On the Connection Between Bias and Censorship in Academia

This paper explores the connection between bias and academic censorship. After defining terms, we review recent scholarship on varieties of censorship, and varieties of bias. These are then applied to academic processes of peer review, drawing heavily on recent work identifying the ways in which such biases often manifest in academia. We then propose a series of psychological and social processes by which biases can lead to censorship. We conclude the paper with several concrete examples of academic censorship that seem to reflect the processes we have identified.