Susan Shepler
@susanshepler.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. at the School of International Service, American University, Washington DC. Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱
Every Gender Studies major deserves an apology for every joke made at their expense. People studied STEM because everything was science and engineering. People studied CompSci because everything was computers. People studied Gender because as it turns out, everything actually is Gender.
Full-time non-tenure line faculty position as Research Professor (Open Rank) and Research Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. apply.interfolio.com/189922
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*extremely late-breaking opportunity with a tight turn around* Come work with me, Meredith Loken, and Jenny Hedström on the UN-funded Women's Activities in Armed Rebellion (lnkd.in/gvhJ-57D) expansion! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Congratulations to only the third woman to win the Fields Medal. Hong Wang Twirls in Fractal Dimensions of Three www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...
Hong Wang Twirls in Fractal Dimensions of Three
The young mathematician won a prestigious Fields Medal for her work on the so-called Kakeya conjecture.
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A "cocoa rush" in Liberia’s remote southeast is driving a major deforestation crisis. Tens of thousands of migrant workers from Côte d’Ivoire are clearing West Africa’s last remaining rainforests for cocoa plantations, pushing Grand Gedeh county to record forest loss. @shokes.bsky.social reports.
The vanishing forests on Liberia’s cocoa frontier
(GRAND GEDEH, Liberia) – Off in the woods beyond the ekki trees, a sharp crack cuts through the buzzing of insects. “It’s a tree falling,” says George Bowey, a baby-faced community eco-guard who…
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Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Another killing by ICE today in Maine. The third government killing of a civilian in less than a week since Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Tyrin Johnson.
✨ Join us in Zurich this November! CfP: DoingIPS Switzerland Symposium 🗓 2–3 Nov 2026 | ETH Zurich Theme: What Keeps the World Turning? Attending to Care, Maintenance, and Repair in Global Politics 🔗 Full CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/14Z_Z...
The Department of Education has now officially submitted proposals to eliminate International Education and Fulbright Hays programs, which have funded thousands of students and scholars to study languages and conduct research abroad. I encourage you to make public comments and contact your reps.
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I'm excited to kick things off for my US book events with a celebration on 16 September at my alma mater @umassboston.bsky.social where I'm looking forward to seeing Boston friends, new and old! Registration 🔗 bit.ly/4f8tszx 🦄 More details about the events in NYC, D.C. and New Orleans to follow.
Please take a moment to formally register your response to the Trump administration’s efforts to radically change Title VI and Fulbright-Hays. Our ability to think critically about international topics is at stake.
Karin Fischer@karinfischer.bsky.social · last mo.The Trump administration is proposing to rescind regs governing Fulbright-Hayes and other international-ed programs to allow "more creativity, less prescription, and in a manner that is responsive to current events and administration priorities." public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13248.pdf
Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Assistant Professor
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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Aaah the live broadcast from Cape Verde being interrupted by the goal
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
Misinformation fuels Ebola spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo: False claims about the virus, including that the epidemic was a hoax, have proliferated across the nation. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
Misinformation fuels Ebola spread
Official Ebola cases approached 1,000.
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The Berlin Social Science Center (@wzb.bsky.social) is looking for a new director for the study of international relations. The director will establish and lead a new research research department. I am happy to chat with interested candidates. www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
In one of my Sierra Leonean WhatsApp groups, someone just said "I know Sierra Leoneans who are part of the fighting (in Ukraine). One of them was planning to send his parents to Mecca with the proceeds from the war. Talk about robbing Satan to pay God!"
After experiencing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, this news is so distressing. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...
Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
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The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ is offering a postdoc position (m/f/d). recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52... Deadline: 30 June 2026
What #Ebola protocols? Back from a week #Uganda on Sunday, I sailed through customs @ Dulles Airport w/out one question about where I was coming from, the fresh stamps in my passport or my 8-hour flight from Entebbe to Brussels My latest @ The Africa Report : www.theafricareport.com/419733/us-af...
US-Africa Week Ahead: Trump plays travel-ban defence on Ebola
Washington’s heavy-handed response to the outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in the DRC and Uganda is coming under scrutiny as African economies take a hit.
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Call for Papers: #Children #Memory work and Generational Relations in Global Contexts Special issue of Childhood. Abstracts due 1st June 2026 For call details: bit.ly/4dUvVi9 Please share widely!
The evidence of Sierra Leone's new status as the primary trans-shipment hub for cocaine is steadily growing truthmedia.sl/freetown-imp...
Freetown Implicated in Spain’s Record 35,000–40,000kg Cocaine Seizure | truthmedia.sl
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#USA_MIA Here's the state of play with #US embassies in #Africa as Frank Garcia prepares to take over the State Dept Bureau of African Affairs later this month My latest for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report w/ graphic artist Erin Conroy: www.theafricareport.com/415891/trump...
Please join us in person or online to hear @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social and @hmberents.bsky.social discuss their research collaboration about images of childhood as technologies of governance. Wed 22 April, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10), 39a/501. Zoom Rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
