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Paula Krebs
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Executive Director of the MLA. Book reader. Bike rider. Please renew your membership! www.mla.org/Membership/About-Membership
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Use external reviewers who are trained to look not just at curriculum but also at working conditions for full and part-time faculty, demographics of students and faculty, recruitment, retention, and more. Learn to be a reviewer like that: mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee... mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
Preconvention Workshop: Become a Certified External Reviewer for the ADE
This workshop trains faculty members to become expert external reviewers of departments and programs of English. Faculty members who wish to acquire experience in reviewing or to learn more about the ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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One of the shapers of MLA's work on AI for research and writing, @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social, is featured in the Chron's AI issue: www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion Forum | How AI Is Changing Higher Education
The technology is reshaping every aspect of university life. Fifteen scholars weigh in on what happens next.
www.chronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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We know you haven’t had time to plan for this—that’s the point! It starts tomorrow. Just sign up now
paulakrebs.bsky.social Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 16d
Are you a department chair who needs to do some planning to try to stay ahead of all this uncertainty? Enroll in this workshop series, which starts Tuesday. Five terrific facilitators. You’ll learn a ton. Tell your dean you need this. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intende...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Sign up! Starts tomorrow!
jasonrhody.bsky.social Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 14d
If you're trying to figure out how to manage massive changes in higher education, there is still time to register for this 5-session virtual workshop that helps you think about responses to threats, questions about mergers, understanding budgetary woes, & other essential topics. Starts tomorrow!
modernlanguage.bsky.social Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · Oct 8
Register now for our workshop series, How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan, and learn how to plan strategically by identifying shared values, responding to challenges with workable solutions, and operating from a position of strength. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Are you a department chair who needs to do some planning to try to stay ahead of all this uncertainty? Enroll in this workshop series, which starts Tuesday. Five terrific facilitators. You’ll learn a ton. Tell your dean you need this. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intende...
www.mla.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
paulakrebs.bsky.social
Are you a department chair who needs to do some planning to try to stay ahead of all this uncertainty? Enroll in this workshop series, which starts Tuesday. Five terrific facilitators. You’ll learn a ton. Tell your dean you need this. www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
How to Plan Strategically When There’s No Time to Plan: An MLA...
Even in the normal course of business, it can be hard to find time for strategic planning. In times of uncertainty, with added pressures, it can be even harder. This virtual workshop series is intende...
www.mla.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
paulakrebs.bsky.social
Yesterday was @mlanews.bsky.social VP Herman Beavers’s birthday, and at the Executive Council dinner he was serenaded with Happy Birthday in nine (!) different languages.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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www.raceandregency.org/podcast

We have a podcast!
Podcast — The Race & Regency Lab
www.raceandregency.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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which English or literature/ language departments around the country have the strongest insta accounts?
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We're looking for grad students who might want to work as volunteers at #MLA26 in exchange for free registration. We'll make sure you get plenty of time to go to sessions! www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Be a Volunteer at the MLA Annual Convention
The MLA is calling for nonpresenting undergraduate and graduate student volunteers to serve at the 2026 MLA Annual Convention in Toronto.Volunteering at the convention is a great way to meet new frien...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Professional development opportunities at #MLA26, in person and online. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Professional Development Hub at MLA 2026
The 2026 Professional Development Hub—online and at the convention—is your one-stop shop for all things professional development offered by the MLA. Come by and meet the academic program services and ...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Almost 100 virtual sessions in tons of different areas. If you can't come to Toronto, it doesn't mean you can't come to #MLA26. Register before Thursday for lowest rates.
paulakrebs.bsky.social Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 21d
Register before Thursday for the lowest rates for #MLA26. The latest in research in your field and so many others. Sessions on successful organizing and advocacy. And deep engagement with pedagogy.
www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Toronto skyline, calling you to the 2026 MLA annual convention
October 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Community college humanities folks: you are especially welcome. The Committee on Community Colleges prepares a list every year of all the sessions that are especially valuable for you. It'll be in the online program and on the app. @staceylee.bsky.social @ccha-humanities.bsky.social
paulakrebs.bsky.social Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 21d
Register before Thursday for the lowest rates for #MLA26. The latest in research in your field and so many others. Sessions on successful organizing and advocacy. And deep engagement with pedagogy.
www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Toronto skyline, calling you to the 2026 MLA annual convention
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
paulakrebs.bsky.social
Register before Thursday for the lowest rates for #MLA26. The latest in research in your field and so many others. Sessions on successful organizing and advocacy. And deep engagement with pedagogy.
www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Toronto skyline, calling you to the 2026 MLA annual convention
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Just a few more days for the early bird rate for #MLA26. Bringing together all fields, all periods, professional development opportunities, and tons of advocacy for what we do. act.mla.org/crm/mailing/...
Join Your Colleagues at #MLA26: Register Before Early Registration Rates End
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October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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billkole.bsky.social
It’s my book birthday! 🎂 Please buy, read and review on Amazon & Goodreads — and heartfelt thanks for your support! #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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hopkinspress.bsky.social
Philip Nel warns against the ways institutional book banning efforts lead to self-censorship

Read "Being Banned Is Not an Award" in the new issue of Bookbird

Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social thru 31 October

tinyurl.com/3hy62uye

#AcademicSky #BannedBooksWeek
“Having one's book banned is not a prize. It's an assault on the right to read. And, worse, official acts of censorship beget quiet censorship, done in anticipation of criticism. As frequently banned author Malinda Lo writes, "Self-censorship is possibly the most difficult kind of censorship to fight because it is generally not publicly admitted. It's done quietly, in private. If nobody knows it's happening, how can anyone object?"” "Being Banned Is Not an Award" Philip Nel Bookbird A Journal of International Children's Literature Volume 63, Number 3, 2025 Read free thru 31 October 2025 Illustrated with the cover art from the new issue of Bookbird
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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nehafge3403.bsky.social
The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.

There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Preconvention half-day workshops for you. Train with excellent colleagues to be an external reviewer or work on banned books or writing studies research or AI. It’s worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Toronto skyline, looking particularly fetching
October 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Sign up to come work on teaching banned books with me and Rozina Johnson!
paulakrebs.bsky.social Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · Oct 3
Check out the preconvention half-day workshops. Train to be an external reviewer or work on such topics as banned books or and writing studies research or the perennial favoite--AI. Worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Preconvention Workshops
Preconvention workshops at the 2026 MLA convention.
www.mla.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
paulakrebs.bsky.social
Check out the preconvention half-day workshops. Train to be an external reviewer or work on such topics as banned books or and writing studies research or the perennial favoite--AI. Worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Preconvention Workshops
Preconvention workshops at the 2026 MLA convention.
www.mla.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Make the most of #MLA26. Sign up for a Thursday workshop, such as Planning for What's Next for AI on Your Campus. led by members of the MLA's Task Force on AI. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Preconvention Workshops
Preconvention workshops at the 2026 MLA convention.
www.mla.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
paulakrebs.bsky.social
If you'd like some training in how to do external reviews for English or language departments, sign up for preconvention workshops at #MLA26 that'll get you certified. Learn how to look for equitable employment practices, what data to request, and more. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...
Preconvention Workshops
Preconvention workshops at the 2026 MLA convention.
www.mla.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM