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mgraziano.bsky.social
Religious Studies prof at University of Northern Iowa. Law, Public Education, National Security. Book on CIA & American religion. Probably drinking coffee. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo80657461.html
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

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Anne Helen Petersen’s timely essay on privatization & the public good annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

"These shifts, and how immigrant communities and their allies respond to them, are neither inevitable nor irreversible."

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I’ve been thinking a lot about updating how I use (or don’t) social media lately. My policy is generally “always read Anne Helen Petersen” but this one was especially good. annehelen.substack.com/p/the-social...

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Fascinating event coming up at @upennrels.bsky.social. I'm teaching my Religion & Race course this semester (after Religion & Public Schools last semester) so will definitely be following along.

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A computer engineer with no contextual knowledge of history is why the humanities is so important

submitted 53 days ago • 19 comments

Does anyone have a syllabus policy on AI that they are actually happy with? I’m revising a course last taught pre-ChatGPT and it’s making me appreciate the scale of the struggle all over again.

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NEW NEH GRANTS! NEH awards $22.6 million for 219 humanities projects nationwide. Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

It’s here! Congrats to @laurenfturek.bsky.social & @burnidge.bsky.social on this ambitious volume. Happy to be one small part of it.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

"Every once in a while, an academic book comes along that crystallizes a broad scholarly conversation in a particularly artful way. Charles McCrary's _Sincerely Held_ is such a book." From my contribution to a review forum, out today with Religious Studies Review: doi.org/10.1111/rsr....

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

My book is available for preorder with @nyupress.bsky.social ✨Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, out in March 2025 nyupress.org/978147983322...

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Reupping this job ad in my department—full consideration by January 29. Apply!

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My department is hiring an ethicist for an endowed position in our expanding ethics education program on campus, w/ a special focus on business ethics & religion and business. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer any questions. Job ad here: jobs.uni.edu/faculty/view...

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Doing some course prep at the coffeeshop this morning. The cover is definitely a conversation starter!

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