanities.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 14 Nov. 2019: B14-16.
“How the Critical Interview Became a Major Academic Genre.” Inside Higher Ed. 9 July 2019.
“The Consolation of Theory: Jane Gallop, Aging, and Career.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 5 April 2019: B12-14.
“The Rise of the Promotional Intellectual.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 6 Aug. 2018.
“The Legend of George Orwell.” Politics/Letters 6 Dec. 2017.
“Orwell Is Different Than You Think He Is.” Inside Higher Ed. 9 June 2017.
“The Counterintuitive Critics: Walter Benn Michaels and His Students.” Chronicle of Higher Education 6 Jan. 2017: B11-12.
“College and the Class Divide.” Inside Higher Ed 11 July 2016. Online.
“Empire of Letters: Tom Lutz and the LARB.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 8 Jan. 2016: B7-9.
“The New Modesty in Literary Criticism.” Chronicle of Higher Education 9 Jan. 2015: B6-9.
“The Contemporary Moment.” Chronicle of Higher Education 12 Dec. 2014: B13-15.
“The Innovation Agenda.” Inside Higher Education 8 Dec. 2014.
“A New Twist on the Academic Novel.” Chronicle of Higher Education 5 Sept. 2014: B16.
“Not My Generation.” Chronicle of Higher Education 4 April 2014: B12-15.
“A Short History of MLA, without Nostalgia.” Chronicle of Higher Education 10 Jan. 2014: B10-12.
“The Great Stratification.” Chronicle of Higher Education 6 Dec. 2013: B6-9.
“Intellectuals and Politics: Stefan Collini and British Higher Education.” Chronicle of Higher Education July 2013.
“Editor as Broker: Gordon Hutner and ALH.” Chronicle of Higher Education 21 Dec. 2012: B4-5.
“Unlucky Jim.” Chronicle of Higher Education 16 Nov. 2012: B12-14.
“Michael Walzer, in Theory and Practice.” Chronicle of Higher Education8 June 2012: B10-12.
“Book Angst.” Chronicle of Higher Education 22 May 2012.
“Critical University Studies.” Chronicle of Higher Education 24 Feb. 2012: B6-8.