American Campus Podcast

a social and political history of US higher ed

Creating the AAUP with Henry Reichman

September 28, 2025 • Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

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References mentioned this episode:

Henry Reichman. 2025. Understanding Academic Freedom, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.
J. McKeen Cattell. 1913. University Control.
Joy Ann Williamson-Lott. 2018. Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order. Teachers College Press.
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd. 2025. Whose Side are Administrators On? HNN.
Russell Banks. 2007. Continental Drift. Ecco.
AAUP’s Academe blog
Hank Reichman on Bluesky @hankreichman.bsky.social
AAUP’s At-Large chapter for anyone!
AAUP resources

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