Katie Ginsbach
@katieginsbach.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Spanish literature and culture. Scholar of historical fiction and the works of Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
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Too many universities are dominated by managers who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
Sharing this again because, in my experience of being a union branch leader during a massive, year-long onslaught of redundancy consultations, no one ever brought up the problem of the cost allocation death spiral. I wish I'd had this information in my arsenal. www.linkedin.com/pulse/cost-a...
The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University
The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University Accountants, as people whose business it chiefly is to bring hard news to powerful people, generally avoid emotional terms. They prefer softer, nuan...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Too many universities are dominated by managers who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
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high school teacher asks: "is there a site w short videos of people describing their professions+their college major, to help guide students, show them all the different things people do?" we made humanitiesworks.org and individual depts have alumni roundtables, but got video testimonials? please RT
HUMANITIES WORKS – posters, postcards, and handouts to support the humanities
humanitiesworks.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM
high school teacher asks: "is there a site w short videos of people describing their professions+their college major, to help guide students, show them all the different things people do?" we made humanitiesworks.org and individual depts have alumni roundtables, but got video testimonials? please RT
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how can we have good conversations in current crisis about danger that the ‘defenses’ of arts and humanities defend status quo? that’s what makes this statement better than many: it’s about the value of allowing disciplines to grow and change rather than disappear
The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present.
Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies:
www.rensoc.org.uk/statement-on...
Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies:
www.rensoc.org.uk/statement-on...
June 1, 2024 at 7:53 AM
how can we have good conversations in current crisis about danger that the ‘defenses’ of arts and humanities defend status quo? that’s what makes this statement better than many: it’s about the value of allowing disciplines to grow and change rather than disappear
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I guess my primary comment about this is that it feels that the pandemic ushered in an era in which faculty are supposed to extend endless compassion to students (fine!) but neither the students nor the conditions of academia extend compassion to us. And that is really, really hard.
All the "solutions" proposed in this involve more unpaid work from faculty to manage our own feelings about being overstretched.
I don't want a training, a coffee group, or a paid external speaker about about compassion fatigue.
I want higher pay, admin support, & actual vacation time.
I don't want a training, a coffee group, or a paid external speaker about about compassion fatigue.
I want higher pay, admin support, & actual vacation time.
“educators can’t be expected to be compassionate to students if they are not being treated compassionately themselves.”
April 14, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I guess my primary comment about this is that it feels that the pandemic ushered in an era in which faculty are supposed to extend endless compassion to students (fine!) but neither the students nor the conditions of academia extend compassion to us. And that is really, really hard.
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How do you know what to cut and what to keep when revising your book chapters? Wish someone would tell you *exactly* how to evaluate your sections and paragraphs? @allisonvandev.bsky.social and I show you exactly how to determine in our new blog post: dissertationtobook.com/chapter-revi...
March 27, 2024 at 1:39 PM
How do you know what to cut and what to keep when revising your book chapters? Wish someone would tell you *exactly* how to evaluate your sections and paragraphs? @allisonvandev.bsky.social and I show you exactly how to determine in our new blog post: dissertationtobook.com/chapter-revi...
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Every research report: Humanities majors have great career prospects!
Every research university: Here's why sadly we must restructure the humanities,
Every research university: Here's why sadly we must restructure the humanities,
March 15, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Every research report: Humanities majors have great career prospects!
Every research university: Here's why sadly we must restructure the humanities,
Every research university: Here's why sadly we must restructure the humanities,
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Make a better case for the humanities—with funders, legislators, parents. How to Advocate for the Humanities from Campus to Capitol Hill, at #MLA24: concrete strategies from dean Rebecca Walkowitz, a govt relations officer, the @humanitiesall.bsky.social, and me. mla.confex.com/mla/2024/mee...
How to Advocate for the Humanities from Campus to Capitol Hill
Everyone can be an advocate. Learn how to make a better case for language and literature programs at your institution, with funders, and with legislators. This session features concrete strategies fro...
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December 12, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Make a better case for the humanities—with funders, legislators, parents. How to Advocate for the Humanities from Campus to Capitol Hill, at #MLA24: concrete strategies from dean Rebecca Walkowitz, a govt relations officer, the @humanitiesall.bsky.social, and me. mla.confex.com/mla/2024/mee...
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it’s the second half of the headline that really gets the nausea going
November 29, 2023 at 10:30 PM
it’s the second half of the headline that really gets the nausea going
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This exactly. As a STEM prof, I’ve advised so many STEM majors whose parents said they need to be doctors because they can’t get a job with a humanities degree. The actual job market is telling us a very different story. Humanities majors get all the skills employers say they want.
November 4, 2023 at 2:26 PM
This exactly. As a STEM prof, I’ve advised so many STEM majors whose parents said they need to be doctors because they can’t get a job with a humanities degree. The actual job market is telling us a very different story. Humanities majors get all the skills employers say they want.
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URGENT: Please oppose House amendment to eliminate funding for the NEH: p2a.co/WJ0QckF
URGENT: Oppose an Amendment to Eliminate Funding for the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
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November 2, 2023 at 6:20 PM
URGENT: Please oppose House amendment to eliminate funding for the NEH: p2a.co/WJ0QckF
I’m looking forward to the conference! See you in Mälmo!
Acceptances for the #HFRC2024 have gone out. Looks like it's going to be a fab conference!
October 15, 2023 at 12:22 AM
I’m looking forward to the conference! See you in Mälmo!