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A phone displaying the Associate Deans Twitter account, with a photo of Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge in the profile photo spot.

Taking Umbridge With Associate Deans

Richard Utz explores how and why such academic administrators are parodied on Twitter.

Opinion

On Chaucer Studies, ‘Raptus’ and Relevance

As Chaucer studies grapples with one of the most widely noted discoveries in the field in years, Richard Utz wonders, will it do to say anything more about Chaucer?
Opinion

Integrating STEM and the Humanities

The humanities are thriving at science and technology–oriented universities, Richard Utz writes in a response to Mark Bauerlein.
Opinion

Anatomy of an Academic Genre

The chair’s letter is the principal information conduit to the dean and central administration and, thus, a decisive element in the tenure and promotion process, writes Richard Utz.
Opinion

Whose (Medieval) Congress Is It Anyway?

If we brand our colleagues our enemies and make winning a social media altercation more crucial than the common good, then collegial compromise, negotiation and tolerance will be stamped out, argues Richard Utz.