@mgraziano.bsky.social
Religious Studies prof at University of Northern Iowa. Law, Public Education, National Security. Book on CIA & American religion. Probably drinking coffee. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo80657461.html Views are my own
UNI is hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction focused on Religious Ethics. This is a promotable, renewable position. Happy to answer questions!
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Assistant Professor of Instruction - Religious Ethics
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November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
UNI is hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction focused on Religious Ethics. This is a promotable, renewable position. Happy to answer questions!
uni.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UNI/job/Main... #acrel #aar #sbl
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I say this extremely seriously: one of the main skills children have to learn to be adults is to do things they *don't* find interesting. This is both because many necessary things in life are boring and because sometimes interesting things take time and effort first.
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I say this extremely seriously: one of the main skills children have to learn to be adults is to do things they *don't* find interesting. This is both because many necessary things in life are boring and because sometimes interesting things take time and effort first.
Good tips and advice here for the inevitable last minute syllabus preps, from @burnidge.bsky.social
Back to School Helps
Cara Burnidge shares four tools she likes to make syllabus prep faster, smarter, and more student-centered
usreligion.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Good tips and advice here for the inevitable last minute syllabus preps, from @burnidge.bsky.social
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Does anyone have examples of colleges or universities advertising themselves as AI-free or, better, anti-AI?
July 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Does anyone have examples of colleges or universities advertising themselves as AI-free or, better, anti-AI?
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The thing is, by refusing to truly engage with the public and to support/value scholars who do, we cede the public understanding of history to these 'history buffs,' - and at the same time, contribute to the decline of our field, as the public doesn't know what we *do* that they should pay for.
my favorite people on tiktok are the folks who call themselves “history buffs” by which they mean they read one book and then uncritically summarize it for their viewers
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The thing is, by refusing to truly engage with the public and to support/value scholars who do, we cede the public understanding of history to these 'history buffs,' - and at the same time, contribute to the decline of our field, as the public doesn't know what we *do* that they should pay for.
Useful thread on Mahmoud v. Taylor from @scribnerumcp.bsky.social.
5/ Alito’s opinion accepts a false binary from the District Court dissent, which found that “the Board had “force[d] the parents to make a choice—either adhere to their faith or receive a free public education for their children.” But that was not really the question before the court.
June 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Useful thread on Mahmoud v. Taylor from @scribnerumcp.bsky.social.
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There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
June 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
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"The NHGRI Communications Office, and with it the History of Genomics Program, was completely disbanded on April 2nd. My contractual position was finally terminated on April 28th."
The first piece in our series "The Losses"
The first piece in our series "The Losses"
The Losses: The History of Genomics Program
The archive my colleagues and I have built and maintained since 2012 is inaccessible.
contingentmagazine.org
June 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"The NHGRI Communications Office, and with it the History of Genomics Program, was completely disbanded on April 2nd. My contractual position was finally terminated on April 28th."
The first piece in our series "The Losses"
The first piece in our series "The Losses"
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It's the official publication day for the 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights!! New preface sets it in the context of the contemporary global Black Lives Matter movement.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Cold War Civil Rights
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War
press.princeton.edu
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's the official publication day for the 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights!! New preface sets it in the context of the contemporary global Black Lives Matter movement.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
reut.rs
June 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
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Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
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Good odds that June 2025 goes down as a fundamental turning point in American civil-military norms longer term (for several reasons).
June 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Good odds that June 2025 goes down as a fundamental turning point in American civil-military norms longer term (for several reasons).
OSU requiring “AI fluency” within every major.
Ohio State announces every student will use AI in class
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Starting this fall, every Ohio State student will be asked to use artificial intelligence. “Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be ‘bilingual’ — fluent …
www.nbc4i.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
OSU requiring “AI fluency” within every major.
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Foolish and counterproductive—even on the terms set by the selective austerity hawks. $258 million is a drop in the bucket. Plus, an HIV vaccine would not only save countless lives at home and abroad; it would also make HIV prevention more effective and less costly in the long run.
Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.
Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Foolish and counterproductive—even on the terms set by the selective austerity hawks. $258 million is a drop in the bucket. Plus, an HIV vaccine would not only save countless lives at home and abroad; it would also make HIV prevention more effective and less costly in the long run.
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From our spring issue: @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social on the sanctuary movement.
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Future of Sanctuary - Dissent Magazine
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org
May 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
From our spring issue: @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social on the sanctuary movement.
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...
May 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...
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Last summer, a team from @historians.org issued a report on the teaching of history in U.S. K-12 schools.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last summer, a team from @historians.org issued a report on the teaching of history in U.S. K-12 schools.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
We read two essays by @mjcressler.bsky.social in my “Religion and Race” class this semester, and here he is going for the hat trick.
Check it out!
Check it out!
@mjcressler.bsky.social for RD: what Leo XIV's family history tells us about America and its religion(s)
religiondispatches.org/leo-xiv-the-...
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Leo XIV: The (Great) Migrations Pope?
Ever since those velvet curtains parted to reveal that Robert Francis Prevost—aka Leo XIV—was the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church, journalists and meme-makers alike began joyously delighting in...
religiondispatches.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We read two essays by @mjcressler.bsky.social in my “Religion and Race” class this semester, and here he is going for the hat trick.
Check it out!
Check it out!
"If the court allows churches to operate religious charter schools, the public education system, as Americans know it, will take on an entirely new face and set of financial challenges."
Going forward, we'll have to think about ways to manage charter school growth so that public schools can stay viable.
I have ideas. More to come.
theconversation.com/religious-ch...
I have ideas. More to come.
theconversation.com/religious-ch...
Religious charter schools threaten to shift more money away from traditional public schools – and the Supreme Court is considering this idea
Public school funding could take a hit if the US Supreme Court opens the door to religious charter schools, a scholar of education law argues.
theconversation.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"If the court allows churches to operate religious charter schools, the public education system, as Americans know it, will take on an entirely new face and set of financial challenges."
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Sunday's @nytimes.com carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...
May 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sunday's @nytimes.com carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...
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BREAKING: Rumeysa OZTURK must be released from detention, a federal judge ruled Friday, describing her incarceration as an egregious First Amendment violation that could chill the speech of millions.
May 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Rumeysa OZTURK must be released from detention, a federal judge ruled Friday, describing her incarceration as an egregious First Amendment violation that could chill the speech of millions.