Michele Stephens, PhD
@michelemariephd.bsky.social
Former AssocProf, PhD-LatAm History, LLM- Human Rights Law, researches gender-based violence and domestic abuse; (New) Jersey Girl
New piece forthcoming:“Carcerality in Mexican History.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History. A comment from the editor: "I'm not sure anything like this exists for the field, so you've done immense service in creating this comprehensive bibliography." Super proud of my work!
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New piece forthcoming:“Carcerality in Mexican History.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History. A comment from the editor: "I'm not sure anything like this exists for the field, so you've done immense service in creating this comprehensive bibliography." Super proud of my work!
Because everything in the world seems absolutely terrible right now, he’s my first successful logburner fire.
Now to get up, start revising some articles, and begin the process of switching visas and job hunting
Now to get up, start revising some articles, and begin the process of switching visas and job hunting
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Because everything in the world seems absolutely terrible right now, he’s my first successful logburner fire.
Now to get up, start revising some articles, and begin the process of switching visas and job hunting
Now to get up, start revising some articles, and begin the process of switching visas and job hunting
To follow up on my previous post, as it’s evident I’ll never get to teach it again at my former institution, I do a really great and wildly popular class on Aztecs, Incas and Mayas (I didn’t create the class or come up with the title, but I made it “mine”).
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
To follow up on my previous post, as it’s evident I’ll never get to teach it again at my former institution, I do a really great and wildly popular class on Aztecs, Incas and Mayas (I didn’t create the class or come up with the title, but I made it “mine”).
Looking for some online teaching for next semester! World history, any theme of LatAm history, I’m your girl!!
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Looking for some online teaching for next semester! World history, any theme of LatAm history, I’m your girl!!
Completed my first half marathon in 2:22.25. I’m well pleased, it was windy and hilly at times, but I did it. And I loved it. And I raised over £400 for #rspcasuffolk! #ipswichhalf
Now back to job hunting…
Now back to job hunting…
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Completed my first half marathon in 2:22.25. I’m well pleased, it was windy and hilly at times, but I did it. And I loved it. And I raised over £400 for #rspcasuffolk! #ipswichhalf
Now back to job hunting…
Now back to job hunting…
Reposted by Michele Stephens, PhD
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
But”the media” is mostly complicit in this madness, so why would they call him on this?
I have read Trump’s “war department” EO.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
September 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
But”the media” is mostly complicit in this madness, so why would they call him on this?
UK based folks: does anyone know of agencies that specifically assist skilled workers or global talent in finding new roles? In the US they’re called headhunting firms, but I don’t know if that’s the right term in the UK? I’d consider Ireland as well
September 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
UK based folks: does anyone know of agencies that specifically assist skilled workers or global talent in finding new roles? In the US they’re called headhunting firms, but I don’t know if that’s the right term in the UK? I’d consider Ireland as well
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.- William Shakespeare, The Tempest
August 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.- William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Teaching at a new university for the first time. I'm really excited to "meet" (virtually) my students at University of Louisiana. I've even taught myself Panopto!
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Teaching at a new university for the first time. I'm really excited to "meet" (virtually) my students at University of Louisiana. I've even taught myself Panopto!
Also, give a little love to the pups and kitties of Suffolk by donating to my Ipswich Half Marathon goal! You can donate in £ or $ and many thanks! www.justgiving.com/page/michele...
I'm running the Ipswich Half Marathon for RSPCA Suffolk Central branch!
Help Michele Marie raise money to support RSPCA Suffolk Central Branch
www.justgiving.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Also, give a little love to the pups and kitties of Suffolk by donating to my Ipswich Half Marathon goal! You can donate in £ or $ and many thanks! www.justgiving.com/page/michele...
Right-o, so I’m teaching the Colonial LatAm survey online for the first time in a few years. I’ve not taught a full semester online class in awhile, so I’m struggling a bit with final assignments. Any suggestions hivemind?
July 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Right-o, so I’m teaching the Colonial LatAm survey online for the first time in a few years. I’ve not taught a full semester online class in awhile, so I’m struggling a bit with final assignments. Any suggestions hivemind?
Trying to explain to a Brit why I can’t just up and switch to a better paying job, whilst on a visa in their country, is so goddamned exhausting that I just give up
July 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trying to explain to a Brit why I can’t just up and switch to a better paying job, whilst on a visa in their country, is so goddamned exhausting that I just give up
A good post. I still teach online here and there, but as someone who left a tenured position in the US for the UK, moving abroad to a new academic position is available to a select few, to which the author alludes. UK higher ed is a mess and immigration policies restrictive. No academic post for me!
July 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A good post. I still teach online here and there, but as someone who left a tenured position in the US for the UK, moving abroad to a new academic position is available to a select few, to which the author alludes. UK higher ed is a mess and immigration policies restrictive. No academic post for me!
Absolutely ☠️🤣
July 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Absolutely ☠️🤣
US Police State (to the tune of Agnostic Front’s NY Police State, for all you old punk rockers)
What the fuck is going on
What the fuck is going on
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
US Police State (to the tune of Agnostic Front’s NY Police State, for all you old punk rockers)
What the fuck is going on
What the fuck is going on
This is a great piece. Perhaps I’ll draft my own someday about leaving the academy in 2022 for the precarity (and poverty) of immigration to the UK.
But this piece by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is brilliant for today
But this piece by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is brilliant for today
The amazing @shannonmattern.bsky.social wrote about her departure from the academy. From title to final period, I have so many feelings about this piece that I can't articulate. @shannonmattern.bsky.social is such a generous and brilliant scholar.
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I Prefer Weeds to Ivy
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is a great piece. Perhaps I’ll draft my own someday about leaving the academy in 2022 for the precarity (and poverty) of immigration to the UK.
But this piece by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is brilliant for today
But this piece by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is brilliant for today
Reposted by Michele Stephens, PhD
Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK?
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK?
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK?
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK?
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers).
Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things.
TIA
Montserrat, you are pretty magical
July 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Montserrat, you are pretty magical
Holiday mode engaged
June 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Holiday mode engaged
Two more days until Spain. Let’s see how my Spanish has held up after like 6 years of not speaking it.
Also, time for all the gazpacho and croquetas
Also, time for all the gazpacho and croquetas
June 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Two more days until Spain. Let’s see how my Spanish has held up after like 6 years of not speaking it.
Also, time for all the gazpacho and croquetas
Also, time for all the gazpacho and croquetas
That’s absolutely repulsive. “This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have done to the world.”
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Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE | Yanis Varoufuckice
This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have don...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
That’s absolutely repulsive. “This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have done to the world.”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...