Robert Jensen

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Robert Jensen is Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and collaborates with the New Perennials Project at Middlebury College. He is the author of the forthcoming It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics, to be published in spring 2024 by Olive Branch Press.

Recent Essays

Reasonable People Can Disagree

Robert Jensen - July 29, 2024

People often cannot always bridge differing intellectual and political positions, even with people they agree with about most intellectual questions and political issues.

Academic Joy

Robert Jensen - January 15, 2024

After years of research, I have developed a three-stage teaching method that breaks new ground in pedagogical theory: Stage 1: Pay attention. Stage 2: Be astonished. Stage 3: Tell about it.

Cancel War Stories

Robert Jensen - January 2, 2023

People often want to ignore the complexity of that process, downplay how often interests conflict, and avoid confrontation. In this essay, I suggest we throw ourselves into the mess and hash it out—respectfully, in public, based on shared intellectual standards.

Intellectual Grounding: A Conversation with Wes Jackson

Robert Jensen - January 14, 2022

It’s hard to escape from beauty if you’re ready to observe the biotic activity and geologic history of the world. Beauty is essential, and I’m saying that, even with the desecration of the ecosphere going on right now, it’s still there.