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Jason Rhody
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Senior Director of Engagement Strategy (@modernlanguage.bsky.social). #HuMetricsHSS. Former: @SSRC_mtp, @NEH_ODH, @UMD_MITH, PhD English (UMD), #altac. Opinions mine.
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If you & your colleagues are working to build futures that embody the promise of higher ed, consider applying as a team to the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Learn strategies to take a values-based approach to leadership & institutional change. Info sessions Dec 12 & Jan 12. Deadline: Feb 2.
Are you wrestling with difficult decisions in #highered? Need time and space to tackle them with a team and with intention? Applications are now open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held in Portland, OR next July.
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Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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Very excited about this first online sighting of ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK: CAREER AND LIFE PATHWAYS:

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English Majors at Work
English Majors at Work: Career and Life Pathways details the professional superpowers—the many marketable skills—gained from studying literature, creative writing, film, and popular culture. It prepar...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Quick reminder: This Tuesday, the HAVI team @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will be doing a webinar about our current digital humanities/AI RFP. It is January 20, 2026, 1PM EST. Register here: www.schmidtsciences.org/opportunity/...
2026 Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI) RFP - Schmidt Sciences
Overview  [Read the full RFP] Schmidt Sciences is requesting proposals to the Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI), aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities with a particular focus ...
www.schmidtsciences.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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PROFESSION is becoming an annual issue of PMLA! Here's this year's CFP: www.mla.org/Publications...
Profession
Profession is the MLA’s journal on issues that affect members in their professional capacities as teachers, advisers, administrators, and advocates. Starting in 2026, the journal is an annual suppleme...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Grateful to @modernlanguage.bsky.social colleagues & members who contributed to this collection of resources for teaching in times of crisis. Please share!
View our new web page for resources for teaching about current events, supporting students during crisis, and information related to immigration issues. mla.org/Teaching-Crisis
February 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Change is happening across higher ed--some initiated intentionally & some brought about by a variety of outside influences. Apply by Monday, Feb 3 for the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) to bring a team to consider how to center values in your approach to change. humetricshss.org/veli/
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Feeling inspired by #MLA26 #MLA2026? Want to propose an MLA volume on pedagogy, or a new translation? Post-convention meetings with MLA acquisitions editors are available at the Calendly link below. (And of course, you can e-mail us any time of the year.)
Hi there #MLA26 #MLA2026, I'm looking forward to talking with you about your book proposals. Sign up at this link for an online meeting. The MLA books program focuses on edited collections about teaching, literary translations, and guides for students. calendly.com/jaimecleland...
Meet with the MLA book acquisitions editors - Jaime Cleland
Sign up for a 15-minute appointment to ask questions and discuss possible book projects with the MLA acquisitions editors, James Hatch and Jaime Cleland.Learn more about our publishing programVisit ou...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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And be sure to check out our fantastic authors and editors at their panels throughout #MLA26!
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Hi there #MLA26 #MLA2026, I'm looking forward to talking with you about your book proposals. Sign up at this link for an online meeting. The MLA books program focuses on edited collections about teaching, literary translations, and guides for students. calendly.com/jaimecleland...
Meet with the MLA book acquisitions editors - Jaime Cleland
Sign up for a 15-minute appointment to ask questions and discuss possible book projects with the MLA acquisitions editors, James Hatch and Jaime Cleland.Learn more about our publishing programVisit ou...
calendly.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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We covered pros and cons of a range of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation strategies for reducing AI misuse in today's panel for
#MLA26, sponsored by the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The chat was lively!
Slides: mlaai.short.gy/2026 (The polls are open)
When do we need to know what is AI and what is student writing? How can we know?
Anna Mills, presider Elizabeth Losh, Holly Hassel, and Leonardo Flores, speakers Sponsored by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching Modern Language Association Convention, January 9, 2026 ...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
These are just a fraction of the amazing posters in the #MLA26 Innovation Room, which highlights curricular innovation, public humanities projects, & Pathways Step Grant projects supporting recruitment, retention, & career readiness initiatives. Join us in room 718A (830-1130, Friday Jan 9)!
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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We hope you'll join us for these important conversations at #MLA26! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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If you're attending the upcoming @historians.org or @modernlanguage.bsky.social meetings, join sessions related to the Doctoral Futures initiative: https://bit.ly/3YtXXb7
Doctoral Futures Events
A schedule of events related to Doctoral Futures at the upcoming annual conventions for the AHA and the MLA.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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We're excited to announce that we've launched a new Instagram account for news and updates from the MLA. Follow us @modernlanguageassn!
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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you & your colleagues are working to build futures that embody the promise of higher ed, consider applying as a team to the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Learn strategies to take a values-based approach to leadership & institutional change. Info sessions Dec 12 & Jan 12. Deadline: Feb 2.
Are you wrestling with difficult decisions in #highered? Need time and space to tackle them with a team and with intention? Applications are now open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held in Portland, OR next July.
humetricshss.org/veli
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
humetricshss.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!

Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025
Our project, Linked Open Profiles, is a WordPress plugin designed to display ORCID profile data directly on websites. With ORCID Global Participation Fund (GPF) support, we moved the tool from a proto...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If you're trying to figure out how to manage massive changes in higher education, there is still time to register for this 5-session virtual workshop that helps you think about responses to threats, questions about mergers, understanding budgetary woes, & other essential topics. Starts tomorrow!
Register now for our workshop series, How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan, and learn how to plan strategically by identifying shared values, responding to challenges with workable solutions, and operating from a position of strength. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intended...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Free webinar tomorrow on AI!
Reminder: we’re hosting a free webinar tomorrow! Register for AI in the French Higher Ed Classroom to discover strategies for redesigning writing classes to enhance critical thinking, using AI to design pedagogical materials, building chatbots, and more. www.mla.org/Events/Webin...
MLA Professional Development Webinars
The MLA offers professional development programming throughout the year to support members and those working in languages, literatures, and the humanities. Additional free virtual programming can be...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Are you a humanities graduate student or are you a faculty member with grad students on the market? This is a great opportunity to get detailed advice about why and how to pursue a career at a community college. First session is tomorrow, Oct 7!

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The Brass Tacks of Community College Careers: An MLA...
With over a thousand two-year colleges across the nation, candidates who broaden their job search to community colleges dramatically expand their career options and have opportunities to serve the lar...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Funding opportunity for the humanities. Deadline October 29. Please share!
Deadline for @modernlanguage.bsky.social Pathways Step Grants is Oct 29! Looking to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate humanities students? Reach out with questions and please share!

www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
MLA Pathways Step Grants
Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.
www.mla.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Deadline for @modernlanguage.bsky.social Pathways Step Grants is Oct 29! Looking to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate humanities students? Reach out with questions and please share!

www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
MLA Pathways Step Grants
Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.
www.mla.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Join us at 2pm Eastern today (Monday, September 29) for "Supporting Faculty Research in Difficult Times," a free webinar from @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sharing again for the Monday crowd.
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There's a lot happening in higher ed. If you're looking for support & community as you navigate this evolving landscape, consider the @modernlanguage.bsky.social 5-session virtual workshop series "How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan."
www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intende...
www.mla.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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"Many history curricula already discuss the past in a way that doesn’t allow nuance, & National History Day gave me a path to explore the people, events and injustices that are traditionally ignored." - thank you for these words, @mariumzahra.bsky.social
#NEH #Texas #NationalHistoryDay #humanities
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ELSI for AI: Learning from genetics to govern algorithms
In the United States, the summer of 2025 will be remembered as artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) cruel summer—a season when the unheeded risks and dangers of AI became undeniably clear. Recent months h...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM