Annie Wofford, Ph.D.
@anniewoff.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Higher Education | Research: equity in #STEM, #mentoring, & #gradschool | Coffee connoisseur | Views my own | She/her | www.anniewofford.com
The semester started yesterday, and my first day of teaching is today! Here’s to Year 4 on the tenure track at the FSU Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and to creating more joy every day.
#FacultyLife #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
#FacultyLife #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
August 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The semester started yesterday, and my first day of teaching is today! Here’s to Year 4 on the tenure track at the FSU Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and to creating more joy every day.
#FacultyLife #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
#FacultyLife #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
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How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
![The Human Toll
The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change.
If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story!
To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco
Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US
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July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.
tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
Our article, "'Do I Even Belong?': Internships as Gendered Career Socialization Experiences in Engineering," was just assigned a volume/issue with the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education! It's always exciting to see "Online First" work move to a permanent home.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our article, "'Do I Even Belong?': Internships as Gendered Career Socialization Experiences in Engineering," was just assigned a volume/issue with the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education! It's always exciting to see "Online First" work move to a permanent home.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
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New publication out today! @dffeldon.bsky.social, @anniewoff.bsky.social, Kaylee Litson, and I developed and tested a brief intervention to transfer orientation/advising that significantly increases transfer students' beliefs about the value of earning PhDs in CS doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design - Research in Higher Education
Community college transfer students represent a diverse and talented group to recruit to PhD and other graduate programs. Yet, little is known about practical strategies to support community college t...
doi.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New publication out today! @dffeldon.bsky.social, @anniewoff.bsky.social, Kaylee Litson, and I developed and tested a brief intervention to transfer orientation/advising that significantly increases transfer students' beliefs about the value of earning PhDs in CS doi.org/10.1007/s111...
New pub!
"'We Can Change the Culture Through Those Individual Engagements': Social Exchange and Equity-Mindedness in STEMM Doctoral Students' Roles as Mentors," is newly out with Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Find it here (and DM if you don’t have access): doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
"'We Can Change the Culture Through Those Individual Engagements': Social Exchange and Equity-Mindedness in STEMM Doctoral Students' Roles as Mentors," is newly out with Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Find it here (and DM if you don’t have access): doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
May 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New pub!
"'We Can Change the Culture Through Those Individual Engagements': Social Exchange and Equity-Mindedness in STEMM Doctoral Students' Roles as Mentors," is newly out with Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Find it here (and DM if you don’t have access): doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
"'We Can Change the Culture Through Those Individual Engagements': Social Exchange and Equity-Mindedness in STEMM Doctoral Students' Roles as Mentors," is newly out with Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Find it here (and DM if you don’t have access): doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
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Just Education Policy is coming back! We’re excited to announce that we are planning for an *in-person* Just Education Policy Institute this Fall 2025. Applications & more details will be released in early May. For more info. about the Just Education Policy Institute, visit justeducationpolicy.org.
Just Education Policy
justeducationpolicy.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just Education Policy is coming back! We’re excited to announce that we are planning for an *in-person* Just Education Policy Institute this Fall 2025. Applications & more details will be released in early May. For more info. about the Just Education Policy Institute, visit justeducationpolicy.org.
What an incredible honor to hood Dr. Denise Gonzalez McHale yesterday! Thank you for trusting me from the beginning—a then brand-new faculty member—and allowing me to be part of your journey. You’ll always be part of mine and will forever be the first person I hooded! #graduation #facultylife
May 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What an incredible honor to hood Dr. Denise Gonzalez McHale yesterday! Thank you for trusting me from the beginning—a then brand-new faculty member—and allowing me to be part of your journey. You’ll always be part of mine and will forever be the first person I hooded! #graduation #facultylife
Stay safe, FSU community. Active shooter report near the Student Union.
April 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Stay safe, FSU community. Active shooter report near the Student Union.
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
As a born and raised Kansan, I will never get over the fact that I now live in a place that gets tornado warnings but A) has nearly zero basements, and B) has no city-wide tornado sirens. 😩
April 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As a born and raised Kansan, I will never get over the fact that I now live in a place that gets tornado warnings but A) has nearly zero basements, and B) has no city-wide tornado sirens. 😩
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Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come by Erica Frankenberg & @maithgopalan.bsky.social theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
theconversation.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come by Erica Frankenberg & @maithgopalan.bsky.social theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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I'm super excited to share this short brief on who has power over the Department of Education, what the ED Sec can do, and what Executive Orders can do.
There's a lot of info (and links!) packed into one place. I hope it's helpful. Please share.
drive.google.com/file/d/1QpeK...
There's a lot of info (and links!) packed into one place. I hope it's helpful. Please share.
drive.google.com/file/d/1QpeK...
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm super excited to share this short brief on who has power over the Department of Education, what the ED Sec can do, and what Executive Orders can do.
There's a lot of info (and links!) packed into one place. I hope it's helpful. Please share.
drive.google.com/file/d/1QpeK...
There's a lot of info (and links!) packed into one place. I hope it's helpful. Please share.
drive.google.com/file/d/1QpeK...
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Hey my nerds, I found these crowdsourced Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools while doing research. (Right now, there's 184)
#amresearching #edusky #teachersky #edtech
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#amresearching #edusky #teachersky #edtech
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools
Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools If you would like to submit your course guidelines/policy or revise your submission, please submit it in this form. Update: If you would like a more sear...
docs.google.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hey my nerds, I found these crowdsourced Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools while doing research. (Right now, there's 184)
#amresearching #edusky #teachersky #edtech
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#amresearching #edusky #teachersky #edtech
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social via @nature.com
"Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists."
#GoScience!
"Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists."
#GoScience!
US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social via @nature.com
"Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists."
#GoScience!
"Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists."
#GoScience!
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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
February 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation.
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The National Science Foundation - this is not business as usual
The National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation.
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
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Crucial research halted as DOGE abruptly terminates Education Department contracts by @kalynbelsha.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/e...
DOGE is ‘gutting’ key education research efforts. Here’s how that affects students.
The Trump administration canceled dozens of contracts held by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The president is looking to significantly scale back the size and work of the Educat...
www.chalkbeat.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Crucial research halted as DOGE abruptly terminates Education Department contracts by @kalynbelsha.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/e...
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Teachers, edu folks, allies: We will not let them destroy our Dept of Ed & its vital research, programs, & funding for our kids. Join us for an all-hands-on-deck organizing call this Sun, 2/16 at 7pm ET to plan actions to fight for our Ss, Ts, & schools. sparkstreetdigital.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: All Hands On Deck: Defending Edu Research, Defending Our Schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: All Hands On Deck: Defending Edu Research, Defending Our Schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
sparkstreetdigital.zoom.us
February 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Teachers, edu folks, allies: We will not let them destroy our Dept of Ed & its vital research, programs, & funding for our kids. Join us for an all-hands-on-deck organizing call this Sun, 2/16 at 7pm ET to plan actions to fight for our Ss, Ts, & schools. sparkstreetdigital.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Republicans 2002:
“We need evidence-based education policy”
Republicans 2025:
“Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”
“We need evidence-based education policy”
Republicans 2025:
“Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”
February 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Republicans 2002:
“We need evidence-based education policy”
Republicans 2025:
“Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”
“We need evidence-based education policy”
Republicans 2025:
“Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”