Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow in the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and University of Padua, Italy.
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow in the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and University of Padua, Italy.
What do Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz, and Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe all have in common? Not only are they well-respected artists, musicians, photographers, and poets, with partnerships that led to a considerable body of impactful work, but their initial introduction was through a random encounter on a subway […]
Over the past two decades, tech billionaire Elon Musk—pivotal in the creation of PayPal, and founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, as well as owner of Twitter (now X)—has been both lavishly praised and sharply criticized. Many tech aficionados, consider Musk to be a genius and similar to the Starship Enterprise, in the television series […]
In the next few days (Tuesday, November 5), the United States faces one of the most consequential elections in its 248-year history. Should Kamala Harris win, Donald Trump and his MAGA loyalists are unlikely to concede peacefully. Trump and his Republican supporters have made it clear, and his followers expect him to challenge unfavorable results—not […]
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Subway Platforms, Serendipity, and the Power of Chance Encounters
/by Jeffrey Ian RossWhat do Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz, and Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe all have in common? Not only are they well-respected artists, musicians, photographers, and poets, with partnerships that led to a considerable body of impactful work, but their initial introduction was through a random encounter on a subway […]
Anti-Musk Graffiti & Street Art as a Rejection of Power, Capitalism, and Celebrity
/by Jeffrey Ian RossOver the past two decades, tech billionaire Elon Musk—pivotal in the creation of PayPal, and founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, as well as owner of Twitter (now X)—has been both lavishly praised and sharply criticized. Many tech aficionados, consider Musk to be a genius and similar to the Starship Enterprise, in the television series […]
How to Respond in These Uncertain Times
/by Jeffrey Ian RossIn the next few days (Tuesday, November 5), the United States faces one of the most consequential elections in its 248-year history. Should Kamala Harris win, Donald Trump and his MAGA loyalists are unlikely to concede peacefully. Trump and his Republican supporters have made it clear, and his followers expect him to challenge unfavorable results—not […]