Kyle P. Smith
@kpsinedu.bsky.social
Former HS English teacher | Doctoral Candidate in Ed Studies at the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan | ELA and Literacies | Queer YA | 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
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Who will we see at next week's #literacies chat? Join @scottstorm.bsky.social and @karismjones.bsky.social in discussing their new book, Fandoms in the Classroom!
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Who will we see at next week's #literacies chat? Join @scottstorm.bsky.social and @karismjones.bsky.social in discussing their new book, Fandoms in the Classroom!
In seeing reports that Dems may cave to reopen the government with no substantial concessions, of course this occurs when offices are closed, when voices from angry constituents (continue to) go unheard. Regardless, I’ve made my calls, expecting them to fall on uncaring ears.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In seeing reports that Dems may cave to reopen the government with no substantial concessions, of course this occurs when offices are closed, when voices from angry constituents (continue to) go unheard. Regardless, I’ve made my calls, expecting them to fall on uncaring ears.
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Our team met this morning to discuss and plan ways we can move forward the ideas from the #Literacies homecoming chat. We've got some exciting things in the works! @clarabbott.bsky.social @lexikwoodward.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social @kpsinedu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our team met this morning to discuss and plan ways we can move forward the ideas from the #Literacies homecoming chat. We've got some exciting things in the works! @clarabbott.bsky.social @lexikwoodward.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social @carolinebr.bsky.social @kpsinedu.bsky.social
I’ve never felt more like a celebrity than when I just walked into one of my high school dissertation classroom sites with nine pizzas for their The Great Gatsby movie viewing party.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’ve never felt more like a celebrity than when I just walked into one of my high school dissertation classroom sites with nine pizzas for their The Great Gatsby movie viewing party.
One of my favorite annual events of UMich’s secondary teacher prep program happened tonight, Grand Rounds. Interns across all disciplines come together to explore how literacy practices overlap and diverge across subject matters to solve problems of practice. Always such great conversations! #GoBlue
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
One of my favorite annual events of UMich’s secondary teacher prep program happened tonight, Grand Rounds. Interns across all disciplines come together to explore how literacy practices overlap and diverge across subject matters to solve problems of practice. Always such great conversations! #GoBlue
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
A6: For this question, I return to the Bell quote that @anna-phd.bsky.social and @esp-phd.bsky.social evoked to start the chat: "We exist only in relation." In this moment, those relations are vital to our survival. I look forward to a continued #literacies community that exists far into the future.
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A6: For this question, I return to the Bell quote that @anna-phd.bsky.social and @esp-phd.bsky.social evoked to start the chat: "We exist only in relation." In this moment, those relations are vital to our survival. I look forward to a continued #literacies community that exists far into the future.
A4: I'd like to see the #literacies chat expand beyond our once a month conversations. Our team really enjoys putting the chats together, and it would be great to find ways to sustain the momentum generated within these conversations.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A4: I'd like to see the #literacies chat expand beyond our once a month conversations. Our team really enjoys putting the chats together, and it would be great to find ways to sustain the momentum generated within these conversations.
A3: As a grad student, one of my favorite things about the chats is getting to connect with scholars who I may only briefly encounter in spaces like conferences. I love learning from #literacies folks in our chats, chatting in a less formal social space.
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A3: As a grad student, one of my favorite things about the chats is getting to connect with scholars who I may only briefly encounter in spaces like conferences. I love learning from #literacies folks in our chats, chatting in a less formal social space.
A2: Some of the #literacies chat topics I've enjoyed the most were ones that centered LGBTQIA+ scholars and their work. One of the first chats I helped plan was with the brilliant @jillhdub.bsky.social, a scholar who has deeply impacted how I think about queer inclusion in school spaces.
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A2: Some of the #literacies chat topics I've enjoyed the most were ones that centered LGBTQIA+ scholars and their work. One of the first chats I helped plan was with the brilliant @jillhdub.bsky.social, a scholar who has deeply impacted how I think about queer inclusion in school spaces.
A1: Since joining the W&L Grad Student Board, I've been a member of the Twitter/BlueSky Team. I didn't know much about the chats before, but our team works to spark new conversations every month featuring different #literacies scholars and their work.
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A1: Since joining the W&L Grad Student Board, I've been a member of the Twitter/BlueSky Team. I didn't know much about the chats before, but our team works to spark new conversations every month featuring different #literacies scholars and their work.
Hi, everyone! I'm Kyle Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan (#GoBlue!) and a member of the W&L Graduate Student Board. Looking forward to tonight's #Literacies #Homecoming!
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hi, everyone! I'm Kyle Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan (#GoBlue!) and a member of the W&L Graduate Student Board. Looking forward to tonight's #Literacies #Homecoming!
Less than 24 hours, y’all!!
We encourage you to repost this RSVP if you're coming to our #literacies Homecoming!
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Less than 24 hours, y’all!!
Looking forward to this chat next Tuesday! Hoping many plan to join! #literacies
We encourage you to repost this RSVP if you're coming to our #literacies Homecoming!
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Looking forward to this chat next Tuesday! Hoping many plan to join! #literacies
Saw a sign via Instagram that said, “Your pappy didn’t run shine through these hollers for you to be a bootlicker,” and as a Kentuckian with a moonshiner great-grandfather, I deeply felt that.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Saw a sign via Instagram that said, “Your pappy didn’t run shine through these hollers for you to be a bootlicker,” and as a Kentuckian with a moonshiner great-grandfather, I deeply felt that.
Discussing and practicing planning lessons around David Levithan’s lovely middle grades novel #AnswersInThePages with my ELA Methods students tomorrow night. Did I know this is Banned Books Week when I planned the semester? …Sure. Yeah. Let’s go with that.
October 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Discussing and practicing planning lessons around David Levithan’s lovely middle grades novel #AnswersInThePages with my ELA Methods students tomorrow night. Did I know this is Banned Books Week when I planned the semester? …Sure. Yeah. Let’s go with that.
Don’t miss it! Mark your calendars. We’re hoping for record turnout!
Need some joy & reconnection right now? Come to the #literacies Homecoming! October 28, 2025 @ 7-8 CT. Let's get together to reminisce about the ideas, projects, and most importantly, people we've been able to connect with through the #literacies chat years...and imagine forward together!
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Don’t miss it! Mark your calendars. We’re hoping for record turnout!
A6:Tough q.It's easy to think that nothing we do is enough. But I'm grateful for our #literacies community.We may be a small pebble in the larger quarry of resistance, but I'm reminded (courtesy of Monica Trinidad & @ebonyteach.bsky.social) that small grains of sand can impede the cogs of a machine.
September 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A6:Tough q.It's easy to think that nothing we do is enough. But I'm grateful for our #literacies community.We may be a small pebble in the larger quarry of resistance, but I'm reminded (courtesy of Monica Trinidad & @ebonyteach.bsky.social) that small grains of sand can impede the cogs of a machine.
A5: The current administration's approach to curtail dissent is so far-reaching and multifaceted. It's horrifying. They're doing more than creating systems that instill fear around criticality. They're actively trying to rewrite the narratives that guide the nation. #literacies
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A5: The current administration's approach to curtail dissent is so far-reaching and multifaceted. It's horrifying. They're doing more than creating systems that instill fear around criticality. They're actively trying to rewrite the narratives that guide the nation. #literacies
A4:Efforts to irrevocably harm public ed are undeniable at this point. Censorship does more than erase stories from the fabric of our pluralistic society-- they legitimize only a few. As the DoE turns to partisan project like PragerU to make curriculum, goals of censorship are undeniable.#literacies
September 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A4:Efforts to irrevocably harm public ed are undeniable at this point. Censorship does more than erase stories from the fabric of our pluralistic society-- they legitimize only a few. As the DoE turns to partisan project like PragerU to make curriculum, goals of censorship are undeniable.#literacies
A2: As a queer-identifying educator who spent many years teaching in a conservative area, one of the strongest instances of censorship I experienced were moments of self-censorship guised as self-preservation. I often think about my failings because I feared for my own job and safety. #literacies
September 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A2: As a queer-identifying educator who spent many years teaching in a conservative area, one of the strongest instances of censorship I experienced were moments of self-censorship guised as self-preservation. I often think about my failings because I feared for my own job and safety. #literacies
Hi, everyone! Kyle Smith, UMich PhD Candidate in Ed Studies and member of the W&L Grad Student Board. I'm at a rehearsal dinner for a friend's wedding during tonight's chat, but I'm going to check in periodically because this chat couldn't be missed! #literacies
September 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hi, everyone! Kyle Smith, UMich PhD Candidate in Ed Studies and member of the W&L Grad Student Board. I'm at a rehearsal dinner for a friend's wedding during tonight's chat, but I'm going to check in periodically because this chat couldn't be missed! #literacies
I was just previewing the questions for this week’s chat. Definitely some spicy topics up for conversation! Looking forward to this Thursday, Sept 25th. Q’s about how to join? Lmk!
Join us Thurs. 9/25 5:00-6pm PT/ 8-9pm ET! #literacies chat on “Censorship and #Literacies.”
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I was just previewing the questions for this week’s chat. Definitely some spicy topics up for conversation! Looking forward to this Thursday, Sept 25th. Q’s about how to join? Lmk!
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First Colbert, now Kimmel.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.