Op-Eds and Select Media Appearances

Recent Media Appearances

February 16, 2020. Think student activists are snowflakes? Think againThe Chronicle of Higher Education.

February 7, 2020. These activists are too young to vote in the 2020 election, but climate change has them fed up. USA Today.

January 31, 2020. The new student activists. Inside Higher Education

April 2, 2019. A university wants to assess bias in the classroom. Are student evaluations the best way to do it? The Chronicle of Higher Education.

March 27, 2019. Forever Mansion? The Philadelphia Inquirer.

March 19, 2019. New activism among students fighting for climate change. KYW News Radio.

March 23, 2018. Villanova professor says ‘Never Again’ student activists won’t take no for an answer.  WHYY Morning Edition. 

Op-Eds

March 4, 2020. Why colleges should think twice before punishing student activists. The Conversation.

April 27, 2018. Students should march, and then they should run. Academic Minute. 

April 26, 2018. Are mass shootings this generation’s Vietnam War? Academic Minute. 

February 26, 2018. The rise of a broader youth justice movementMorning Consult.

February 7, 2017. DeVos voucher plan would exacerbate educational inequality. The Hill. 

May 26, 2016. The other school bathroom issue. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank.  With Kelly Welch.

April 7, 2016. How to foster supportive student-teacher relationships that matter. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank

November 14, 2015. Ain’t no power like the power of youth. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank. 

September 28, 2015. Learn first, test later. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank. 

August 27, 2015. Every kid is money. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank.

July 22, 2015. Sleep to succeed. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank.

April 16, 2015. Public schools are a public good. U.S. News and World Report, Knowledge Bank.

October 25, 2012. An ethic of respect should be paramount. Main Line Suburban Life.

May 10, 2011. Reframing youth and violence. The Philadelphia Public School Notebook.