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UC San Diego performance scholar examines Bad Bunny's social activism influence UC San Diego professor who is a performance studies scholar examines Bad Bunny’s international influence for social justice.

Jade Power-Sotomayor explains how Bad Bunny takes the Super Bowl half time stage as an entertainer and activist.

SPINE-University Press Coverage, January 2026 The Uni Press round-up is back! We welcome you to our ongoing feature, now penned by designer and photographer Giles Hoover , in which we periodically highlight a selection of recent university press...

Some strong @aupresses.bsky.social member cover designs this month, including @nyupress.bsky.social

When Civility Becomes A Weapon And A Possibility What makes this book most compelling is its refusal to treat civility as neutral.

"What links these essays is the seriousness with which the authors approach civility. This is a book that assumes the reader will take the time to grapple with the complexities of the various arguments and learn something from each of them." @forbes.com

How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is the author of the forthcoming book Your Data Will Be Used Against You.

In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.

Resistance to Trump 2.0 is getting more confrontational | Dana R Fisher In Trump’s first term, activists focused on lobbying and voting. Now tactics are shifting to nonviolent civil disobedience

"The fact that Resistance 2.0 is expanding its tactics gives me hope. Americans are finding their voices and their power to push back against burgeoning autocracy." @fisherdanar.bsky.social

Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general

UNC Press is hiring a history editor. 👇

We're proud to share that "Black Panther Woman" by Mary Frances Phillips has been named a Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize!

Congratulations to all for this worthy recognition!

@asalh-bhm.bsky.social

The last time I attended an academic conference without an editorial responsibility was 2004.

Looking forward to attending #mla26 offering some great books in literature and poetry from nyupress.bsky.social and featuring our partners at fonografeditions.bsky.social. 👉 nyupress.org/search-resul...

"As Schwartz makes sense of numbers that don’t make sense, he reframes the conversation: “University presses are—and in most respects, have always been—a service rather than a product.” That service is captured in a subtle though significant distinction between printing and publishing. "

Academic Publishing in a New Era - Amin Ghaziani, Seth Abrutyn, 2025 A curated collection of sociological essays, this special section considers the opportunities and threats posed by new developments and directions in academic p...

The "Academic Publishing in a New Era" feature in the latest issue of @contexts.org magazine includes my short piece "A Service, Not a Product." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pioneering NC A&T evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves, Jr. talks life expectancy gaps. Plus, 'Black, White, Colored' explores Laurinburg history. Leoneda Inge talks to NC A&T professor Joseph L. Graves, Jr. about his new book, Why Black People Die Sooner. Mother-daughter authors Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble research their family…

In this episode of WUNC Due South, author of WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER Joseph L. Graves, Jr. interprets the gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans and debunks the misconception that race can dictate disease prevalence.

Judith Butler, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Cornel West, Susan Buck-Morss, Seyla Benhabib, Bruno Bosteels, and more will be joining us for Hegel 13/13 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social in the new year 2026! Mark your calendars: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu

Book cover: Citizen Scholar Public Engagement for Social Scientists Philip N. Cohen

💥 Citizen Scholar made the list of book forums for next year's @asanews.bsky.social meetings. 💥

Thanks to @nvancleve.bsky.social, @davidsmeyer.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social, and @jessicacalarco.com for agreeing to discuss! And
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Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.

"Just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination."

Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social

The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025 Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa…

Another great @lithub.com.web.brid.gy round-up of the year's best in book cover design.

Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.

"Federal attacks on elite private universities, and a few public ones, might lead one to believe that our entire system of higher education is buckling under pressure. But just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination." Ian McNeely

Inside Data Science | Columbia University Press Data scientists appeared suddenly in the early 2010s and quickly became ubiquitous. Institutions, from established corporations to start-ups, universities to... | CUP

Where did data science come from? In his new book, ASA member Philipp Brandt @scpo-research.bsky.social examines how computer experts and hackers integrated established technologies and methodologies—and some questionable ideas—into a profession. @columbiaup.bsky.social

The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...

Two @nyupress.bsky.social books on this list

Ha. No. I just learned that from you post!

My decision experience was similar. NSSR pol sci MA -> PhD all while working full time. Couldn't have done that realistically elsewhere. Classes in the evening in walking distance from my office. Gained great academic org experience and foundational social science knowledge.

What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong? The right wants to steer women away from work and toward motherhood. The left wants to provide them with more state support so it’s easier to have children. We should refuse this choice.

New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.

Congratulations to Laura Helton, whose book, SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS: HOW BLACK COLLECTORS CREATED ARCHIVES & REMADE HISTORY, published in Black Lives in the Diaspora series, was shortlisted for the 2024 MLA First Book Prize! bit.ly/44Tk91U @lehelton.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon

Great piece to mark the 50th anniversary of Hannah Arendt's death by @jenszalai.bsky.social - we are very lucky that she has continued to write about ideas and new non-fiction for the @nytimes.com all these years: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

Why Close Bucknell University Press? (opinion) Erosions of shared governance, narrow definitions of “student-centeredness” and a broader abandonment of a liberal arts ethos all lie behind the closure announcement.

"Though the prospective closure of BUP may appear a blip on the radar of a fast-changing landscape of higher education, it is yet another warning bell signaling the erosions of shared governance on campuses nationwide." Jeremy Chow

Great to see Rachelle Rahmé's Mercurial, or Is That Liberty on Lit Hub's list of 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025: lithub.com/100-notable-...

You've answered the question I've been asking all morning!

After 50 years, the hip soundtrack for 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' is available as a full musical feast Featuring young jazz aces like Tom Harrell and Mike Clark, the soundtrack for 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' finds Vince Guaraldi at his funkiest. It's finally available in full, half a century after ...

If you’re watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and happen to notice how funky Guaraldi got with the music, this post is for you