Jerry, I speak from more experience. I'm a full professor at a fairly large R1 university. I've been employed by 5 different R1 universities around the country and one overseas. You have no clue what you are talking about.

Sadly, your attitude does more to create a self-fulling professy than it does to identify, much less remedy, the problem.

Go to a gun range or a gun show in any college town and chances are you can damn near hold a faculty meeting there. But don't expect anyone to raise their hand and identify themselves as an academic. The political correctness of your preceived enemies is far outmatched by the political correctness of the gun crowd. Any academic is likely to be harassed on sight.

Joe, you are pretty PC, though not quite as much as the norm in the gun world, and no, "they" have not rejected you or me or anyone. Universities are bigger places than that.

Again, start with UAF. They have a museum with a wonderful reputation for natural history of AK and probably it's modern history as well. You might be welcomed. Never know 'til ya ask.

Brent

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