Julie Posselt
@julieposselt.bsky.social
Gatekeeping, equity, culture, & wellbeing in higher ed & the disciplines
Professor; Associate Dean; Director of EquityGradEd.org & the Center for Enrollment, Research, Policy, & Practice
🧘♀️ she/her/mom; speaking for myself
Professor; Associate Dean; Director of EquityGradEd.org & the Center for Enrollment, Research, Policy, & Practice
🧘♀️ she/her/mom; speaking for myself
Reposted by Julie Posselt
Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
Reposted by Julie Posselt
AERA members Mike Steele, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @doctadre.bsky.social, and William Penuel comment on the devastating impact of National Science Foundation cuts to STEM education research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AERA members Mike Steele, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @doctadre.bsky.social, and William Penuel comment on the devastating impact of National Science Foundation cuts to STEM education research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
Canadian cafés are changing Americano to Canadiano in response to the tariff nonsense ☕️
May 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Canadian cafés are changing Americano to Canadiano in response to the tariff nonsense ☕️
It’s been an honor to serve on NSF’s advisory committee for the STEM Education Directorate. May its “disestablishment” be brief.
I will continue to advocate the value of gathering experts w varied perspectives on science to support and guide major funders. In a democracy, is there any other way?
I will continue to advocate the value of gathering experts w varied perspectives on science to support and guide major funders. In a democracy, is there any other way?
NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
www.nsf.gov
April 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It’s been an honor to serve on NSF’s advisory committee for the STEM Education Directorate. May its “disestablishment” be brief.
I will continue to advocate the value of gathering experts w varied perspectives on science to support and guide major funders. In a democracy, is there any other way?
I will continue to advocate the value of gathering experts w varied perspectives on science to support and guide major funders. In a democracy, is there any other way?
Making a piña colada in the blender this evening in lieu of another episode of White Lotus. 🥥🍍💀
April 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Making a piña colada in the blender this evening in lieu of another episode of White Lotus. 🥥🍍💀
The New York Department of Education is refusing to certify that school districts are eliminating DEI initiatives, citing that the “U.S. Education Department has no legal right to threaten to withhold federal funding over its own interpretation of the law.”
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Trump gave states 10 days to sign anti-DEI policy. NY Education Department is refusing.
In a Friday letter to the U.S. Education Department, New York officials said they will not certify that the state is eliminating DEI in schools, despite threats to pull federal funding.
www.chalkbeat.org
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The New York Department of Education is refusing to certify that school districts are eliminating DEI initiatives, citing that the “U.S. Education Department has no legal right to threaten to withhold federal funding over its own interpretation of the law.”
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Please note: This is the same entity that he also claimed today should manage federal financial aid if the Department of Education is shuttered. 🤦♀️
The Trump administration on Friday is expected to cut 40% of the Small Business Administration staff as part of its wider effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy, three sources familiar with the plans told CBS News.
Trump administration expected to cut 40% of Small Business Administration staff
The Trump administration is expected to cut 40% of the Small Business Administration staff, three sources familiar with the plans told CBS News.
cbsn.ws
March 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Please note: This is the same entity that he also claimed today should manage federal financial aid if the Department of Education is shuttered. 🤦♀️
Reposted by Julie Posselt
I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests.
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests.
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
Reposted by Julie Posselt
Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training
This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
If you have not, since January, spent a couple of hours just reading a book at a pleasing cafe of your choosing, may I suggest this $5 technique for recentering.
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you have not, since January, spent a couple of hours just reading a book at a pleasing cafe of your choosing, may I suggest this $5 technique for recentering.
It’s easy to get caught up in the political churn, but today this is the news that has my attention. Having hiked near those transformers the weekend the fire, and loathed their buzzing, I don’t know the last time I have felt such visceral support for a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/u...
Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility’s equipment sparked wildfire | CNN
Los Angeles County said Wednesday that it’s suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked January’s Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 pe...
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s easy to get caught up in the political churn, but today this is the news that has my attention. Having hiked near those transformers the weekend the fire, and loathed their buzzing, I don’t know the last time I have felt such visceral support for a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/u...
Reposted by Julie Posselt
“What university leaders must realize is they are coming for your funding, no matter what. They are coming for the Dept of Ed, no matter what…The new segregationists are coming for public education no matter what, because it is a civil right that multiple targeted communities fought for.”
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“What university leaders must realize is they are coming for your funding, no matter what. They are coming for the Dept of Ed, no matter what…The new segregationists are coming for public education no matter what, because it is a civil right that multiple targeted communities fought for.”
Reposted by Julie Posselt
Proud to be part of the team that put this paper on neurodivergence and the PhD together! 🫶 @dianatan.bsky.social for leading us in this project!
📢 New preprint alert: osf.io/preprints/os...
We conducted a systematic review to synthesise existing literature on the experiences of neurodivergent research students. As there is little empirical studies on this topic, we included perspective articles written by neurodivergent people. 🧵
We conducted a systematic review to synthesise existing literature on the experiences of neurodivergent research students. As there is little empirical studies on this topic, we included perspective articles written by neurodivergent people. 🧵
OSF
osf.io
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Proud to be part of the team that put this paper on neurodivergence and the PhD together! 🫶 @dianatan.bsky.social for leading us in this project!
Three major reasons why higher ed administrators must not rush to comply with the 2/14 Department of Education DCL, according to @garceslm.bsky.social:
-The letter is a massive overreach
-It contradicts the court’s ruling
-It enforcement threats are unconstitutional
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
-The letter is a massive overreach
-It contradicts the court’s ruling
-It enforcement threats are unconstitutional
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter
The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.
www.chronicle.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Three major reasons why higher ed administrators must not rush to comply with the 2/14 Department of Education DCL, according to @garceslm.bsky.social:
-The letter is a massive overreach
-It contradicts the court’s ruling
-It enforcement threats are unconstitutional
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
-The letter is a massive overreach
-It contradicts the court’s ruling
-It enforcement threats are unconstitutional
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
Reposted by Julie Posselt
“Far from harmless, the crusade against DEI has been a way of laundering racist policies into the mainstream. The anti-woke right’s public focus on hollow cultural signifiers obscures their actual goal: undoing the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement.”
www.theverge.com/politics/613...
www.theverge.com/politics/613...
The war on DEI is a smoke screen
MAGA’s attacks on “wokeness” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.
www.theverge.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Far from harmless, the crusade against DEI has been a way of laundering racist policies into the mainstream. The anti-woke right’s public focus on hollow cultural signifiers obscures their actual goal: undoing the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement.”
www.theverge.com/politics/613...
www.theverge.com/politics/613...
Would you please consider reposting this? The Department of Education needs to hear from as many people as possible that it is not acceptable in the year of our Lord 2025 to offer only two gender options. Thank you.
Love, Julie/Mommy of a non-binary college student
Love, Julie/Mommy of a non-binary college student
Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Would you please consider reposting this? The Department of Education needs to hear from as many people as possible that it is not acceptable in the year of our Lord 2025 to offer only two gender options. Thank you.
Love, Julie/Mommy of a non-binary college student
Love, Julie/Mommy of a non-binary college student
DCA airport: Just overheard a man on his phone ranting loudly about democracy, and it was unclear what party he stood for and this is more of the energy we need
February 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
DCA airport: Just overheard a man on his phone ranting loudly about democracy, and it was unclear what party he stood for and this is more of the energy we need
I spoke with the @nytimes.com for this piece on the ripple effects for science of recent executive orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences (Gift Article)
President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I spoke with the @nytimes.com for this piece on the ripple effects for science of recent executive orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
I haven’t the heart to tell my own darling doge that her breed has been co-opted.
February 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I haven’t the heart to tell my own darling doge that her breed has been co-opted.
"Opportunity deleted."
Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
February 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Opportunity deleted."
Instead of valentines this year, I’m sending copies of this tiny little book to family and friends. If you have not read it, get two copies today— one to keep and one to give.
The first lesson: Do not obey in advance.
The second: Defend institutions.
It could not be more relevant.
The first lesson: Do not obey in advance.
The second: Defend institutions.
It could not be more relevant.
February 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Instead of valentines this year, I’m sending copies of this tiny little book to family and friends. If you have not read it, get two copies today— one to keep and one to give.
The first lesson: Do not obey in advance.
The second: Defend institutions.
It could not be more relevant.
The first lesson: Do not obey in advance.
The second: Defend institutions.
It could not be more relevant.
Too bad Oceans 12 has already been produced….
A heist in Pennsylvania has left authorities shell-shocked: 100,000 organic eggs were stolen from a facility in Greencastle, just north of the Maryland border.
The egg heist, worth approximately $40,000, comes at a time of record-high wholesale egg prices in the country and reports of shortages.
The egg heist, worth approximately $40,000, comes at a time of record-high wholesale egg prices in the country and reports of shortages.
Authorities scramble to crack case of 100,000-egg heist in Pennsylvania
About $40,000 worth of eggs were taken from a trailer belonging to Pete and Gerry’s Organics, police said. U.S. wholesale egg prices are at a record high.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Too bad Oceans 12 has already been produced….
The best thing I have heard or read on the Administration’s efforts to consolidate executive power & undermine institutions that might push back.
Trump is one of a kind, but he & his people are pulling straight from a playbook of autocratic legalism (eg Hungary, Venezuela)
overcast.fm/+AADon2WNQvw
Trump is one of a kind, but he & his people are pulling straight from a playbook of autocratic legalism (eg Hungary, Venezuela)
overcast.fm/+AADon2WNQvw
Trump’s American Takeover — Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
If you’re punch-drunk and disoriented this week, come on in. Donald J Trump’s second administration is materializing at frightening speed and recklessness and it is hard (and stressful) to keep up wit...
overcast.fm
February 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The best thing I have heard or read on the Administration’s efforts to consolidate executive power & undermine institutions that might push back.
Trump is one of a kind, but he & his people are pulling straight from a playbook of autocratic legalism (eg Hungary, Venezuela)
overcast.fm/+AADon2WNQvw
Trump is one of a kind, but he & his people are pulling straight from a playbook of autocratic legalism (eg Hungary, Venezuela)
overcast.fm/+AADon2WNQvw
Truth! Spread the word:
“He is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality…
The real threat is if he convinces the rest of us to believe he has power he does not… Don’t believe him.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“He is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality…
The real threat is if he convinces the rest of us to believe he has power he does not… Don’t believe him.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Don't Believe Him
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Truth! Spread the word:
“He is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality…
The real threat is if he convinces the rest of us to believe he has power he does not… Don’t believe him.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“He is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality…
The real threat is if he convinces the rest of us to believe he has power he does not… Don’t believe him.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...