Anna Kawennison Fetter, PhD
@annakawennison.bsky.social
Kanien'kehá:ka. Counseling Psychologist. Indigenous mental health equity, critical & cultural psych. Assistant professor. Views my own, though I’m probably not the first to have them.
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NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
actionnetwork.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
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So this is very bad.
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So this is very bad.
Scholars who aren’t actually at risk of bearing the repercussions of the current sociopolitical landscape are so terrified of the mere specter of censorship that they will end up censoring marginalized scholars more efficiently than the president ever could.
a woman in a floral dress is dancing on a stage with purple lights
ALT: a woman in a floral dress is dancing on a stage with purple lights
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Scholars who aren’t actually at risk of bearing the repercussions of the current sociopolitical landscape are so terrified of the mere specter of censorship that they will end up censoring marginalized scholars more efficiently than the president ever could.
This is very specific but I really hate when I sort of know something and vaguely remember reading it but can’t remember where and can’t find a source so I am incapable of defending my perspective 😩
September 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is very specific but I really hate when I sort of know something and vaguely remember reading it but can’t remember where and can’t find a source so I am incapable of defending my perspective 😩
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Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
english.elpais.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
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New: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to continue terminating NIH grants relating to DEI, gender identity, and COVID. It's a 5–4 decision, with Roberts joining the liberals in dissent. From Justice Jackson's dissent👇 www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
August 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to continue terminating NIH grants relating to DEI, gender identity, and COVID. It's a 5–4 decision, with Roberts joining the liberals in dissent. From Justice Jackson's dissent👇 www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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“According to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times, as of mid-June the N.I.H. had terminated at least 616 projects focused on closing the health divide between Black and white, and rich and poor, Americans.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“According to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times, as of mid-June the N.I.H. had terminated at least 616 projects focused on closing the health divide between Black and white, and rich and poor, Americans.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
🎶Why are we as therapists so resistant to routine outcome monitoring of our treatment? 🎶
a woman with red hair is drinking a beverage through a straw .
ALT: a woman with red hair is drinking a beverage through a straw .
media.tenor.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🎶Why are we as therapists so resistant to routine outcome monitoring of our treatment? 🎶
20 years of passport photos
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
20 years of passport photos
Vote vote vote plzzz NYC
Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays
A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.
gothamist.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Vote vote vote plzzz NYC
I am tired. Tired tired tired tired tired.
August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am tired. Tired tired tired tired tired.
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After a decade of insincere trolling about “isn’t college about being exposed to challenging ideas?” conservatives have gotten universities to install an anonymous and unaccountable Instantly Kill Your Professor button. Brown University… you are my Chump Of The Week
From the Brown settlement. Everyone who signed off on this is a coward and an idiot and should have it follow them the rest of their lives. They are complicit in a censorship regime that has been and will be compared to the Red Scares.
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
After a decade of insincere trolling about “isn’t college about being exposed to challenging ideas?” conservatives have gotten universities to install an anonymous and unaccountable Instantly Kill Your Professor button. Brown University… you are my Chump Of The Week
Got to speak to the Ohio Capital Journal about the psychological impacts of Native mascots last week - read their story here: ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/30/m...
More than 80 Ohio high schools have Native-themed names and mascots • Ohio Capital Journal
Four years after the Cleveland Indians announced they would change its name to the Guardians, many Ohio high schools have retained their Native-themed names and mascots.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Got to speak to the Ohio Capital Journal about the psychological impacts of Native mascots last week - read their story here: ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/30/m...
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New research led by Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Anna Fetter sheds light on how ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is experienced by Native American and Alaska Native students, with implications for use of a common ERI measure in research with these communities. ow.ly/ui3q50WuTP6
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July 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New research led by Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Anna Fetter sheds light on how ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is experienced by Native American and Alaska Native students, with implications for use of a common ERI measure in research with these communities. ow.ly/ui3q50WuTP6
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Harvard has officially closed its office for LGBTQ life. They folded it into the office of culture and community.
There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women.
Absolute cowards.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women.
Absolute cowards.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard College Closes Diversity Offices, Reassigns Staff to New ‘Harvard Foundation’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard College will close its offices for minority students, LGBTQ students, and women and fold their staff under a new Office of Culture and Community, according to a Wednesday message from College ...
www.thecrimson.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Harvard has officially closed its office for LGBTQ life. They folded it into the office of culture and community.
There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women.
Absolute cowards.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women.
Absolute cowards.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Some GOOD news: The Supreme Court of the Muscogee Creek Nation has just ruled that Freedmen are tribal citizens!
July 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Some GOOD news: The Supreme Court of the Muscogee Creek Nation has just ruled that Freedmen are tribal citizens!
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just allowed Trump to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products.
Trump fired the three Dems on the five-member commission in the middle of 7 year terms.
The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products.
Trump fired the three Dems on the five-member commission in the middle of 7 year terms.
July 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just allowed Trump to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products.
Trump fired the three Dems on the five-member commission in the middle of 7 year terms.
The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products.
Trump fired the three Dems on the five-member commission in the middle of 7 year terms.
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GlobalX is a charter airline that operates more than half the ICE deportation flights.
At the same time the company flies Duke and UConn basketball, other NCAA teams, and pro clubs like Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.
Corporate greed is enabling ICE.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
At the same time the company flies Duke and UConn basketball, other NCAA teams, and pro clubs like Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.
Corporate greed is enabling ICE.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
ICE's go-to charter airline for deportations also flew NCAA teams, Inter Miami and more
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
GlobalX is a charter airline that operates more than half the ICE deportation flights.
At the same time the company flies Duke and UConn basketball, other NCAA teams, and pro clubs like Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.
Corporate greed is enabling ICE.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
At the same time the company flies Duke and UConn basketball, other NCAA teams, and pro clubs like Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.
Corporate greed is enabling ICE.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
If you’re still subscribing to the New York Times I really don’t know what to say.
See below for exhibit #3884829 of why you should not.
See below for exhibit #3884829 of why you should not.
The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.
June 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you’re still subscribing to the New York Times I really don’t know what to say.
See below for exhibit #3884829 of why you should not.
See below for exhibit #3884829 of why you should not.
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They’re going to replace undocumented immigrant labor with poor children
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants.
Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds.
(Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds.
(Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
New York (CNN) — Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/ne...
wsvn.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
They’re going to replace undocumented immigrant labor with poor children
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NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
The Indian Health Service was established to fulfill the fed gov’s treaty responsibilities to provide health care to Native communities.
It is already funded at HALF of its actual need, & Trump’s budget would cut IHS by $900 million.
Call your rep now & spread the word: 5calls.org/issue/medica...
It is already funded at HALF of its actual need, & Trump’s budget would cut IHS by $900 million.
Call your rep now & spread the word: 5calls.org/issue/medica...
Protect Native American Healthcare ⭑ 5 Calls
For generations, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities have grappled with chronic underfunding of federal healthcare programs. Broadly …
5calls.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Indian Health Service was established to fulfill the fed gov’s treaty responsibilities to provide health care to Native communities.
It is already funded at HALF of its actual need, & Trump’s budget would cut IHS by $900 million.
Call your rep now & spread the word: 5calls.org/issue/medica...
It is already funded at HALF of its actual need, & Trump’s budget would cut IHS by $900 million.
Call your rep now & spread the word: 5calls.org/issue/medica...
IMO now is the time to ramp up pressure on your reps, union leaders, professional agencies, etc. getting in bed with hate is a losing strategy and this moment is an opportunity
June 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
IMO now is the time to ramp up pressure on your reps, union leaders, professional agencies, etc. getting in bed with hate is a losing strategy and this moment is an opportunity
Spoiler: yes. Let’s be honest though, it’s not just the future, it’s the reality and the history of academia for marginalized scholars. This isn’t new, but it is ramping up. And we need to fight to protect a semblance of free scholarship now.
June 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Spoiler: yes. Let’s be honest though, it’s not just the future, it’s the reality and the history of academia for marginalized scholars. This isn’t new, but it is ramping up. And we need to fight to protect a semblance of free scholarship now.