Fostering Dissensus In Academia Bethany Stotts, January 26, 2010 At a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on “The Future of Critical Exchange in Academe,” two professors discussed how to overcome conformism within the academic profession and foster critical conversations within the Humanities. In his speech, “Critical Affiliations,” Professor Jeffrey Di Leo described two types of professors, - a female “Professor Jones,” who adheres to the critical credo “if you don’t have anything positive to say about a student or colleague [then] it’s best not to say anything at all, at least not in public,” and - a male “Professor...