CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD
@doctorcarrie.bsky.social
Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University.
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All I want for Christmas is the downfall of fascism around the world.
www.playingwithresearch.com
Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS.
All I want for Christmas is the downfall of fascism around the world.
www.playingwithresearch.com
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In my Professional Speaking and Presenting course, we end with the Branded Elevator Pitch assignment, where the students think about how to quickly present their own personal brand for professional purposes.
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
Dear #EduSky #AcademicSky -- how many other teachers are noticing an increased difficulty, inability, reluctance, confusion regarding reading detailed assignment descriptions and requirements, and then being able to follow them?
And, if you have noticed it, have you tried anything to deal with it?
And, if you have noticed it, have you tried anything to deal with it?
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Dear #EduSky #AcademicSky -- how many other teachers are noticing an increased difficulty, inability, reluctance, confusion regarding reading detailed assignment descriptions and requirements, and then being able to follow them?
And, if you have noticed it, have you tried anything to deal with it?
And, if you have noticed it, have you tried anything to deal with it?
Guys, women aren't looking for super macho, rich guys to provide for them and any children.
Women are looking for people they want to actually be around.
Women are looking for people they want to actually be around.
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Guys, women aren't looking for super macho, rich guys to provide for them and any children.
Women are looking for people they want to actually be around.
Women are looking for people they want to actually be around.
Look, I know students normally don't like having to do courses that they don't see as related to a major and thus to a job.
But the lack of respect some demonstrate is astounding. Have they not been taught how to behave in a way that will reciprocate respect?
But the lack of respect some demonstrate is astounding. Have they not been taught how to behave in a way that will reciprocate respect?
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Look, I know students normally don't like having to do courses that they don't see as related to a major and thus to a job.
But the lack of respect some demonstrate is astounding. Have they not been taught how to behave in a way that will reciprocate respect?
But the lack of respect some demonstrate is astounding. Have they not been taught how to behave in a way that will reciprocate respect?
If we don't have an international ban on civilian strikes in combat, then we have lost any ability to claim we are a moral species.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If we don't have an international ban on civilian strikes in combat, then we have lost any ability to claim we are a moral species.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fake it til you make it, right? Well, if I want to advance professionally, then the right clothes help me feel comfortable faking it. So far, StitchFix has been helpful. Always have at least 1 item I can use: www.stitchfix.com/invite/dqspw...
Also, a friend used the term "frogs in a well" yesterday to refer to echo chambers, and it is now my favorite phrase.
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Also, a friend used the term "frogs in a well" yesterday to refer to echo chambers, and it is now my favorite phrase.
Wait. Wait wait wait. Does the concept of brands as used in marketing come from cattle ranching?
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wait. Wait wait wait. Does the concept of brands as used in marketing come from cattle ranching?
In some ways, perhaps MAGA is fracturing because they don't see Trump respecting their canon: America First.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
In some ways, perhaps MAGA is fracturing because they don't see Trump respecting their canon: America First.
Our public speaking classes end with students doing a pecha kucha. To help them, I decided to make one.
I choose a subject very close to my heart. Something I have been struggling with for over 30 years.
youtu.be/5tZkLIQDlaY
#AcademicSky #EduSky
I choose a subject very close to my heart. Something I have been struggling with for over 30 years.
youtu.be/5tZkLIQDlaY
#AcademicSky #EduSky
An Elopement, A Fish Farm, A Family Torn Apart, A Reunion
YouTube video by CarrieLynn Reinhard
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December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our public speaking classes end with students doing a pecha kucha. To help them, I decided to make one.
I choose a subject very close to my heart. Something I have been struggling with for over 30 years.
youtu.be/5tZkLIQDlaY
#AcademicSky #EduSky
I choose a subject very close to my heart. Something I have been struggling with for over 30 years.
youtu.be/5tZkLIQDlaY
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Reposted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD
This is gonna seem like a nitpick, but I think it's significant: It's not a professor, it's a graduate TA.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is gonna seem like a nitpick, but I think it's significant: It's not a professor, it's a graduate TA.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
In my Professional Speaking and Presenting course, we end with the Branded Elevator Pitch assignment, where the students think about how to quickly present their own personal brand for professional purposes.
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In my Professional Speaking and Presenting course, we end with the Branded Elevator Pitch assignment, where the students think about how to quickly present their own personal brand for professional purposes.
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
Because it's the first time we've done this assignment, I created an example:
I had planned to use Thanksgiving break to get caught up on grading. #AcademicSky #EduSky
a woman in a blue blanket is standing next to a dragon and saying at least you had good intentions .
ALT: a woman in a blue blanket is standing next to a dragon and saying at least you had good intentions .
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November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I had planned to use Thanksgiving break to get caught up on grading. #AcademicSky #EduSky
Reposted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD
It's Pepe flags all the way down from here. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's Pepe flags all the way down from here. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Dear Stephen Miller,
Whose values should people be assimilate to?
Yours?
Because, hell, most of this country doesn't want that.
Sincerely,
Real Americans
Whose values should people be assimilate to?
Yours?
Because, hell, most of this country doesn't want that.
Sincerely,
Real Americans
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dear Stephen Miller,
Whose values should people be assimilate to?
Yours?
Because, hell, most of this country doesn't want that.
Sincerely,
Real Americans
Whose values should people be assimilate to?
Yours?
Because, hell, most of this country doesn't want that.
Sincerely,
Real Americans
Do I believe in astrology?
Well...no.
But there is something to be said about trying to grasp the enormity of probabilities that have to align to result in you.
Well...no.
But there is something to be said about trying to grasp the enormity of probabilities that have to align to result in you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Do I believe in astrology?
Well...no.
But there is something to be said about trying to grasp the enormity of probabilities that have to align to result in you.
Well...no.
But there is something to be said about trying to grasp the enormity of probabilities that have to align to result in you.
I love a good snow storm.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I love a good snow storm.
It's not cosplay if it's delusional.
The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It's not cosplay if it's delusional.
Spock on ST:SNW is so bishie.
a close up of a man 's face with a fringe on his forehead
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a fringe on his forehead
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Spock on ST:SNW is so bishie.
The hardest part of any creative endeavor isn't knowing how to do something; it's knowing what to do.
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The hardest part of any creative endeavor isn't knowing how to do something; it's knowing what to do.
Did you ever think about how, all things going well, you will outlive all of the people who inspired you?
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Did you ever think about how, all things going well, you will outlive all of the people who inspired you?
Klingons would love to do hot pepper challenges.
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Klingons would love to do hot pepper challenges.
I want to interview duo directors and understand how they perform collaborative creativity.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I want to interview duo directors and understand how they perform collaborative creativity.
So, I know I should be grading, but my burnout has gone supernova, and I'm a little too scattered to focus right now. #EduSky
a purple galaxy in the middle of a black space with stars .
ALT: a purple galaxy in the middle of a black space with stars .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So, I know I should be grading, but my burnout has gone supernova, and I'm a little too scattered to focus right now. #EduSky
Modern warfare is just terrorism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Modern warfare is just terrorism.
Presenting analysis is about presenting your interpretation of the data given the analytical tools you used. It is also, then, persuasion. You are trying to persuade us that your interpretation applies given the analytical results. So, as with any argument, you need evidence. ...
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Presenting analysis is about presenting your interpretation of the data given the analytical tools you used. It is also, then, persuasion. You are trying to persuade us that your interpretation applies given the analytical results. So, as with any argument, you need evidence. ...