TEDxDenisonU Talk – The Woke Wars
I’m a bit late in getting this posted, but earlier this year (Feb 2024) I had the great fortune to be part of the relaunch of Denison’s own TEDx series, TEDxDenisonU. As part...
education / gender politics / global politics / history / political analysis / pop culture / race politics / religion / right-wingers / social justice / Social Movements
by chriscrews · Published 11/07/2024
In recent years, the fusion of Christian nationalism, anti-globalism, and right-wing authoritarianism has emerged as a critical influence on elections around the globe. In this talk, Denison University Visiting Asst. Professor of International...
I’m excited to share an important front page story that appeared in The Columbus Dispatch on Sept 22, 2024 about the newly created “intellectual diversity” centers in Ohio. While there are a lot...
I’m excited to share another of my academic book reviews was recently published, this time in the European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR). The review is of Michael Hoffman’s latest book, Glimpses of...
education / gender politics / political analysis / pop culture / social justice
by chriscrews · Published 08/06/2024
I’m a bit late in getting this posted, but earlier this year (Feb 2024) I had the great fortune to be part of the relaunch of Denison’s own TEDx series, TEDxDenisonU. As part...
At the university where I teach there has been an explosion of AI-obsessing this past year. Responses have ranged from overly alarmist claims that AI is going to destroy education (or at least...
education / environmental politics / global politics / indigenous politics / political ecology / social justice / theory
by chriscrews · Published 03/09/2023
I’m excited to share that another of my articles, this time a book chapter on environmental justice and the Rights of Nature movement, has just been published in the Palgrave Handbook of Environmental...
climate change / economics / environmental politics / political analysis / religion / right-wingers
by chriscrews · Published 03/09/2023
Video from my latest conference presentation on far right politics and anti-environmentalism at the 2023 ISSRNC conference in Arizona. This talk was part of a larger panel (full video below) on Right-Wing Religion,...
Anthropocene / civilization / environmental politics / indigenous politics / political analysis / theory
by chriscrews · Published 12/08/2022
I’m excited to share a recent set of book reviews on Anthropocene politics, art, and literature that was just published in the interdisciplinary journal SubStance, and which is publicly accessible from the link...
gender politics / global politics / political analysis / race politics / religion / right-wingers / science
by chriscrews · Published 06/17/2022
I’ve been meaning to post my newest article for a few weeks now and keep forgetting to do it, so here it finally is. This article in the JSRNC (16.1, 2022) is based...
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