Complex sentence: In the case of traditional disciplines, Ethnic Studies often confronts resistance if not outright hostility to its mission, and is generally seen as a more politicized (and therefore, for some, a more troubling) form of academic inquiry.
Split into simpler sentences: In the case of traditional disciplines, Ethnic Studies often confronts resistance if not outright hostility to its mission. With many departments clinging to the ideal of objective and detached scholarship, the field is generally seen as a more politicized (and therefore, for some, a more troubling) form of academic inquiry.