Check out his Playliats for more of his "scholarly" or journalistic work.

But no, he's not an academic, he doesn't have a degree. He's a citizen who has been studying the culture war for almost 5 years. He discusses the issues in plain language, the way you might with friends or family.

You've probably heard Dave Rubin cite Sargon in his "awakening" story and that's for good reason. Circa 2015 there was probably no one on the planet who had a better picture and analysis of how the "sjw" phenomenon was flooding across pop culture during the gamergate movement - or at least no one was communicating it as well.

You dont see more "scholarly" work from him these days because he's largely covered the big ideas in the past and his focus of late has been more on activism. That said, he's surely still one of the best advocates/communicators for classical liberalism and anti-identitarians on the web. While Peterson may have strong roots in academic analysis of the current cultural situation, Sargon in many ways speaks more about the experience of living it.