Ryan D. Enos

2 months ago | nature.com | Jacob Brown |Ryan D. Enos

Correction to: Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01066-z, published online 8 March 2021. In the version of the Supplementary Information initially published with this article, in the paragraph on page 4 beginning “The geographic prior is constructed by…,” in three instances detailing the subset of voters used in the imputation, the clarifying phrase “casting votes in 2016” was missing and is now included.

Sep 27, 2024 | chronicle.com | Ryan D. Enos

Last year at Harvard, the defense of free speech was tested. And the defense of free speech failed. I was part of that defense. I could often be found among those standing up for minority views to skeptical students or to colleagues. I commented publicly on the dangers of liberal political homogeneity on campus. In the spring of 2023, when the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard (CAFH) launched to considerable fanfare, I was pleased to be tapped to join their ranks.

Apr 25, 2024 | thecrimson.com | Ryan D. Enos

Joining other universities across the United States, Harvard students protesting the ongoing war in Gaza and their institution’s investments in that war, have constructed an encampment in Harvard Yard. This development follows events at Columbia University, where administrators used the heavy-handed tactics of arrest and suspension to dismantle an encampment constructed by their students. Hours later it reappeared in full force, accompanied by faculty protests against the treatment of students.

Feb 16, 2024 | chronicle.com | Ryan D. Enos

In the twisted mess that has characterized debates about higher education in the United States since October 7, one claim is recited over and over again: Harvard ranks dead last in free speech. This has been repeated by countless news outlets, members of Congress from both parties, and pretty much everybody else with a score to settle against Harvard and other elite institutions.

Jan 3, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Ryan D. Enos

Claudine Gay, who resigned as president of Harvard University Tuesday, was brought down by a virtual mob, its pitchforks updated to the blogs, tweets, and hate-filled emails that now perform the role of an actual mob. You don’t have to care about Harvard as an institution or about the nuances of academic norms of citation to be concerned about this. It represents a dangerous intrusion of partisan politics into higher education. Such intrusions are a harbinger of larger problems for democracy.