You’re trying awful hard to put words in my mouth. I’m simply saying his impact will be minimal within academics. I’m not saying I could do better within my professional field, I’m just saying he could do better. Wake Forest does minimal media outreach on his work, as the media have no interest in anything but anti-gun academics. At best, they ask for short quotes to appear "balanced". Getting published in his field gets him funded but MSM is where it’s at for impact.
The overwhelming problem with academics is they feel their particular field has something to contribute to whatever topic tops the media interest charts. Some Sociologists are literally whining that their peers just don’t see how much Sociology can do for gun control policy.
Why Research on Guns Needs Sociologists. And Vice-Versa
When I went to University, they had just moved Social Sciences out of the College of Science and Engineering and back to the College of Liberal Arts. As explained by the Dean, the problem of Sociology wasn’t to say something true, but to say something important. Since then, the revised field of Social Behavioral Science has been devastated by the Replication Crisis. A huge amount of their research can not be repeated. They gave us all this BS about diverse and inclusive teams and companies being higher in performance. They gave us Power Posing - women in business with hands on hips or arms crossed. That research has all been retracted by the authors as unrepeatable, but every company has their women headshots in a Power Pose.
That said, more power to Yamane. Every little bit helps. I’ll follow his stuff. He treads very dangerous ground in the Cancel Culture of liberal academics - I wish him luck.