{"id":235673,"date":"2026-06-08T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235673"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:58:27","slug":"politicization-effects-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/08\/politicization-effects-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> sociologist co-authors study on politicization effects in humanities scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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A national report co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/span> sociologist found that while the humanities and social sciences continue to produce rigorous and valuable scholarship, some disciplines are experiencing instances where scholarly standards have been compromised as political considerations shape research and academic evaluation.<\/p>\n

The report, published June 5 on the Vanderbilt-WashingtonU website<\/a>, was written by a committee of scholars from universities across the country, including Associate Professor Ashley Rubin in the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/span> Department of Sociology<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>. The group examined concerns about declining public confidence in the humanities and allegations that ideological commitments have influenced scholarship in some academic fields.<\/p>\n

“This report is a major milestone because, beyond our findings, it represents an interdisciplinary group of scholars standing up for scholarly rigor and not letting political goals corrupt the research enterprise or the standards by which research is evaluated,” Rubin said.<\/p>\n

The committee reviewed research and academic practices across philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, literary studies and music studies. It concluded that the most serious concerns arise when political goals are allowed to override traditional scholarly standards centered on evidence, objectivity and open inquiry.<\/p>\n

According to the report, these concerns generally fall into three categories:<\/p>\n