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President David Wippman’s most recent co-authored essay, “The campus war of words over antisemitism and the BDS movement,” began with these words, “The Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7 have highlighted sharp disagreements — among college and university leaders, students, faculty, alumni, politicians and the general public — over where to draw the line between protected speech and impermissible harassment or threats.”

Major national and international media outlets and leading publications from the higher education industry turned to Hamilton College faculty, staff, and alumni for their expertise and thought leadership on a broad range of topics in 2023.

In The Color of Homeschooling: How Inequality Shapes School Choice, Assistant Professor of Sociology Mahala Stewart exposes the racial differences in homeschooling and what that might mean for the nation's education system. The book, published by New York University Press this fall, is based on more than 100 interviews with homeschooling families conducted by Stewart.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. November’s news highlights ranged from challenges faced in higher education to Dolly Parton to heart disease.

Two essays, co-authored by President David Wippman and Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler, were published on consecutive weekends in November in The Hill and distributed broadly on Microsoft’s web news portal MSN.

Visiting Professor of History Ty Seidule’s schedule has been interwoven with major diversity, equity, and inclusion presentations, media interviews, and U.S. Naming Commission Army base ceremonies this semester. Seidule has also presented at military institutions, museums, universities, churches, and conferences, and has written in and been quoted by major national outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. October’s news highlights ranged from coverage of the role of luck in career success to the interrelationship between art and science.

“Why I Just Quit DSA,” an essay written by Professor of History Maurice Isserman, appeared in The Nation on Oct. 23.

September’s news highlights ranged from coverage of the Wellin Museum to discussions of agricultural policies and coups d’état.

In his latest co-authored essay, “How colleges can address online harassment,” President David Wippman observed that, “traditional free speech rules are difficult to apply in a social media age.”