Very strange indeed:
Russ Sobel leaving WVU?
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Who knows. People don't always make rational decisions, especially in times of crisis. I know I had some pretty serious family issues while I was an undergrad, and looking back, I know I was definitely not acting optimally at the time.
Family illness or something? It sounds like he stopped teaching during the semester, which is pretty unheard of.
But why quit? Seems like a leave of absence would be the route to take in the event of a family emergency. -
Who cares? The fact that he taught at WVU is evidence he is generally irrelevant.
Agree with the conclusion, but not with the reasoning. There are people at mediocre/bad places that are doing very interesting and valuable work. Sobel isn't irrelevant because of where he is. He's irrelevant because his work is driven much more by ideology than by interesting or innovative ideas.