Essays and Commentary

Essays

“A Surprising Fruit of Our Pandemic Semester,” Inside Higher Ed, December 2020

“The Right Way to Protect Free Speech on Campus,” Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2017

Commentary

“Understanding of a Different Order,” Baccalaureate, Class of 2022

“Intellect Is Not Wisdom,” Convocation, September 2021

“Educating During a Recovery,” Address to Faculty, September 2021

“Free Speech, Inclusivity, and the Public Sphere,” Address to Faculty, April 2017

“World as Dreamt, World as Is,” Bread Loaf School of English Commencement, August 2016

“The Language Pledge and Its Power,” Language Schools Commencement, August 2016

“Determined, Engaged Optimism,” Inaugural, October 2015

“Language, Policy, and Social Change,” Monterey Keynote, October 2015

“Rootedness and Restlessness,” Campus Community Address, November 2014