Some balance the pulls of academia and the political arena by alternating time in one realm and the other.
Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Barbara E. Johnson says that she has participated in political campaigns before, but that she has recently not had the resources to do so.
"It's not that I have made a decision not to [actively support candidates or issues], but just that there has been a definite lack of time," she says.
Others are simply too busy.
Associate Dean of Harvard College David P. Illingworth '71 says that he is not supporting anyone in the upcoming presidential election. Even so, Illingworth says that this is not because of ambivalence or disinterest in politics.
"I have opinions, but I don't really have time to be involved in political campaigns," he says.
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