Neil Gross

Neil Gross is the Charles A. Dana Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Colby College in Maine and a visiting scholar at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge. An expert on an array of topics, from policing to the politics of higher education to the sociology of intellectual life, Gross writes frequently for The New York Times, is quoted often in other newspapers and magazines, and is the author of two influential academic books, Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? (Harvard University Press, 2013), and Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher (University of Chicago Press, 2008). He lives with his wife, the writer Jessica Berger Gross, and their son in Waterville, Maine.