Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, the University of California, San Diego, discusses his forthcoming book, The Quantified Scholar (Columbia University Press, 2022). The Quantified Scholar provides a compelling account of how scores, metrics, and standardized research evaluations altered the incentives of scientists and administrators by rewarding forms of scholarship closer to established disciplinary canons. In doing so, research evaluations amplified publication hierarchies and longstanding forms of academic prestige to the detriment of diversity. Slowly but surely, they reshaped academic departments, the interests of scholars, the organization of disciplines, and the employment conditions of researchers. This FutureU presentation was hosted by Dr. Zachary Kaiser, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture, Michigan State University. Dr. Ruben Martinez, Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Frank Fear, Professor Emeritus, both of Michigan State University, served as discussants. Dr. Fear produced the program for FutureU.
