The Long Road331

A tree branch frames a view of a sandy beach with gentle waves and rocky outcrops under a clear blue sky. The ocean stretches to the horizon in the background.
Hope in a Time of FearCivic LifeThe Long Road

Hope in a Time of Fear

bradbradApril 30, 2026
Two dolphins leap out of ocean waves near the shoreline on a sunny day, with white foam trailing behind them and distant buildings visible along the coast.
In the Wake of Disruption a New Reality is PossibleEducationThe Long Road

In the Wake of Disruption a New Reality is Possible

bradbradMarch 29, 2026
Athletes competing in the women’s 10,000 metres race at the 2022 World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Values-Enacted Leadership in Practice – Efforts to Turn This Disruptive Present into a Better FutureAcademicThe Long Road

Values-Enacted Leadership in Practice – Efforts to Turn This Disruptive Present into a Better Future

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 12, 2026
The entangled roots of a large tree with red leaves on the ground. The roots point to the web of relationships that influence authorship, shape collaboration, and enrich scholarship.
Love, Complexity, and Interconnection: the Heart of University LifeEducationThe Long Road

Love, Complexity, and Interconnection: the Heart of University Life

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 31, 2026
Sunset over the distant snow-capped mountains of Sisters and Mt. Batchelor in Oregon with orange and yellow sky, dark forest in the middle ground, and the dry grassy hillside of Pine Mountain in the foreground.
Learning to be at Home in the WorldEducationLivingThe Long Road

Learning to be at Home in the World

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 3, 2025
Corrections in a manuscript
As Federal Funding for Research Breaks Down, New Possibilities EmergeArticlesEducationThe Long Road

As Federal Funding for Research Breaks Down, New Possibilities Emerge

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 25, 2025
Provost Long in academic regalia, including a black cap with a yellow tassel, speaks at a podium during a graduation ceremony.
The University is the Beating Heart of a Free SocietyPresentationsThe Long Road

The University is the Beating Heart of a Free Society

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 14, 2025
The Public Research University and the Hope of DemocracyAcademicEducationThe Long Road

The Public Research University and the Hope of Democracy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 7, 2025
The view from Spencer's Butte above Eugene, Oregon. A grassy pathway leads to a bank of pine trees in the middle distance. Beyond the trees and far below lies Eugene, OR. In the distance are mountains, the blue sky filled with gray and white clouds.
A Pivotal Week in the Life of the Provost’s OfficeThe Long Road

A Pivotal Week in the Life of the Provost’s Office

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 20, 2024
A wooden gate framed by two columns of beige brick covered by green vines with red blossoms opens onto a tiered garden with a birdbath in the center. Off in the distance beyond the garden there are trees in full autumn folliage. The path leading to the bird bath is lined with purple flowers on this sunny November day in the Dumbarton Oaks gardens.
Coalition for the Future AcademyInitiativesThe Long Road

Coalition for the Future Academy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 18, 2024
A selfie with Chris Long in academic regalia to the right of Dr. Anthony Fauci in the Breslin Center before the 2023 MSU Doctoral graduation ceremony. The wall behind them has a Spartan helmet and images of Spartan Basketball players in action.
Joy and the Gift of EducationEducationThe Long Road

Joy and the Gift of Education

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 6, 2023
A dark wooden desktop has a bouquet of orange, white, and green flowers in a glass cylindrical vase on the left. In the middle is a multi-colored glass trophy in a double helix style on a black base on which the words are inscribed: "Michigan State University Institutional Champion Award for Community Engagement Scholarship Presented to Christopher P. Long, College of Arts and Letters and Honors College 2023." To the right, there is a small lavender bag of lavender with a yellow AAAS button on it. Blurred in the background on the right is an Apple MacBook Pro, the arm of a desk light and behind the trophy and flower are four fountain pens, a journal and a notepad.
Championing Community Engagement at the Heart of the Land-Grant MissionThe Long Road

Championing Community Engagement at the Heart of the Land-Grant Mission

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 4, 2023
The Spartan Rock, painted white, with a green Spartan helmet, on the left and "Always a Spartan" painted on the front. The names of Brian Fraser, Arielle Anderson, and Alexandria Verner, are written in green letters along the bottom. In front of the rock are piles of flowers and a green and white Spartans Will flag laying on mulch front and center of the image. There are three crosses with hearts and fish symbols to the right of the rock.
When Twilight Silence FallsEducationLivingThe Long Road

When Twilight Silence Falls

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 18, 2023
The entangled roots of a large tree with red leaves on the ground. The roots point to the web of relationships that influence authorship, shape collaboration, and enrich scholarship.
A Nightmare and A DreamLivingThe Long Road

A Nightmare and A Dream

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 12, 2023
Two people sit in gray chairs with dark wooden legs on a small stage with wooden floors. There is a round coffee table made of dark and light wood between them on which is a microphone with a pop filter, papers to which the speakers are referring, and two bottles of water. Amy DeRogatis is on the left, speaking and smiling slightly as she looks down at her paper and talks into the microphone. On the right is Isaac Weiner, grinning broadly as if laughing. On the left of the stage is a fake white tree with cotton "snow" underneath and white lights on the branches. The wall behind the stage is white, broken up with gray/blue squares of fabric designed to dampen the sound. The microphone is attached by a wire that goes to an amplifier that is just visible on the right, behind Isaac. There is a blue light coming out of the bottom of the amplifier.
What Does Religion Sound Like?The Long Road

What Does Religion Sound Like?

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 28, 2023
The Frederick Douglas statue on the University of Maryland campus depicts, as wikipedia puts it, "Douglass in the middle of a speech, with one arm outstretched, and a copy of his autobiography under the other arm." His mouth is open in a fiery speech. The statue is cast bronze on a black marble block with white text chiseled on front reading Frederick Douglas 1818-1895, on the side, white text is legible that reads: Abolitionist, Suffragist, Labor Leader. The figure is set off to the right of the image with a band of long, wheat colored grasses in the middle background, with three windows of the red brick colonial style building in the distant background.
The Intentional Work of Values-Enacted ChangeEducationThe Long Road

The Intentional Work of Values-Enacted Change

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 22, 2023
Selfie on stage at the Kellogg Center after the 43rd MLK Dinner at which LeConté Dill gave the keynote. The selfie is taken by Chris Long, who is on the left, with, from left to right, Ruth Nicole Brown, LeConté Dill, Chamara Kwakye, Gianina Strother, and Yvonne Morris. In the background are rows of empty round tables with white tablecloths and black chairs around them.
Power, Love, Justice, and JoyThe Long Road

Power, Love, Justice, and Joy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 14, 2023
A page from Christopher P. Long's journal, illustrating his daily writing practice. Brown ink on dot grid paper, with a Sailor Realo pen out of focus on lying on the page. The word "Listen" is underlined and legible in his small cursive handwriting. Much of the text on the page is not legible.
Return to BloggingBlogging and Social MediaThe Long Road

Return to Blogging

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 7, 2023
Waves of water caused by drops of water
Toward a More Just and Beautiful FutureEducationThe Long Road

Toward a More Just and Beautiful Future

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 16, 2022
Richard Bernstein, in a black turtleneck, hands folded, with chairs, out of focus, in the background. Bernstein was a champion of democracy and democratic values.
Bernstein and the Future of DemocracyEducationThe Long Road

Bernstein and the Future of Democracy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 16, 2022
Ted Loder looking to his right with a joyful smile on his face, with Jan Filing, his wife looking on from behind and out of focus.
The Art of ProcrastinationLivingThe Long Road

The Art of Procrastination

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 14, 2021
Questions for the Class of 2025
To the Class of 2025: Let Us Begin Again TogetherThe Long Road

To the Class of 2025: Let Us Begin Again Together

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 31, 2021
Ted Loder making a point, and pointing his finger. Joy on his face.
Love One AnotherLivingThe Long Road

Love One Another

Christopher LongChristopher LongApril 4, 2021
Compass with directions in the foreground with a distant and unfocused image of the White House in the distance.
The Promise and Perils of DemocracyCivic LifeThe Long Road

The Promise and Perils of Democracy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 7, 2021
On Ethical CandorThe Long Road

On Ethical Candor

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 28, 2020
Scales and weights
Indicators of Excellence in the Liberal ArtsPresentationsThe Long Road

Indicators of Excellence in the Liberal Arts

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 15, 2020
To the Class of 2020The Long Road

To the Class of 2020

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 7, 2020
Field of wild flowers
Deepening Connection in a Time of DistancingThe Long Road

Deepening Connection in a Time of Distancing

Christopher LongChristopher LongApril 29, 2020
"Hora Quasi Umbra" text on a Sundial
No Quality Without EquityThe Long Road

No Quality Without Equity

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 9, 2019
Aerial view of the center of MSU campus with intersecting pathways and trees.
Catalyst of CollaborationThe Long Road

Catalyst of Collaboration

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 7, 2019
Saint Aubin Park
The Transformative Power of PublishingPresentationsThe Long Road

The Transformative Power of Publishing

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 5, 2019
Recognizing Peer ReviewThe Long Road

Recognizing Peer Review

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 13, 2019
Teal Ribbon on a Tree
Failures to ListenThe Long Road

Failures to Listen

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 24, 2019
Survivors names painted on the MSU Rock
Open Letter Regarding MSU Interim President TransitionThe Long Road

Open Letter Regarding MSU Interim President Transition

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 17, 2019
Red Cedar
Bonomi, Rothman, and a Human Rights Approach to Sexual Misconduct in Higher EducationThe Long Road

Bonomi, Rothman, and a Human Rights Approach to Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 4, 2018
Mapping Values to Practices at the #MSUCAL Deans Retreat @thinkspacelabThe Long Road

Mapping Values to Practices at the #MSUCAL Deans Retreat @thinkspacelab

admincplongadmincplongAugust 6, 2018
Tracking the Magnificent Seven. A framework for #TOME by @Markings @mellio2 @charleswatkinso & @cplongThe Long Road

Tracking the Magnificent Seven. A framework for #TOME by @Markings @mellio2 @charleswatkinso & @cplong

admincplongadmincplongJuly 31, 2018
Democracy Is a Habit: Practice It | By @MRogers097The Long Road

Democracy Is a Habit: Practice It | By @MRogers097

admincplongadmincplongJuly 28, 2018
Linton Hall
Open Letter to College of Arts & Letters Alumni and FriendsThe Long Road

Open Letter to College of Arts & Letters Alumni and Friends

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 24, 2018
The Red Cedar River
Open Letter to the College of Arts & LettersThe Long Road

Open Letter to the College of Arts & Letters

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 25, 2018
College of Arts & Letters Blueprint
Life’s Blueprints: Designing the Structure of Our Professional LivesThe Long Road

Life’s Blueprints: Designing the Structure of Our Professional Lives

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 15, 2018
A toy platypus and books about the history of MSU
Humanities Commons and the Cultivation of Sustainable CommunitiesDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Humanities Commons and the Cultivation of Sustainable Communities

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 29, 2017
Weaving Loom
Practices of Weaving: Arts & Letters at MSUThe Long Road

Practices of Weaving: Arts & Letters at MSU

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 14, 2017
View of the earth from space
Practicing GratitudeThe Long Road

Practicing Gratitude

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 24, 2017
Red Cedar
The Emergence of Our Vision: Public Education Rooted in the Liberal ArtsThe Long Road

The Emergence of Our Vision: Public Education Rooted in the Liberal Arts

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 19, 2017
Beware the JabberwocksLivingThe Long Road

Beware the Jabberwocks

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 23, 2017
To Teach and DelightThe Long Road

To Teach and Delight

Christopher LongChristopher LongApril 14, 2017
The White House
“…No Arts; No Letters; No Society…”Civic LifeEducationThe Long Road

“…No Arts; No Letters; No Society…”

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 17, 2017
Paths Outside of Linton Hall
Charting a Path to Intellectual Leadership, then Following ItThe Long Road

Charting a Path to Intellectual Leadership, then Following It

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 14, 2017
Barack Obama Campaign Rally in PA 2008
Mature Leadership: On Bending the ArcCivic LifeLwCHThe Long Road

Mature Leadership: On Bending the Arc

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 19, 2017
Between Beginning and RoutineThe Long Road

Between Beginning and Routine

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 15, 2017
Seal of Michigan State College
Open Letter to the College of Arts & LettersThe Long Road

Open Letter to the College of Arts & Letters

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 12, 2016
Black and white abstracted image of layers of circles and squares
Critical Diversity in a Digital AgeThe Long Road

Critical Diversity in a Digital Age

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 31, 2016
Keyboard Keys C and V
Bringing Your CV to LifeBlogging and Social MediaDigital ScholarshipThe Long RoadVita

Bringing Your CV to Life

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 30, 2016
Twitter Icon on a screen
Twitter as a Platform of CollaborationThe Long Road

Twitter as a Platform of Collaboration

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 8, 2016
Finding Your Place, Leaving a MarkEducationThe Long Road

Finding Your Place, Leaving a Mark

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 31, 2016
Funnel of stacked books
Investing in Humanities PublishingDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Investing in Humanities Publishing

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 8, 2016
Close-up of the Constitution
Responding to Complexity with Nuance and GraceCivic LifeThe Long Road

Responding to Complexity with Nuance and Grace

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 14, 2016
A grove of pine trees, looking up from ground level, with evening twilight in the background.
MSU ShadowsThe Long Road

MSU Shadows

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 1, 2016
Dean Long fist bumps fellow speaker
5 Things That Facilitate Academic CollaborationEducationThe Long Road

5 Things That Facilitate Academic Collaboration

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 27, 2016
A desk with open laptop and open books
Going Viral with Your ScholarshipPresentationsThe Long RoadVita

Going Viral with Your Scholarship

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 10, 2016
Typewriter hammer
Arts & Letters ScholarsThe Long Road

Arts & Letters Scholars

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 3, 2016
Roots growing in a brick wall
Practicing Inclusion as a Matter of Institutional HabitThe Long Road

Practicing Inclusion as a Matter of Institutional Habit

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 14, 2016
Tweeting the Liberal Arts @Muhlenberg #MCLA16PresentationsThe Long RoadVita

Tweeting the Liberal Arts @Muhlenberg #MCLA16

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 1, 2016
Painting of Diogenes by Gerome
I am allergic to cynicism.The Long Road

I am allergic to cynicism.

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 12, 2016
sea shell
Sanibel Island 2015-16 in PicturesThe Long RoadTravel

Sanibel Island 2015-16 in Pictures

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 3, 2016
Reiner Schurmann in Greece
Remembering Reiner SchürmannEducationThe Long Road

Remembering Reiner Schürmann

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 24, 2015
Young hands holding hops
Engaged ScholarshipEducationThe Long Road

Engaged Scholarship

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 24, 2015
IPad with CAL info on screen
Toward an MSU Arts and Culture Scholar CredentialEducationThe Long Road

Toward an MSU Arts and Culture Scholar Credential

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 17, 2015
Waves of water caused by drops of water
Catalytic OpportunitiesThe Long Road

Catalytic Opportunities

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 11, 2015
Corrections in a manuscript
Habits of Public WritingThe Long Road

Habits of Public Writing

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 6, 2015
Is Reading Writing?The Long Road

Is Reading Writing?

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 12, 2015
Paths to ExploreThe Long Road

Paths to Explore

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 7, 2015
Green grass leading up to the beautiful Katsura Tree in the Beal Botanical Garden. There are purple flowers in the foreground on the right.
A Living Place of EducationEducationThe Long Road

A Living Place of Education

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 28, 2015
The Edge of the Oak OpeningThe Long Road

The Edge of the Oak Opening

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 1, 2015
Collaborative PhilosophyDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Collaborative Philosophy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 14, 2015
Linton Hall at MSU
Inhabiting a Liminal SpaceEducationLivingLwCHThe Long Road

Inhabiting a Liminal Space

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 25, 2015
Teaching and Learning Philosophy with TechnologyTeaching RelatedTechnologyThe Long Road

Teaching and Learning Philosophy with Technology

Christopher LongChristopher LongMay 1, 2015
Habits of a Quotidian AestheticsLivingTechnologyThe Long Road

Habits of a Quotidian Aesthetics

Christopher LongChristopher LongApril 6, 2015
A Liberal Arts Response to #FergusonEducationThe Long Road

A Liberal Arts Response to #Ferguson

Christopher LongChristopher LongMarch 29, 2015
Returning to an Integrated Gen Ed Approach at Penn StateThe Long Road

Returning to an Integrated Gen Ed Approach at Penn State

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 20, 2015
Aristotle and Justin Smith Morrill
The Liberal Arts and Sciences and the 21st Century Land Grant MissionThe Long Road

The Liberal Arts and Sciences and the 21st Century Land Grant Mission

Christopher LongChristopher LongFebruary 16, 2015
The @PubPhilJ ParadigmThe Long Road

The @PubPhilJ Paradigm

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 25, 2015
Corrections in a manuscript
A Few Notes on ProductivityThe Long Road

A Few Notes on Productivity

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 19, 2015
Pinned Butterfly
Butterflies PinnedThe Long Road

Butterflies Pinned

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 19, 2015
Plato's Dialogues in DigitalSocratic and Platonic PoliticsThe Long Road

Plato's Dialogues in Digital

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 7, 2015
Attending to the Beauty of Quotidian LifeLivingThe Long Road

Attending to the Beauty of Quotidian Life

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 31, 2014
Coffee, Smart Phones, and Open Access in the HumanitiesDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Coffee, Smart Phones, and Open Access in the Humanities

Christopher LongChristopher LongDecember 14, 2014
Birthing the Digital BookThe Evolving BookThe Long Road

Birthing the Digital Book

Christopher LongChristopher LongNovember 23, 2014
Thick CollegialityDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Thick Collegiality

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 23, 2014
Committing to Open AccessDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Committing to Open Access

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 19, 2014
Live-Tweeting Bernstein's Engaged Fallibilistic PluralismDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Live-Tweeting Bernstein's Engaged Fallibilistic Pluralism

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 28, 2014
Deliberating #PSUGenEdEducationThe Long Road

Deliberating #PSUGenEd

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 21, 2014
The Engaged PhDEducationThe Long Road

The Engaged PhD

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 19, 2014
The Graduate Experience: Pathologies of Self-DoubtThe Long Road

The Graduate Experience: Pathologies of Self-Doubt

Christopher LongChristopher LongSeptember 2, 2014
Adventures in Open Access: Plato's Dogs, UnleashedDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Adventures in Open Access: Plato's Dogs, Unleashed

Christopher LongChristopher LongAugust 13, 2014
Toward an Ethics of Philosophy in a Digital AgeDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Toward an Ethics of Philosophy in a Digital Age

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 6, 2014
Performing the Humanities PhDThe Long Road

Performing the Humanities PhD

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 23, 2014
Ike Advocates for #PSUGenEd at Penn State Centennial CommencementThe Long Road

Ike Advocates for #PSUGenEd at Penn State Centennial Commencement

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 9, 2014
Seeding Publics from a World of ReadersDigital ScholarshipThe Long Road

Seeding Publics from a World of Readers

Christopher LongChristopher LongJune 4, 2014