Celebrity Professors
Christian K. Anderson, Editor

The professor who becomes a celebrity. The celebrity who becomes a professor. What is a celebrity professor and why is this phenomenon important to the study of higher education? Send inquiries to [email protected]. 

About the Project

The purpose of this book is to investigate the phenomenon of celebrity professors – their history, role, impact on college and university campuses and in society more generally. I am writing short blog posts about this project here.

• Celebrity Professors (Introduction)
  
• Einstein: The Most Celebrity of Celebrity Professors

Art by Ken Krimstein

Submissions

What to submit?

​I am looking for submissions from a range of disciplines and perspectives: sociology, history, economics, political science, anthropology, to name only a few of the possibilities. Ideally, the volume will have sociological and historical studies, critical analyses, biographies, even personal journeys. 

Proposals are due December 19, 2025.

Please include in your submission:

• Title
• One-page description of your proposed chapter with bibliography​

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Click here to submit.

 Timeline

December 19, 2025 - Proposals for inclusion in the book due. 

January 15, 2026 - Notification to authors of initial acceptance with information about next steps.

Based on the proposals received, I will submit a book proposal to the Education and Popular Culture Series at Lexington Books (now part of Bloomsbury), where the series editors have expressed an interest in the project. After that, there will be a deadline for final versions of chapters and final determination of inclusion.