Some Jewish studies profs have condemned the AMCHA Initiative’s exposure of biased scholarship and teaching in Middle East studies. They assert this curtails their academic freedom and has a “chilling effect.” Such tiresome, hackneyed apologias for an intellectually corrupt status quo. Only the professoriate demands exclusion from public criticism.
Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.
