In this interview, Richard Ohmann discusses topics including: his time as a Professor of English at Wesleyan (1961-?); work as Chancellor in the administration and work with Bob Rosenbaum; his publications Selling Culture and English in America (1976); Golden Age of the U.S. University; studying and teaching at Harvard (M.A. and PhD); teaching Noam Chomsky's first book, Syntactic Structures; work with Vic Butterfield; working with Etherington and the nature of his presidency; working as Chair of English department (1972); life during retirement; Wesleyan's inclusion of art in the curriculum; time on Executive Council of the Modern Language Association; bigger picture of elite universities in modern day