Peter Wood

President, National Association of Scholars. Dr. Wood can be reached at [email protected].

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February 28, 2024

Response to Larry Mead

Peter Wood

Peter Wood recognizes a role for beliefs, behavior patterns, and attitudes in disparate social outcomes, but takes issue with the way in which Mead deploys the term “culture.” Mead, says W......

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February 28, 2024

A Pivotal Moment

Peter Wood

Editor's introduction to the Winter 2023 issue.

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April 25, 2024

Letter: Comment on West Virginia Social Studies Standards

Peter Wood and David Randall

These Standards require substantial improvement—and that this improvement should be conducted by recruiting an independent commission to redraft new social studies standards.

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January 24, 2024

After Claudine

Peter Wood

The idea has caught on that the radical left overplayed its hand in DEI and is now vulnerable to those of us who seek major reforms. This is not, however, the first time that the academic le......

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December 11, 2023

Claudine Gay Should Go

Peter Wood and David Randall

The National Association of Scholars calls on the Harvard Corporation to remove Claudine Gay from Harvard College’s presidency, for a myriad of reasons.

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