FYI, a sizable portion of his publication record from that bio is in newsmedia. That will likely scream “academic lightweight” to many academics within the academy. Especially considering publishing newsmedia articles isn’t considered engaged scholarship/research with most bona-fide academics.
In fact, being told one’s academic scholarship/work is “journalism” has long been considered a pejorative in many corners of academia to denote one’s scholarship lacks depth or seriousness.