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“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

Matthew Trueblood nails it: "[Jackie Robinson] brought diversity, equality and inclusion into the workplace, not diminishing meritocracy in the process, but introducing real meritocracy for the first time in the history of that workplace."

Now in print! Shadd Maruna makes good — writing and delivering his Shadd Maruna Amer Soc of Crim presidential address with characteristic wit, warmth, and wisdom. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Good Morning!

Powerful, evocative imagery from Minneapolis’ new poet laureate, Junauda Petrus (and gift link to Star-Tribune / Sahan Journal feature). lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV… startribune.com/minneapolis-po…

A truly great sociologist, with wide-ranging contributions. His 1988 ASA presidential address called for a “public sociology” that directly engaged non-academic readers. Such a shame to lose giants like Michael Burawoy and Herb Gans in the past few weeks. nytimes.com/2025/04/21/boo…

Veldig interessant… theguardian.com/education/2025…

A powerful advocate for mental health, Sue Abderholden has always impressed me as an insightful, constructive and authoritative leader. She digs deep to understand history and context, as well as the key details that make or break new programs and systems. startribune.com/after-nearly-a…

Checking the Twins schedule to learn whether a Toronto Blue Jays game will cost me twice as much as a Detroit Tigers game ... nytimes.com/2025/05/04/bus…

Ghost-infested: the prison art and poetry project SEEN is on view at Minneapolis' Weisman Museum through May 18, but you can also experience much of it online. It's all powerful, but Fong Lee & Kevin Yang's "While We're All Still Here" really staggered me. weareallcriminals.org/fong-kevin/

Phillip Vance Smith II has won the 2025 Stillwater Award for Best Reported Essay for his powerful Inquest piece on restorative justice approaches to violence. The Society of Professional Journalists & Prison Journalism Project award is named for the 1st prison newspaper in Stillwater, MN. inquest.org/uprooting-viol…

Tomorrow! Dr. Rosanna Smart, senior economist RAND & co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, will present the 2025 Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture on May 15 at 4pm (ET). Webcast signup: nationalacademies.org/event/44783_05… via National Academies

I had a wonderful visit with The Criminology Academy this morning. Thank you so much, Jose Sanchez & Jenn Tostlebe -- I knew it was going to be a great interview when Jose greeted me in a Minnesota Twins hat.

This visit calls to mind a key finding from Esther Matthew’s (2021) multi-method study of peer mentoring: “mentors need to be perceived as credible to be effective role models for reentry. This credibility was almost exclusively linked to a lived experience of incarceration.”

Same energy.

My mom packed away some Red Wing dishes — back when you could get a sweet deal on a new Chevelle.

New pod just dropped, talking voting rights The Criminology Academy. And check their terrific archive of interviews at thecriminologyacademy.com

Timely reminder from Minnesota sports fan Charles M. Schulz.

New! Qualitative research from Little Scandinavia: "Discouraging Dignity" shows how linguistic barriers & terms like “inmate-lover” & “hug-a-thug” can undermine reform-minded prison staff. -Horowitz, Chanenson, Uggen, Nario-Lopez, Andersen & Hyatt in IJLCJ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Saw this logo in the rearview when an aggressive tailgater came up behind me.— and naturally assumed it stood for Temporary Restraining Order.