Adam Harris Smith (#opentowork)
@dradamame.bsky.social
Reader (and Aspiring Writer). Pianist (Classically trained). Aspiring organist. Cinephile (Animation, too). Coffee snob. Tea snob. PA Voter. Hiker.
Reposted by Adam Harris Smith (#opentowork)
Dear @nytimes,
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Dear @nytimes,
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
In good news:
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Returning to Movie Theaters for Halloween Sing-Along Screenings
"Kpop Demon Hunters" is returning to the big screen.
variety.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In good news:
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
While @lastweektonight.com is abundantly clear that they are “not the news…” this is as thorough a deconstruction of the self mythologizing Weiss as exists … For academics, lessons to learn: we can be human and direct while still being thorough and even “scholarly” ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
While @lastweektonight.com is abundantly clear that they are “not the news…” this is as thorough a deconstruction of the self mythologizing Weiss as exists … For academics, lessons to learn: we can be human and direct while still being thorough and even “scholarly” ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Et tu, TAMU?
If red state schools accept this we are going to get a two-tiered system of higher ed. One set of states will be based in empirical reality and the other will be subject to the whims of a conspiratorial movement that is increasingly detached from facts.
After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Et tu, TAMU?
As I continue to look for a new role, I want to communicate my basic commitment that learning doesn’t need to be drudgery. In other words, if we can’t (or even shouldn’t) make desirable difficulties less difficult … how can we at least make them a bit more desirable?
pcad.edu/ctl/honoring...
pcad.edu/ctl/honoring...
Honoring the Labor of Learning (and Learners) - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Two weeks ago, in honor of Labor Day, I wrote about honoring the labor of teaching and how we can manage the ‘scope creep’ of increased expectations. We looked at the ‘scope of practice,’ a tool to ma...
pcad.edu
October 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
As I continue to look for a new role, I want to communicate my basic commitment that learning doesn’t need to be drudgery. In other words, if we can’t (or even shouldn’t) make desirable difficulties less difficult … how can we at least make them a bit more desirable?
pcad.edu/ctl/honoring...
pcad.edu/ctl/honoring...
More blogging while job searching. My thinking On motivation has been positively influenced by the work of @ayeletfishbach.bsky.social (and less by the … apparent performance art?… of Shia LeBouf).
pcad.edu/ctl/when-lea...
pcad.edu/ctl/when-lea...
When learning can be a chore ... just do it? - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Students are often met with the idea school is just preparation for the next stage, which is in turn preparation for the next course, job, internship, etc. There’s stuff you need to learn, and it will...
pcad.edu
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
More blogging while job searching. My thinking On motivation has been positively influenced by the work of @ayeletfishbach.bsky.social (and less by the … apparent performance art?… of Shia LeBouf).
pcad.edu/ctl/when-lea...
pcad.edu/ctl/when-lea...
Another reason to read a great book
Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social @jhu.edu received the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting for her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World. @princetonupress.bsky.social
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Another reason to read a great book
Reposted by Adam Harris Smith (#opentowork)
Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social @jhu.edu received the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting for her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World. @princetonupress.bsky.social
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social @jhu.edu received the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting for her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World. @princetonupress.bsky.social
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
#ASA #sociology #ASA2025
Trying to follow this sage advice from Bo Burnham as I apply for and interview for a new role… but, do I suck as a person and just not know it?!?!?! JK! i Appreciate the humor among the indignities of “pitching” yourself to potential new colleagues. le sigh …
youtube.com/shorts/tSRkz...
youtube.com/shorts/tSRkz...
Bo Burnham | “Be Yourself”
YouTube video by Musical Comedy
youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Trying to follow this sage advice from Bo Burnham as I apply for and interview for a new role… but, do I suck as a person and just not know it?!?!?! JK! i Appreciate the humor among the indignities of “pitching” yourself to potential new colleagues. le sigh …
youtube.com/shorts/tSRkz...
youtube.com/shorts/tSRkz...
As I continue to look for a new role, I’m sharing old blog posts. Here, a shoutout to @susandblum.bsky.social and @gkids.com … ‘Only yesterday‘ illustrates the predicament of ‘schoolishness,’ where following the procedure isn’t really the same thing as learning. watch/read!!
pcad.edu/ctl/7-29-24-...
pcad.edu/ctl/7-29-24-...
Learning to divide fractions v. learning to ‘do school’ - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Recently, I rewatched one of my favorite Studio Ghibli movies, Only Yesterday. In it, Taeko, a 20-something office worker in Tokyo, takes a vacation to the countryside to work on a farm, all the while...
pcad.edu
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
As I continue to look for a new role, I’m sharing old blog posts. Here, a shoutout to @susandblum.bsky.social and @gkids.com … ‘Only yesterday‘ illustrates the predicament of ‘schoolishness,’ where following the procedure isn’t really the same thing as learning. watch/read!!
pcad.edu/ctl/7-29-24-...
pcad.edu/ctl/7-29-24-...
Sharing a few old blog posts as I look for a new role. This one has become a bit of an “educational development philosophy” for me: relationship-building, and the work of connective labor that underlies it, is evidence-based practice, even if it’s not always ”countable.”
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
Relationship-building IS evidence-based practice. - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Recently, I finished a book called The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, by Allison Pugh. In it, Pugh focuses on what she calls ‘connective labor’ (the work of helping ot...
pcad.edu
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Sharing a few old blog posts as I look for a new role. This one has become a bit of an “educational development philosophy” for me: relationship-building, and the work of connective labor that underlies it, is evidence-based practice, even if it’s not always ”countable.”
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
Reposting some old blog entries here and on LinkedIn as I look for a new role. Just as open to roles focused on student success as I am more traditional, faculty facing CTL roles.
Thanks in advance for any help! Bluesky has been a great source of connection and community.
pcad.edu/ctl/writing-...
Thanks in advance for any help! Bluesky has been a great source of connection and community.
pcad.edu/ctl/writing-...
Writing is "more than words," in more ways than one. - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
In a wonderful coincidence, I’ve had the privilege of reading not one but two books on the value of writing titled “More than words.” Earlier this year, I read John Warner’s More Than Words, an impass...
pcad.edu
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposting some old blog entries here and on LinkedIn as I look for a new role. Just as open to roles focused on student success as I am more traditional, faculty facing CTL roles.
Thanks in advance for any help! Bluesky has been a great source of connection and community.
pcad.edu/ctl/writing-...
Thanks in advance for any help! Bluesky has been a great source of connection and community.
pcad.edu/ctl/writing-...
I regret to inform you … that knowing stuff is not enough. The shift to Medicine (or … cough … education) as ALSO (not only) relational seems to be slow in coming. Le sigh...
With “bedside manners,” At least you’ll get sued less?
@allisonpugh.bsky.social ’s “last human job” is a place to start…
With “bedside manners,” At least you’ll get sued less?
@allisonpugh.bsky.social ’s “last human job” is a place to start…
“Empathy still has its skeptics. In my conversations with colleagues and students, many bristle at the implication that they need remedial education in how to feel.”
Rachel Pearson (@peopledoctor.bsky.social) on the place of empathy in medical education.
Rachel Pearson (@peopledoctor.bsky.social) on the place of empathy in medical education.
Bedside Manners, by Rachel Pearson
Can empathy be taught in medicine?
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I regret to inform you … that knowing stuff is not enough. The shift to Medicine (or … cough … education) as ALSO (not only) relational seems to be slow in coming. Le sigh...
With “bedside manners,” At least you’ll get sued less?
@allisonpugh.bsky.social ’s “last human job” is a place to start…
With “bedside manners,” At least you’ll get sued less?
@allisonpugh.bsky.social ’s “last human job” is a place to start…
Gray matter... has anyone considered gray matter? 🤔
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Gray matter... has anyone considered gray matter? 🤔
The 'joy' of sending emails with the explanation "... when I was laid off my email was immediately shut off" while I attempt to do the work that was delayed by the email shut off ... 🥴😵🙃
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The 'joy' of sending emails with the explanation "... when I was laid off my email was immediately shut off" while I attempt to do the work that was delayed by the email shut off ... 🥴😵🙃
I appreciated this piece, but it feels incomplete without asking critical questions about the perceived value of work we ask students to do. Yes, free ChatGPT encourages our students to cheat, but so does their perception (!) of meaningless tasks to complete. www.newcartographies.com/p/the-myth-o...
The Myth of Automated Learning
AI's real threat to education.
www.newcartographies.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I appreciated this piece, but it feels incomplete without asking critical questions about the perceived value of work we ask students to do. Yes, free ChatGPT encourages our students to cheat, but so does their perception (!) of meaningless tasks to complete. www.newcartographies.com/p/the-myth-o...
Before my email account was promptly shut down, I received a few kind notes from students I had gotten to know in my (now Previous) position. In addition to whatever learning gains come from relationships, the idea that you made an impact can be a deep source of meaning.
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
Relationship-building IS evidence-based practice. - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Recently, I finished a book called The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, by Allison Pugh. In it, Pugh focuses on what she calls ‘connective labor’ (the work of helping ot...
pcad.edu
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Before my email account was promptly shut down, I received a few kind notes from students I had gotten to know in my (now Previous) position. In addition to whatever learning gains come from relationships, the idea that you made an impact can be a deep source of meaning.
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
pcad.edu/ctl/relation...
#opentowork after a frustrating week. In the meantime, I’ll lift, hike, and continue learning to play organ. I have my family, my health, and music. Thanks to all of the Ed devs who have contributed to my sense of community in this work. Here’s to whatever’s next … #workwontloveyouback
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#opentowork after a frustrating week. In the meantime, I’ll lift, hike, and continue learning to play organ. I have my family, my health, and music. Thanks to all of the Ed devs who have contributed to my sense of community in this work. Here’s to whatever’s next … #workwontloveyouback
Reposted by Adam Harris Smith (#opentowork)
The right is calling Charlie Kirk a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
More from senior correspondent @ericlevitz.bsky.social:
More from senior correspondent @ericlevitz.bsky.social:
The right’s vicious, ironic response to Charlie Kirk’s death
They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
September 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The right is calling Charlie Kirk a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
More from senior correspondent @ericlevitz.bsky.social:
More from senior correspondent @ericlevitz.bsky.social:
I'm only 6 months behind, but this was a balm... In my first job, I had a consult where a graduate student said "I thought you were gonna tell me what I did good and not good." The expectation was there, and we have to change our behavior to change the expectation.
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Advice | How to Mentor Like a Coach
Five tips to improve your mentoring and make it less time-consuming.
www.chronicle.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm only 6 months behind, but this was a balm... In my first job, I had a consult where a graduate student said "I thought you were gonna tell me what I did good and not good." The expectation was there, and we have to change our behavior to change the expectation.
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Reposted by Adam Harris Smith (#opentowork)
Chewing on this as I consider another blog post... do we model a 'grind' mindset for students, when other approaches might be better for them (and for us)? What toxic approaches to 'getting things done' have you inherited from workplaces, supervisors, dissertation chairs?
www.vox.com/even-better/...
www.vox.com/even-better/...
The most effective productivity hack is the one you least want to do
We all have a limited reserve of attention, and modern life is excellent at depleting it.
www.vox.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Chewing on this as I consider another blog post... do we model a 'grind' mindset for students, when other approaches might be better for them (and for us)? What toxic approaches to 'getting things done' have you inherited from workplaces, supervisors, dissertation chairs?
www.vox.com/even-better/...
www.vox.com/even-better/...
As a former employee of this institution, this is embarrassing (and yet unsurprising): www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As a former employee of this institution, this is embarrassing (and yet unsurprising): www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...