drdendere.bsky.social
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We need more black women in academia ❤️❤️❤️we need more ❤️❤️❤️
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
We need more black women in academia ❤️❤️❤️we need more ❤️❤️❤️
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We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
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No one supports a war in Venezuela btw
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
No one supports a war in Venezuela btw
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5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
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One underrated thing Mamdani has going for him is that he has always known he is ineligible for the presidency
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
One underrated thing Mamdani has going for him is that he has always known he is ineligible for the presidency
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
This is exactly how I feel about tenure. We will now have 11 tenured black faculty on our campus (10 teaching). I am very much aware that I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the black women who propelled me forward. The work starts now! We mentor, we give and we propel others forward!
As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
January 1, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This is exactly how I feel about tenure. We will now have 11 tenured black faculty on our campus (10 teaching). I am very much aware that I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the black women who propelled me forward. The work starts now! We mentor, we give and we propel others forward!
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As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
My first HUGE I got tenure decision was/is leaving my laptop behind. A whole week of not working 😳😤😳😤😳😤bold!
December 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My first HUGE I got tenure decision was/is leaving my laptop behind. A whole week of not working 😳😤😳😤😳😤bold!
My friends also gifted me this fitting movie ❤️then I realized I we don’t have a single dvd player. How do people watch DVDs?
December 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My friends also gifted me this fitting movie ❤️then I realized I we don’t have a single dvd player. How do people watch DVDs?
A what now?
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A what now?
One of my sisters gave me the best tenure gift ❤️❤️❤️
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
One of my sisters gave me the best tenure gift ❤️❤️❤️
Yay @universitypress.cambridge.org is getting Death, Diversion and Departure to us sooner than previously expected.
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yay @universitypress.cambridge.org is getting Death, Diversion and Departure to us sooner than previously expected.
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Finally made it to Clarke's Bookshop in Cape Town! 🎉
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Finally made it to Clarke's Bookshop in Cape Town! 🎉
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Is Academe Discriminating Against White Men?
IMO, as a White man, a tenured Professor and a Department Chair, NO!
There have *only* been White men Chairs of my department, ever (est. 1946). We have a wall of White men School Dean photos.
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
IMO, as a White man, a tenured Professor and a Department Chair, NO!
There have *only* been White men Chairs of my department, ever (est. 1946). We have a wall of White men School Dean photos.
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Is Academe Discriminating Against White Men?
IMO, as a White man, a tenured Professor and a Department Chair, NO!
There have *only* been White men Chairs of my department, ever (est. 1946). We have a wall of White men School Dean photos.
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
IMO, as a White man, a tenured Professor and a Department Chair, NO!
There have *only* been White men Chairs of my department, ever (est. 1946). We have a wall of White men School Dean photos.
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
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When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
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Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
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Well, classics 😳
Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Well, classics 😳
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6 years ago, as I prepared to host students for Thanksgiving, I received a call informing me Harvard denied me tenure. Before I had a chance to process, it was all public. This year the memory stings more as I watch dear colleagues and friends like @durba.bsky.social experience the same violence.
Why Lorgia García Peña Was Denied Tenure at Harvard
A decision not to retain a beloved Latinx-studies professor raised questions about the university’s commitment to students of color.
www.newyorker.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
6 years ago, as I prepared to host students for Thanksgiving, I received a call informing me Harvard denied me tenure. Before I had a chance to process, it was all public. This year the memory stings more as I watch dear colleagues and friends like @durba.bsky.social experience the same violence.
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Look at this claim from the intro: “White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”
Things look very different if you go by numbers: they went from 11 tenure-track positions filled by white men in 2014 to 10 in 2024. A loss of 1.
Things look very different if you go by numbers: they went from 11 tenure-track positions filled by white men in 2014 to 10 in 2024. A loss of 1.
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Look at this claim from the intro: “White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”
Things look very different if you go by numbers: they went from 11 tenure-track positions filled by white men in 2014 to 10 in 2024. A loss of 1.
Things look very different if you go by numbers: they went from 11 tenure-track positions filled by white men in 2014 to 10 in 2024. A loss of 1.
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Random question: Was Ann Arbor always this interpersonally chilly toward Black folks, or did I simply not notice it as much while a grad student way back in the 2000s?
I am certainly feeling the cold around campus and town lately. I can't imagine what it must be like for our students. What gives?
I am certainly feeling the cold around campus and town lately. I can't imagine what it must be like for our students. What gives?
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Random question: Was Ann Arbor always this interpersonally chilly toward Black folks, or did I simply not notice it as much while a grad student way back in the 2000s?
I am certainly feeling the cold around campus and town lately. I can't imagine what it must be like for our students. What gives?
I am certainly feeling the cold around campus and town lately. I can't imagine what it must be like for our students. What gives?
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Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
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YouTube is not only widely used, but it’s also the platform the most teens visit on a daily basis. Roughly three-quarters of teens say they use it every day.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
YouTube is not only widely used, but it’s also the platform the most teens visit on a daily basis. Roughly three-quarters of teens say they use it every day.
New travel restrictions
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New travel restrictions
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish