This photo was taken on April 25, 2025 by @cindy.hguerra.jpg , less than a minute before all those police you see alongside me and the 50-some others who had just arrived descended on a peaceful protest at Emory University. The result was horrible. The Emory University administration has yet to acknowledge its wrongs. But, along with many students and faculty, I am committed to setting things right.

I’ll keep this page updated with my recent writings and interviews on this. (For a list of other news stories where I am interviewed, see my previous post.)

“University Presidents Should Study How Democracy Works,” Op Ed, Scientific American (June 13, 2024). A philosophy department chair arrested at a campus protest offers university presidents a lesson in democracy.

Philosopher’s Zone podcast: “Civil Disobedience with Noëlle McAfee,” interviewed by Sarah Malik (June 7, 2024). “As protests continue on university campuses across the globe, we explore the history of political engagement and the interplay between philosophy and politics. How did the ancient philosophers respond to civil disobedience? How has that shaped the thinking of future generations?” (28 minutes)

Overthink Podcast on Civil Disobedience (June 4, 2024) Interviewed by hosts Ellie Anderson and David Peña-Guzmán, Noëlle McAfee describes the logic behind the disproportionate administrative and militarized crackdown on civil disobedience today. (54 minutes)

Emory Wheel Op Ed (May 31, 2024) “Lessons for University Presidents: Learn How Democracy Works.” (quick read)

Cultural Critique, Frame 9, “Assaults on the Conscience of Our Culture” (May 10, 2024) “Today’s administrators are like the phobic subjects Fanon describes, containing their anxiety in the figure of the outsider, the agitator, the one for whom the likes of the Georgia State Patrol needs to be called in.” (quick read)

Atlanta Journal Constitution Op Ed (May 10, 2024) “I was detained at an Emory protest. Here’s what the university got wrong.” Young people are the ones to take to the streets and the campus quads to raise the warning bell about what is amiss in the world. (quick read) (To avoid the pay wall, read text here.)

Chronicle of Higher Education Interview (May 7, 2024) “Call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested.” Interview with Nell Gluckman.

Interview with The Cut (May 3, 2024) “It Was Like An Ambush.” Interview with Claire Lampen.

11Alive Local Media Interview (April 26, 2024) 11-minute news video recorded (with the Altanta local NBC affiliate) the day after the April 25 police riot.