Jessica M. Smith
@thatminesgirl.bsky.social
Anthropologist & STS scholar | Energy geek | Author of Extracting Accountability | Editing @EngrStudies | Prof Engineering, Design & Society @coschoolofmines views my own | jessicamsmith.net
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Are you researching the multiple modes of agency, participation, and design engaged in low carbon transitions? We are accepting contributions for the special issue "Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions". Abstracts are due on October 1, 2025.
More info:
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Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions
think.taylorandfrancis.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Are you researching the multiple modes of agency, participation, and design engaged in low carbon transitions? We are accepting contributions for the special issue "Co-creating Low-Carbon Transitions". Abstracts are due on October 1, 2025.
More info:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
More info:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Super proud to share the research Casey lead on how climate change is shifting the co-existence of agriculture and artisanal gold mining in rural Colombia! @sthv.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Rethinking Extractivism in a Changing Climate: Complementary Gold and Coffee Livelihoods in the Steep, Tropical Andes - Casey Gibson, Jessica Smith, 2025
In the municipality of Andes, agriculture rules the steep surface of la tierra, while informal miners pick and blast subterranean tunnels to make a living from ...
journals.sagepub.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Super proud to share the research Casey lead on how climate change is shifting the co-existence of agriculture and artisanal gold mining in rural Colombia! @sthv.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
First they came for the "DEI and justice" grants, and when they purged those with success, now are going after the others. When are we going to learn this historical lesson?
Welp…NSF will now suspend the awarding of new and existing research grants until further notice.
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
First they came for the "DEI and justice" grants, and when they purged those with success, now are going after the others. When are we going to learn this historical lesson?
The May 5th deadline for Energy Ethics 2026 is coming up!
Join @mettehigh.bsky.social, @energy-ethics.bsky.social and myself in St Andrews for Energy Ethics 2026. Excited to reflect on how much has changed in the ten years since our original conference. Info on submitting panel abstracts & registering: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/ee202...
EE2026: Infrastructures of Energy – Call for panel abstracts | Energy Ethics
energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The May 5th deadline for Energy Ethics 2026 is coming up!
“[Wyoming leaders] like to talk about our work ethic and how we love our workers; We get the job done and we don’t complain,” Kindred said. “But when it comes time to put our policies and our efforts where our mouth is, we just want workers to be our mascot. We don’t really want to support them...”
It's #WorkersMemorialDay, a solemn occasion to commemorate those who have died on the job. In Wyoming, which kills workers at the highest rates in the nation, advocates say officials are ignoring the carnage.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/labor-advoca...
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/labor-advoca...
Labor advocates: Most lethal state in the nation for workers ignores blue-collar plight - WyoFile
It's Workers Memorial Day. Yet Wyoming elected officials mostly silent in wake of yet another alarming report of workplace carnage, advocates say.
wyofile.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“[Wyoming leaders] like to talk about our work ethic and how we love our workers; We get the job done and we don’t complain,” Kindred said. “But when it comes time to put our policies and our efforts where our mouth is, we just want workers to be our mascot. We don’t really want to support them...”
Beyond thrilled to join the ranks of #CarnegieFellows, spend next year's sabbatical doing research in Gillette and Pueblo, and draft my next book manuscript about how the #energytransition is reshaping the political landscape for working Americans.
Jessica M. Smith named 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
An anthropologist who studies energy, engineering and public accountability, Smith is one of 26 scholars across the United States – and the first Mines professor ever – selected for the prestigious ho...
www.minesnewsroom.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Beyond thrilled to join the ranks of #CarnegieFellows, spend next year's sabbatical doing research in Gillette and Pueblo, and draft my next book manuscript about how the #energytransition is reshaping the political landscape for working Americans.
Join @mettehigh.bsky.social, @energy-ethics.bsky.social and myself in St Andrews for Energy Ethics 2026. Excited to reflect on how much has changed in the ten years since our original conference. Info on submitting panel abstracts & registering: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/ee202...
EE2026: Infrastructures of Energy – Call for panel abstracts | Energy Ethics
energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Join @mettehigh.bsky.social, @energy-ethics.bsky.social and myself in St Andrews for Energy Ethics 2026. Excited to reflect on how much has changed in the ten years since our original conference. Info on submitting panel abstracts & registering: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/ee202...
Even in Wyoming
Crowd jeers Hageman at tense Laramie town hall. She calls them ‘hysterical.’ - story by Maggie Mullen, images by Megan Johnson, video by @annabrader.bsky.social @wyofile.com wyofile.com/crowd-jeers-...
Crowd jeers Hageman at tense Laramie town hall. She calls them ‘hysterical.’ - WyoFile
Wyoming’s lone congresswoman faced tough questions and angry constituents Wednesday night.
wyofile.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Even in Wyoming
1 of my books and 20 articles
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1 of my books and 20 articles
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Le management et l'ingénierie partagent une longue histoire.
Ce numéro de Engineering Studies rappelle que l'histoire a montré que la science appliquée n'est pas neutre.
La montée de l'autoritarisme devrait inciter les ingénieurs à réfléchir de manière critique à leur rôle social.
Ce numéro de Engineering Studies rappelle que l'histoire a montré que la science appliquée n'est pas neutre.
La montée de l'autoritarisme devrait inciter les ingénieurs à réfléchir de manière critique à leur rôle social.
under the leadership of editor-in-chief @thatminesgirl.bsky.social the @engrstudies.bsky.social board members (incl. @dmriley.bsky.social & @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social) & former EOCs (Gary Downey & me) have put our names to an editorial regarding current "events"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have been here Before: Reflections on Engineering and Authoritarianism
Published in Engineering Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Le management et l'ingénierie partagent une longue histoire.
Ce numéro de Engineering Studies rappelle que l'histoire a montré que la science appliquée n'est pas neutre.
La montée de l'autoritarisme devrait inciter les ingénieurs à réfléchir de manière critique à leur rôle social.
Ce numéro de Engineering Studies rappelle que l'histoire a montré que la science appliquée n'est pas neutre.
La montée de l'autoritarisme devrait inciter les ingénieurs à réfléchir de manière critique à leur rôle social.
More bold than my usual brand, but absolutely necessary for what we are living. Thank you @ccmmody.bsky.social, @engrstudies.bsky.social, @dmriley.bsky.social, @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social.
under the leadership of editor-in-chief @thatminesgirl.bsky.social the @engrstudies.bsky.social board members (incl. @dmriley.bsky.social & @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social) & former EOCs (Gary Downey & me) have put our names to an editorial regarding current "events"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have been here Before: Reflections on Engineering and Authoritarianism
Published in Engineering Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
More bold than my usual brand, but absolutely necessary for what we are living. Thank you @ccmmody.bsky.social, @engrstudies.bsky.social, @dmriley.bsky.social, @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social.
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The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers today.
The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order
The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order, the latest in a series of layoffs throughout the US government as the Trump administration se...
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers today.
The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
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if you know of any promising undergraduates interested in getting a master's degree in an STS-related field, please point them toward the ESST (1-year) and CAST (2-year) programs. outstanding instructors, curriculum, fellow students & training for a PhD or many other careers.
We’re excited to announce the Rachel and Alan Wyatt #STS #Scholarship! Established by @sallywyatt.bsky.social in memory of her parents, it supports EU/EER students facing financial barriers in pursuing a master’s in ESST or CAST at FASoS.
Learn more & apply👉 tinyurl.com/38ncyay4
Learn more & apply👉 tinyurl.com/38ncyay4
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
if you know of any promising undergraduates interested in getting a master's degree in an STS-related field, please point them toward the ESST (1-year) and CAST (2-year) programs. outstanding instructors, curriculum, fellow students & training for a PhD or many other careers.
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So do we have contract law anymore or nah?
So far, the president’s freeze on climate and infrastructure law spending has been covered as a constitutional issue.
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it:
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
The Next Front of Trump’s Renewables War Is Contract Law
And that’s on top of the constitutional questions.
heatmap.news
February 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So do we have contract law anymore or nah?
So manly! “Nothing can destroy coal. Not the weather, not a bomb, nothing. It might make it a little smaller, might make it a little different shape. But coal is very strong.” x.com/Acyn/status/...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So manly! “Nothing can destroy coal. Not the weather, not a bomb, nothing. It might make it a little smaller, might make it a little different shape. But coal is very strong.” x.com/Acyn/status/...
Excellent and highly anticipated special issue!
December 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Excellent and highly anticipated special issue!
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Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
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December 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.
And nary a word on Herzog's recent "reality check" on DAC! energy.mit.edu/news/technol...
December 23, 2024 at 1:49 PM
And nary a word on Herzog's recent "reality check" on DAC! energy.mit.edu/news/technol...
Amen! Frustration with how rural folks and miners are portrayed by academics is also what inspired my dissertation on Wyoming miners. “Who’s going to trust the experts when that’s what the experts have to say about you?” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/b...
How ‘Rural Studies’ Is Thinking About the Heartland
What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Amen! Frustration with how rural folks and miners are portrayed by academics is also what inspired my dissertation on Wyoming miners. “Who’s going to trust the experts when that’s what the experts have to say about you?” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/b...
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This is the way. If low marriage rates are denying people the benefits of marriage, the answer is not coercing or shaming people into marriage--it's granting those benefits to support the many ways people do build community, stability, and family.
Opinion | Marriage has a monopoly on legal benefits. It shouldn’t.
Marriage isn’t always forever — or for everyone. Our policies should protect a wider array of committed relationships.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2024 at 11:03 PM
This is the way. If low marriage rates are denying people the benefits of marriage, the answer is not coercing or shaming people into marriage--it's granting those benefits to support the many ways people do build community, stability, and family.
If you are from the Midwest, love someone from the Midwest, or care about the politics of home ec, check out my new Journal of Rural Studies article Racializing rural places through USDA home economics agricultural extension, 1965-1982: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ibnd2eyKF...
February 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
If you are from the Midwest, love someone from the Midwest, or care about the politics of home ec, check out my new Journal of Rural Studies article Racializing rural places through USDA home economics agricultural extension, 1965-1982: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ibnd2eyKF...
Intrigued by a prediction that net zero will "offset" fossil fuel job losses, tho I wish they had been more clear about changes in full-time vs temporary work. From what I observe and they also find, most of these jobs are construction, which are almost always temporary & mobile.
Labor pathways to achieve net-zero emissions in the United States by mid-century
Achieving an economy-wide net-zero emissions goal by mid-century in the United States entails transforming not only the physical energy system, but al…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Intrigued by a prediction that net zero will "offset" fossil fuel job losses, tho I wish they had been more clear about changes in full-time vs temporary work. From what I observe and they also find, most of these jobs are construction, which are almost always temporary & mobile.
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Hello World!
We are Engineering Studies Journal, the Journal of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)!
Engineering Studies is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering.
We hope you have a great day! :-D
We are Engineering Studies Journal, the Journal of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)!
Engineering Studies is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering.
We hope you have a great day! :-D
December 14, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Hello World!
We are Engineering Studies Journal, the Journal of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)!
Engineering Studies is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering.
We hope you have a great day! :-D
We are Engineering Studies Journal, the Journal of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)!
Engineering Studies is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering.
We hope you have a great day! :-D