In the two years since October 7, the anti-Israel campus group known as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has dwindled from a force to a farce. From occupying buildings, disrupting classes, and setting up encampments, it now resorts to hunger strikes. Not long ago, SJP members were threatening to take over every campus until […]
Addressing Campus SJP Problems, Part 2: Denial at the University of Rochester
While some university administrations give in to their SJP protesters, and others fight back, the University of Rochester (UofR) in upstate New York simply denies that SJP exists on its campus. I learned about this baffling approach to the SJP problem after I wrote in May about a protest at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where […]
The Graves of Academe (#756)
#1. Duke University, Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies postdoc – Feminism and the Culture Wars The Duke University Program in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist (GSF) Studies invites applications for a residential postdoctoral associate focused on “Feminism and the Culture Wars” for the 2025-2026 academic year. Through research, teaching, and service, the associate will contribute to […]