'Shot by both sides': what it's like to be a punk in academia.

The article focuses on punk academics like Mike Dines, who recognized the contribution of punk culture to academia in the U.S. It states that Dines co-found the Punk Scholars Network, which is associated with the journal "Punk & Post Punk." It talks about conflict in punk academics between maintaining punk identity and playing a part in an institution of formal education, explored in research paper "Being punk in higher education" by Tom Parkinson, and also shares strategies to deal with it.