Public Scholarship
Public scholarship is research-based work intended for audiences beyond the university. At its best, public scholarship bridges the gap between scholarly expertise and the public’s desire to better understand current events. Public scholarship of religion and philosophy, for instance, provides important textual, cultural, and historical context for pressing issues like healthcare legislation, climate change, and immigration reform. If you haven’t studied religion and philosophy, it’s not immediately clear how these topics help shape these conversations. Public scholarship presents academic research and teaching in readable but nuanced ways, helping non-experts better understand the most crucial challenges facing our increasingly global community.
Bostock v. Georgia amicus brief – signed by many of our faculty 
NEJCR Interview with Prof. Jacob Stump 
Northeastern University Podcast “Ethics and the Environment”, Ron Sandler 
“The Public Writing Life: the Venue, the Pitch, and the Fee”, Liz Bucar 
Wisconsin Public Radio, “When Bad People Give To Good Causes”, Patricia Illingworth 
Boston Review, “Uncivil Disobedience in Hong Kong”, Candice Delmas 
Apple Podcast, “Pious Fashion and Muslim Women with Dr. Liz Bucar” 
“Targeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity”, Patricia Illingworth 
News @ Northeastern, “The G7 wants to regulate artificial intelligence. Should the US get on board?”, Kay Mathiesen 
Runnymede Capital Management, “Ethics in the Age of Information and AI with John Basl” 
The Conversation, “An ethicist explains why philanthropy is no license to do bad stuff”, Patricia Illingworth 
Harvard Review Business, “Create an Ethics Committee to Keep Your AI Initiative in Check”, Steven Tiell 
Stockholm Centre, ““Ukrainegate”: Leaker, Whistleblower, Spy?”, Candice Delmas 
News @ Northeastern, “Northeastern Researchers team up with accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight”, John Basl and Ron Sandler 
News @ Northeastern, “A platform for violent hate speech has been implicated in three mass shootings. Should regulators step in?”, Kay Mathiesen 
News @ Northeastern, “Is the facial recognition search of driver’s licenses by ICE hurting minorities?”, Kay Mathiesen 
Hi-Phi Nation, “Uncivil Disobedience”, Candice Delmas 
iAi Player, “The mystery of the good: Is morality relative or absolute?”, Naomi Goulder 
Aeon, “AIs should have the same ethical protections as animals”, John Basl 
NU Facebook, “AI and Ethics”, Kay Mathiesen 
News @ Northeastern, “Artificial Intelligence can reflect human bias, but it can also help undo it”, Kay Mathiesen 
Northeastern University Political Review, “All About Incivility: An Interview with Candice Delmas” 
Boston’s Sanctuary City Protections, “A Philosophical Perspective”, Serena Parekh 
Sci Phi Podcast, “Episode 59: Branden Fitelson” 
Religion News Service, “Absent an imam, Domineque Ray’s execution by Alabama disenfranchises Muslims”, Megan Goodwin 
Libertarianism, “A Duty to Resist (with Candice Delmas)” 
Rewire.News, “Heavenly Bodies Was the Most Popular Exhibit in the History of the Met—Here’s Why That’s a Problem”, Liz Bucar 
Religion News Service, “Dear Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats: A hijab is not a hat”, Liz Bucar 
The Hastings Center, “Staying in Their Lane: Health Professionals Must Address Gun Violence”, Patricia Illingworth 
News @ Northeastern, “CRISPR has been used to create genetically modified babies. Why are people so upset about it?”, Ron Sandler 
Aeon, “Punishment isn’t about the common good: it’s about spite”, Rory Smead 
The Conversation, “Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion”, Liz Bucar 
New Books Network, “A Duty to Resist
When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil”, Candice Delmas
OUPblog, “Not your grandmother’s women’s lib movement: Femen’s uncivil disobedience”, Candice Delmas 
3CR, “Assistant Professor Candice Delmas – Civil Disobedience” 
Radio Interview, “Top of the Mind With Julia Rose”, Sheila Winborne 
The Square, “Religion and its Politics”, Liz Bucar 
Teen Vogue, “This Woman Is Giving a Voice to Muslims in the #MeToo Movement”, Liz Bucar 
Teen Vogue, “This Ramadan “Believers Bail Out” Wants Muslims to Address Prison Abolition”, Liz Bucar 
The Hastings Center, “Businesses, Guns, and Human Rights”, Patricia Illingworth 
Webinar , “Ethics of Using Biotechnology in Conservation”, Ron Sandler 
Outside, “Should Our Morals Determine Our Gear Purchases?”, Patricia Illingworth 
Zocalo Public Square, “How Iranian Women Turn “Pious Fashion” into under-the-radar dissent”, Liz Bucar 
The Atlantic, “How Muslim Women Use Fashion To Exert Political Influence”, Liz Bucar 
News @ Northeastern, “For robotics and AI, great power comes with great responsibility”, John Basl 
University of Notre Dame, “Pious Fashion: Designing Modern Muslim Citizens”, Liz Bucar 
L.A. Times, “Op-Ed: Islamic style is showing up on catwalks, in mainstream stores and on non-Muslim women”, Liz Bucar 
Health Affairs, “Making America Healthy Again: Analyzing Trump’s Take On The Social Determinants Of Health”, Patricia Illingworth 
Boston Review, “Do Outsiders Have Legal Rights?”, Adam Hosein 
The Epoch Times, “Neuromarketing in the Age of iPhones”, John Basl 
The Page 99 Test, “The Health of Newcomers”, Patricia Illingworth 
NYU Press Blog, “Health for everyone must include immigrants”, Patricia Illingworth 