Exposed

Reviews / Votes

"A remarkable report on what happened when one major university decided to reopen its campus and resume its operations during the heart of the COVID pandemic, told through the stories of young people who wanted, above all, a return to normalcy in an upended world. Exposed is a gripping account of students who are searching for solidarity, staving off fear and loneliness, and becoming adults in a time of crisis and change.

" -- Eric Klinenberg, author of 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed "Deeply absorbing, full of compelling characters, Exposed offers a hope-filled vision of how politics, and communities could actually work together for a desperately needed, better future." -- Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape "Both delightfully easy to read and complex to ponder, Wade's book is a journey worth taking -- not just a morality tale about youthful refusal to submit to authority, but a meditation on the consequences of treating college as a private consumption good rather than a public investment in our collective future." -- Arline T. Geronimus, author of Weathering "I loved this book. Well-written and crafted with bits of history that lend power to the narrative. Readers experience new angles, perspectives, and hidden contexts. A masterful, compelling work that speaks far beyond this slice of life to broader social and material realities. I'm awed by this project." -- Ashley Shew, author of Technoableism "Extraordinary - Lisa Wade helps us see how the many divisions and decisions at every level of society shape the young people who will in turn shape the future. Exposed will be of great interest to anyone concerned with education, with medicine, with policy - and to young people and all who love them and worry about them." -- Perri Klass, author of A Good Time to be Born "Fascinating, heartwarming, vivid and sometimes horrifying, Exposed will help policymakers, administrators, educators, and parents to understand why young people often thumb their noses at rules and regulations." -- Jessica Calarco, author of A Field Guide to Grad School "Revelatory. The candid interviews with students at Tulane University about their experiences during the historic COVID -19 pandemic brilliantly - and uniquely - reveal what we need to know about how public health policies intersect with both human needs and desires and a society riven with polarization and inequality. This is the world-as-it-is meets systemic failures in a life-and-death situation. If you thought you understood what happened in the pandemic and its implications for the nation, I guarantee that reading this book will surprise you and offer invaluable insights and wisdom to carry with you forever." -- Lee Bollinger, former president of Columbia University