Making the case for jQuery to a PhD in Comp Science

Making the case for jQuery to a PhD in Comp Science

I work in a large computer programming house and while I love the people I work with,  one senior manager whom I get along well with does not support the concept of JavaScript frameworks at all and thinks you should do everything from scratch.  He has an academic computer science background.

I am a UI/UX person and have a hard time making an argument to him that he respects because I do not have the same background in computer science.   Are there good academic papers out there or articles for developers and computer science people making that case. Is this a common problem?

Is this a common problem for people out there and how to you overcome it?

Thanks,