A new issue of Academic Questions, Scientific Integrity, and the Roaring Twenties

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January Newsletter
A new issue of Academic Questions, Scientific Integrity,
and the Roaring Twenties


** Featured Articles
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January 18, 2021


** The White House Is Undermining Science, Not Defending It ([link removed])
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J. Scott Turner

No political actor “follows the science,” the present administration included. Government support of scientific research is not designed to support science, but to harness science to political ends.
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January 13, 2021


** Back to the Drawing Board: Catherine Lhamon Seeks to Amend Title IX Regulations, Again ([link removed])
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Teresa Manning

If Catherine Lhamon wants to prove that she cares about the civil rights of all, she should focus on stopping the exodus of men from American higher education.

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December 29, 2021


** Disrobing the Aboriginal Stalinists on a Canadian Campus [MTC] ([link removed])
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Bruce Gilley

Five days before Christmas, one of Canada’s most courageous scholars was fired by her university because she had consistently dissented from its rigid ideology on indigenous issues.

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December 22, 2021


** One Less Talent for China: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lieber ([link removed])
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Marina Ziemnick

We must be vigilant in tracking and stopping the flow of American research to China. Charles Lieber’s conviction is a step in the right direction, but it is by no means the end of the fight.


** Announcements
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** NAS Appoints Dr. J. Scott Turner as Director of the Diversity in the Sciences Project ([link removed])
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As project director, Dr. Turner will be conducting research on the scope and deleterious effects of DEI initiatives in STEM programs across the country.

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** Academic Questions Winter Issue Released ([link removed])
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The articles in the latest issue of Academic Questions tackle the decline of American civilization from the perspective of the academy and consider how we can sustain informed intellectual discourse in the face of aggressive irrationality and hatred of truth.

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** NAS Comments on the Draft Revision Recommendations for Colorado Academic Standards ([link removed])
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The National Association of Scholars was asked to comment on proposed updates to the Colorado Academic Standards on Social Studies. We recommended that the Colorado State Board of Education make substantial revisions.

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** Four New Courses on the American Republic ([link removed])
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The National Association of Scholars is partnering with The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) to offer four courses on the American Republic.

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** Government Education Jobs ([link removed])
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Are you looking for a job? Check out our list of U.S. Government jobs pertaining to the education sector. Click here to access our pdf of government job websites ([link removed]) .

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** CSPI Essay Contest: Policy Reform for Progress ([link removed])
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The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI) is hosting an essay contest on the theme “policy reform for progress.” The winner will receive $5000. Check out the essay contest page ([link removed]) for details.


** Events
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** Celebrating America: A Webinar Series from the NAS ([link removed])
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Join NAS for events on American history and literature. Our next events in the Celebrating America series include 1929: The Great Depression ([link removed]) on January 20th and 1933: FDR, WPA, and the New Deal ([link removed]) on February 1st. View and register for these events and more here ([link removed]) .

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** The Repatriation Debate: What Is It? ([link removed])
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Join NAS on Thursday, January 27th, for a webinar on the Repatriation Debate—one of the most controversial issues in archaeology and anthropology today. Click here ([link removed]) to register.


** Media
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** Gilead by Marilynne Robinson ([link removed])
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What makes Gilead a great American novel? What theological influences permeate Gilead, and how does Robinson work to deconstruct common misconceptions of Puritanism? Who influenced Robinson's writings, and who did her writings influence? Watch our webinar as scholars Abram van Engen, Alex Engebretson, and Alex Sosler discuss.

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** 1920: Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, and the Jazz Age ([link removed])
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What was the dominant feeling in the nation during the 1920s? How did jazz exemplify that feeling? How did Prohibition affect the counter-cultural ethos of the decade? Watch as our panelists, Debby Applegate, Sean Beienburg, and Donald L. Miller, discuss America's decade of free-wheeling style and rush to modernity in the Roaring Twenties​​.

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** 1918: The Progressive Era ([link removed])
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What role did the idea of scientific management play in the Progressive Era? How successful were efforts to root out corruption in business and politics? Listen in as professors Mark Wahlgren Summers, Bradley C. S. Watson, and Steven J. Diner discuss this pivotal conflict.


** Member Publications
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** David Barnhizer
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Defending K-12 Education Against the New Racism ([link removed])
Self-published. December 31, 2021.


** Michael Burlingame
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The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality ([link removed])
New York, NY: Pegasus Books. November 02, 2021.


** Roy Domenico
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The Devil and the Dolce Vita: Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974 ([link removed])
Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. September 10, 2021.



** Michelle Marder Kamhi
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"Confronting Woke Groupthink in Art Education" ([link removed])
National Association of Scholars. December 14, 2021.


** David Languilli
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You're Not a Zombie (Yet!): How to Survive the Apocalypse by Embracing Your Humanity ([link removed])
Self-published. December 02, 2021.


** George La Noue
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"The Judicial Rejection of Race-Based Covid Relief" ([link removed])
Law and Liberty. October 04, 2021.

"Campuses as Faux Nations" ([link removed])
Academic Questions, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Fall 2021), 48-53.

"The Race Card in ARPA's Food Supply Deck" ([link removed])
Federalist Society Review, Vol. 22 (July 2021), 184-191.


** Robert Maranto
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"Campus crisis: We are losing free speech" ([link removed])
Arkansas Democrat Gazette. December 17, 2021.


** Robert Maranto (cont'd)
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"Problems with Diversity Training" ([link removed])
Interview with Preston Jones. December 09, 2021.



** Richard P. Phelps
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"Are College Exit Exams a Valid Measure of Learning? It's Complicated" ([link removed])
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. December 03, 2021.


** Dave Porter
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"The Effects of Identity and Beliefs on Perceptions and Judgments" ([link removed]) [with Yabsira Ayele, Deshontanae Davis, Jenifer Fidela, and Aaron Clark]
Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship Newsletter, No. 89 (Sept. 2021), 37-43.

"Why Did a Christian College Fire a Tenured Professor?" ([link removed])
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. July 09, 2021.


** Harvey Risch
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"Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates Fail the Jacobson Test" ([link removed]) [with Gerard Bradley]
Brownstone Institute. November 30, 2021.


** Elizabeth Weiss
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"The Necessity of the Written Word" ([link removed])
Liberty. December 06, 2021.



** Rob Whitley
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Men's Issues and Men's Mental Health: An Introductory Primer ([link removed])
Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. 2021.

NAS members, we'd like to feature your work in this space. By featuring members' books and articles, we can recognize your good work and help members with similar research interests find one another. Let us know about your recent publications by emailing [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Member%20Publication) .

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