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While most students and faculty in the U.S. don’t experience widespread antisemitism, it remains a major problem for those who do. Nikita Payusov/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

September 19, 2025

Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government‑proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students

Graham Wright, Brandeis University

Jewish students who identify as politically liberal were especially likely to feel alienated and isolated on college campuses.

Most Jewish students say they sense hostility on campus, but the reasons vary. Yuichiro Chino / Moment via Getty Images

October 7, 2024

Colleges could benefit from taking a data‑driven look at hostility toward Jews on campus

Graham Wright, Brandeis University and Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University

As colleges and universities grapple with antisemitism on campus, research reveals that views on Jews and Israel are more complex than current debates would make them seem.

There’s a more sophisticated way to understand how Americans divide themselves politically. Torsten Asmus/ iStock / Getty Images Plus

April 19, 2023

To understand American politics, you need to move beyond left and right

Graham Wright, Brandeis University and Sasha Volodarsky, Northeastern University

We often talk about the American political landscape as if it were a line – Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Two political scientists say that view doesn’t reflect reality.

The headlines blare stories about political battles on college campuses in the U.S., but the reality is different. AP/Rick Bowmer

December 11, 2019

Not every campus is a political battlefield

Graham Wright, Brandeis University and Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University

Despite the headlines, the biggest concerns of students on college campuses are not politics, discrimination or free expression.

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