Interview: Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression
The report from PEN America, Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression, connects dots that are important to academic writers: intellectual freedom, and protection of intellectual property. Summer Lopez, PEN’s Chief Program Officer for Free Expression agreed to talk about these issues and controversies.
Interview: Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?
This must-read article in The Scholarly Kitchen caught my attention: “Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?” See this thought-provoking interview with the author, Joseph Esposito.
Freedom to Think, Question, Research, Write, and Teach
Academic and intellectual freedom are essential for scholarly researchers and writers. What can we learn from past advocates, and what should we do to combat today’s threats?
Let’s Discuss Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Part 2
In this roundtable discussion moderated by Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Sage Methodspace, Marc Spooner (Canada), Nicole Brown and Áine McAllister (UK), Natalia Reinoso Chavez (Colombia) and Consuelo Chapela (Mexico) discuss constraints on academic freedom and recommendations for researchers.
Who is in my classroom and why does it matter for teaching research methods?
Why does identity matter in the methods classroom?
Let’s Discuss Intellectual and Academic Freedom
To explore the ways current pressures influence decisions, the editor and contributors to a special issue of Qualitative Inquiry, “Higher Education in the Time of Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique” participated in an online roundtable discussion.
Intellectual freedom and higher education: Critique and resistance
We are featuring a special issue from the Qualitative Inquiry journal: “Higher Education in the Time of Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique”. In this post, find an interview with the editor, Dr. Marc Spooner, and open-access links to the articles.
Right to Read Day
It is Right to Read Day! In addition to the right to read the books we choose, what about the rights to teach and discuss, research and write?
Psychological Safety for Researchers
Dr. Cindy Veldhuis discusses the need for attention to researcher safety for those who study LGBTQ+ issues.
Banned Thinking, Banned Books: Implications for Researchers and Academic Writers
Banned Books Week is a launchpad for an ongoing focus on factors that precede book bans or curricular restrictions, and implications for researchers and academic writers.
What kind of researcher are YOU?
Research ethics is about more than filling out the correct form for review. Research ethics is lived practice. An interview with Janet Salmons about ethics and integrity in research practice.