October 21, 2005

Political-Science Professor With Well-Known Blog Denied Tenure; Florida State U. Lures Professor and Entire Research Center From U. of Wisconsin

By PIPER FOGG and REBECCA ARONAUER

RISKY BUSINESS?: "I can't say I didn't go into this with my eyes open," writes Daniel W. Drezner on the blog (http://www.danieldrezner.com) that has made him a well-known commentator on international political economy. He says when he started the blog back in 2002 he knew that as an untenured political-science professor at the University of Chicago he was taking a risk.

Last week his department indeed voted to deny him tenure. That has the blogosphere wondering whether his site played