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liznorell.bsky.social
Political scientist, teacher, faculty developer, writer, bibliophile. I already love your dog(s). Opinions are mine. #ActuallyAutistic Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/
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Today on the podcast, it's a Take It or Leave It panel with Stacey Johnson, @liznorell.bsky.social, and @vijisathy.bsky.social! We dig into higher ed's current political moment, bringing ourselves into the classroom, & authenticity in an age of AI. intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...

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Being in community with colleagues in the first day of the #Gather2Resist25 virtual gathering is balm for my soul today.

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I'll be honest, folks. I didn't even KNOW there was a Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown. He might deserve it.

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Maintaining a dead woman's body for 5 months then delivering a one pound highly premature baby from her corpse is a cruel medical experiment. If ever you wonder why there are high levels of medical mistrust in the Black community, remember this story. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Tapping my "writing is thinking" sign in the key of @biblioracle.bsky.social

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The ungrading book club (organized by the indefatiguable @dbuckedu.bsky.social) is reading @biblioracle.bsky.social's fantastic book, More than Words, about exactly why we should be helping students understand the value of critical thinking and other challenging cognitive work.

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Volunteers needed! The Virtual Gathering is next week (HOORAY!) and we need additional session moderation help. If you're available, please fill out this form to join us! There will be at least two moderators in every session, so you won't be doing this alone. forms.gle/8Q2Nsf2WDZ4y... More 👇

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Too many perfectly crafted sentences to quote. It's short. Just read it all. . This is no laughing matter. Satire often helps us see the stark reality before us, and in that spirit, @mcsweeneys.net hits a home run with this one.

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My professional association asked its members to react to proposed changes to its mission/vision/values. Gone is language emphasizing evidence-based/scholarly teaching. Gone are references to eliminating systemic biases and supporting social justice. I. Have. Thoughts. 🙄

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

New blog post: This one gets your students thinking like a statistician. How is it that we can use data to make predictions? Where does that data come from? How can we repurpose existing data? How does pizza consumption predict war? notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/06/does...

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We know connections are important. A survey “found that 35 percent of respondents think their academic success would be most improved by professors getting to know them better,” highlighting the importance of student-professor connections. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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I can’t stop laughing, help

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

This looks really interesting. Ironically, it's behind a paywall. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Want ideological diversity across academia? Increase academic pay to be the equivalent of private industry jobs (law firms, tech, health, defense, etc.) and boom - ideological diversity. This is so obvious.

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@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."

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I'm a native Arkansan now living in Mississippi, and it's true. See data visualized here: usafacts.org/articles/whi.... . Data from 2022 show 11.8 murders per 100k people in Arkansas, 5.9 murders per 100k people in California.

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For what it's worth (not much, I know), my Uber driver to Washington National Airport is colossally pissed about next week's military thing in DC. "Every request in DC next week is a 'no' for me."

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A bit surreal to attend a keynote in the ballroom that, at least for a long time, hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner ... at the hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot. #TPCinDC2025

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New rule: If you are going to kvetch about students outsourcing the hard work of thinking to generative AI tools, you cannot in the next breath talk about how faculty can use the same AI tools to save time in their teaching, grading, or research. <aggressive eyeroll>

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments