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If you’re wondering about the DA’s tactics in the Lindsey Clancy case - they have long, historical roots. 🎧 Pink Crime with @valenabeety.bsky.social. ⬇️ @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
Valena Beety@valenabeety.bsky.social · 3mo agoThank you, Dr. Christina Gessler, for having me on @academiclife.bsky.social to talk about Pink Crime. Listen through the link below or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
We come to it at last—the final #ScholarSunday thread before my Fall 2026 semester begins. So here it is, my 291st thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
#ScholarSunday Thread 291 (8/30/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
We come to it at last—the final #ScholarSunday thread before my Fall 2026 semester begins. So here it is, my 291st thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming ...
blackwhiteandread.com
Greetings, non-Jews in academia! As we start another semester, here's your regularly scheduled reminder that the Jewish High Holy Days are coming up. If you wouldn't schedule an important meeting or exam on Christmas or Easter, don't schedule one on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.
I tried something in my class today that I was really excited about and I think went well! Basically a set of activities (with a bunch of polling) that turned students into an LLM in order to explain how they work. For example:
If you’re wondering about the DA’s tactics in the Lindsey Clancy case - they have long, historical roots. 🎧 Pink Crime with @valenabeety.bsky.social. ⬇️ @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
Valena Beety@valenabeety.bsky.social · 3mo agoThank you, Dr. Christina Gessler, for having me on @academiclife.bsky.social to talk about Pink Crime. Listen through the link below or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Check out our lesson by Jesse Hagopian. Students explore examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, highlighting the historical context & motivations behind these legislative efforts. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/le...
Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn
Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...
zinnedproject.org
What are archival silences, and how to they impact our research? ⬇️ christinagessler.substack.com/p/listening-... @molliebarnes.bsky.social #skystorians @americanstudier.bsky.social
Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps
Current research opportunities
kings.cam.ac.uk
As an add-on to my bibliography about problems with (largely generative) AI, here's how I've been working with students on AI in classes where I have banned its use: substack.com/home/post/p-...
How I'm Teaching About Generative AI
Every choice I make about how to discuss GenAI with my students is predicated on trusting them
substack.com
Exacerbated environmental racism is one of the major very real harms of data centers, and something that people who've been studying & discussing this for over a decade have long pointed out. It gets put in communities already most disproportionately harmed by pollution like emissions & waste heat.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago“This is very real redlining…It is appropriating rural, Black-owned land and converting it for industrial purposes, and it’s being done by people who have no historical or cultural tie to the land. These are not people who are local, developing their land for industrial use.”
Driving down to Virginia tomorrow, so it’s a special #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 288th thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share widely please, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 288 (On a Saturday, 8/8/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Driving down to Virginia tomorrow, so it’s a special #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 288th thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. Add more ...
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Wonderful to chat with Christina Gessler about my book! Really appreciate the time and space to talk through some of the main issues that come up in the book. Follow the link to see our conversation 📚
Academic Life 🌎📚@academiclife.bsky.social · last mo.@traciecanada.bsky.social joins me for a deep dive into 📚 Tackling the Everyday in this week’s newsletter. Find it here. ⬇️ christinagessler.substack.com/p/tackling-t... @ucpress.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social #AcademicSky #SportSky #BookSky
Congratulations to the recipient of this year’s Karen Virag Award, Letitia Henville. Join us this week in the #EditorsWeekly as Letitita reflects on why visibility is so important in the editing profession. blog.editors.ca/the-editors-...
"Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive in U.S. cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. In the 7.5 years before that, prices rose 6.4%." (via @apnews.com) apnews.com/article/groc...
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
futurism.com
Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
#ScholarSunday Thread 286 (7/26/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week, here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add mor...
blackwhiteandread.com
UT Austin doubles down on denial of tenure to leading borderlands tech scholar: “In an emailed statement to Inside Higher Ed, a UT spokesperson said, ‘Tenure is privilege, not a right.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Border Surveillance Scholar Denied Tenure at UT Austin
Border-surveillance scholar Iván Chaar López was denied tenure at the University of Texas at Austin after being recommended by more than 30 scholars, The Austin-American Statesman reported.
insidehighered.com
Boosting this. Grad students, please submit. Faculty, please encourage your grad students to submit.
Feminist Studies Journal@feministstudies.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe annual Feminist Studies grad prize is open for submissions! December 31st deadline. Please spread the word.
🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 285 (7/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...
blackwhiteandread.com
🎧Dr. Niki Elliott shares tips from 📚 Heart-Centered Connections: 7 Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive. #EduSky #AcademicSky #DisabilitySky @coriolisco.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/heart-center...
🎧Dr. Niki Elliott shares tips from 📚 Heart-Centered Connections: 7 Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive. #EduSky #AcademicSky #DisabilitySky @coriolisco.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/heart-center...
#tdih 1854: African American schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings was thrown off a New York streetcar while on way to church. Next day a rally was held to support her. She took 3rd Ave Railway Company to court. Frederick Douglass publicized case. She won. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
July 16, 1854: Elizabeth Jennings Graham
Schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham successfully challenged racist streetcar policies in New York City.
zinnedproject.org
Thanks to Christina @academiclife.bsky.social for a great conversation about Doubled Up!
Academic Life 🌎📚@academiclife.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat happens when friends & family become your social safety net? What does it really mean to live doubled up? @hopeharvey.bsky.social explains. ⬇️🎧 @princetonupress.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky #PolicySky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Doubled Up author @hopeharvey.bsky.social spoke with Dr. Christina Gessler for @academiclife.bsky.social podcast about shared households due to rising housing costs, precarious labor markets, and unaffordable childcare:
Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families
Podcast Episode · The Academic Life · July 9 · 57m
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👏👏 “We can learn to work & speak when afraid in the same way we’ve learned to work and speak when we’re tired. For we’ve been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition.” (Audre Lorde)
