John Worsencroft
@johnworsencroft.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History. Director, School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech University. I research and write at the intersections of gender, war, society, and policy. USMC veteran.
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Attention! We are hiring in sociology/criminology. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. I'm on the search committee and will do my best to answer any questions. Thanks! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and will contin...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Attention! We are hiring in sociology/criminology. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. I'm on the search committee and will do my best to answer any questions. Thanks! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
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👇 for any Texas tech folks searching for the exits...
Come work with me!!!! It’s a great environment, and not just because I’m here. We are an interdisciplinary unit housed within a (dare I say rapidly?) growing College of Liberal Arts. We will have a brand new 45 million dollar building in 2027. Yes! In Louisiana! Believe it!
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September 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
👇 for any Texas tech folks searching for the exits...
Hey, the School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech is hiring two assistant professors (tenure-track), one in political science and one in sociology. Come work with us! Job ads to follow...
September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hey, the School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech is hiring two assistant professors (tenure-track), one in political science and one in sociology. Come work with us! Job ads to follow...
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Shreveport is getting a Total Wine. The only news that could be better than this is a Trader Joe's
September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Shreveport is getting a Total Wine. The only news that could be better than this is a Trader Joe's
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Today I start my ninth year at Louisiana Tech, and my second as director. One more year and I'll get a set of steak knives!
September 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today I start my ninth year at Louisiana Tech, and my second as director. One more year and I'll get a set of steak knives!
Every history survey I teach begins with two weeks of information literacy training. In feedback at the end of the quarter, students frequently tell me that learning how to identify credible sources online was the most valuable lesson they learned in my class.
Adding just six hours of media literacy training to an American Government course significantly improved students’ ability to identify credible sources and boosted their confidence in evaluating where information comes from.
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College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened
Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Every history survey I teach begins with two weeks of information literacy training. In feedback at the end of the quarter, students frequently tell me that learning how to identify credible sources online was the most valuable lesson they learned in my class.
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Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
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August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned
I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
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A Louisiana Tech student is a counselor at Camp Mystic and helped save campers.
July 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A Louisiana Tech student is a counselor at Camp Mystic and helped save campers.
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The talking point that little girls have to settle for fewer dolls to soften the collapse of the consumer economy is genius. Women be shopping, and this whole thing smacks of gender.
May 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The talking point that little girls have to settle for fewer dolls to soften the collapse of the consumer economy is genius. Women be shopping, and this whole thing smacks of gender.
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Academia has officially entered its late Soviet phase: students pretend to work and professors pretend to grade them
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
May 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Academia has officially entered its late Soviet phase: students pretend to work and professors pretend to grade them
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historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?
April 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?
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Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
April 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
Putting this out there again. We shook the job tree and three tenure lines fell out! One each in history, sociology, and political science. Come work with us!
Pleased to announce that the School of History and Social Sciences here at Louisiana Tech is hiring THREE new tenure track assistant professors: history, political science, and sociology! Contact me directly with any questions. Links to each job ad below.
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Putting this out there again. We shook the job tree and three tenure lines fell out! One each in history, sociology, and political science. Come work with us!
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Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Assistant Professor of History
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...
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April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Pleased to announce that the School of History and Social Sciences here at Louisiana Tech is hiring THREE new tenure track assistant professors: history, political science, and sociology! Contact me directly with any questions. Links to each job ad below.
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pleased to announce that the School of History and Social Sciences here at Louisiana Tech is hiring THREE new tenure track assistant professors: history, political science, and sociology! Contact me directly with any questions. Links to each job ad below.
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OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
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to be fair they did used to have an episode of crash course.
January 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
to be fair they did used to have an episode of crash course.
Back to the grind tomorrow.
January 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Back to the grind tomorrow.
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Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW
December 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW
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2024 was the year I finished my masters in history. My favorite seminars - War & Society and WWI - have really shaped how I study and teach history. Thank you Dr Anderson & Dr Worsencroft for pushing me out of my comfort zone and guiding me through the program. Always grateful.
December 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
2024 was the year I finished my masters in history. My favorite seminars - War & Society and WWI - have really shaped how I study and teach history. Thank you Dr Anderson & Dr Worsencroft for pushing me out of my comfort zone and guiding me through the program. Always grateful.
It's 72 degrees out and I'm just eating Ferrero Rochers and sipping eggnog, trying not to think too much about it all.
December 24, 2024 at 9:12 PM
It's 72 degrees out and I'm just eating Ferrero Rochers and sipping eggnog, trying not to think too much about it all.
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Wondering who will win: You Aren’t Allowed to Read versus You Aren’t Able to Read
The bold position taken by this candidate for State Librarian in New Hampshire? People should be able to read what they want to read. That's it. That's all. It's all so outrageous.
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Under pressure from some conservative activists, Sununu pulls state librarian nominee
Critics took issue with the nominee’s past work helping colleagues respond to book challenges.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Wondering who will win: You Aren’t Allowed to Read versus You Aren’t Able to Read