Andrew Feight, Ph.D.
@andrewfeight.bsky.social
American historian, professor, and photographer. Director of the Center for Public History at Shawnee State University - Director of Research and Outreach for the Appalachian Freedom Initiative - Developer of the Scioto Historical mobile app.
My department is hiring a new Full Time Instructor (FTI) in American History and we're looking for someone with a speciality in post-Civil War America, Appalachia or Upper Ohio Valley, and experience with public history projects.
#AmericanHistory #Appalachia #PublicHistory #shawneestateuniversity
#AmericanHistory #Appalachia #PublicHistory #shawneestateuniversity
Full Time Instructor, Social Sciences - History
The Department of Social Sciences at Shawnee State University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Instructor in American History. This is a renewable annual appointment beginning in...
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June 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My department is hiring a new Full Time Instructor (FTI) in American History and we're looking for someone with a speciality in post-Civil War America, Appalachia or Upper Ohio Valley, and experience with public history projects.
#AmericanHistory #Appalachia #PublicHistory #shawneestateuniversity
#AmericanHistory #Appalachia #PublicHistory #shawneestateuniversity
"An analysis of the Ohio House Republican budget proposal shows it would result in more than $565 million in lost funds for Appalachian school districts over the next two years and a loss of $2.75 billion for public schools statewide." #shameful #appalachia
Appalachian Ohio's public schools face tough choices with potential state, federal funding cuts • Ohio Capital Journal
Public school leaders in Appalachian Ohio say that state funding cuts would cause suffering for schools and the students they serve. An analysis of the Ohio House Republican budget proposal shows it w...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"An analysis of the Ohio House Republican budget proposal shows it would result in more than $565 million in lost funds for Appalachian school districts over the next two years and a loss of $2.75 billion for public schools statewide." #shameful #appalachia
Fascists are going to fascist. If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, salutes like a duck, then .... Damn! WTF? Pardon my French. But, how can any true American support book bans in our nation's libraries?
Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs, policies and instructional materials.
www.pbs.org
May 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Fascists are going to fascist. If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, salutes like a duck, then .... Damn! WTF? Pardon my French. But, how can any true American support book bans in our nation's libraries?
Sad and pathetic, but that's what the MAGA cultural revolutionaries want; they aim to destroy our cultural institutions and defund community efforts that are preserving and promoting local history. It's shameful. #AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states to sue Trump administration
About two dozen states have sued the Trump administration over the dismantling of AmeriCorps. That's the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service.
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sad and pathetic, but that's what the MAGA cultural revolutionaries want; they aim to destroy our cultural institutions and defund community efforts that are preserving and promoting local history. It's shameful. #AmeriCorps
“Interior Sec. Doug Burgum signed away significant control of the Interior Department in a secretarial order Thursday night. The order gives a DOGE operative, Tyler Hassen, the power to oversee the Interior Department for “consolidation, unification and optimization of administrative functions.”
Elon Musk's DOGE is now running America's national parks
A major shakeup in leadership is underway at the National Park Service, which is now run by DOGE.
www.sfgate.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Interior Sec. Doug Burgum signed away significant control of the Interior Department in a secretarial order Thursday night. The order gives a DOGE operative, Tyler Hassen, the power to oversee the Interior Department for “consolidation, unification and optimization of administrative functions.”
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The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
“It’s disturbing. These grants like ours are going to small museums who are doing good work in communities. And to think that the history of African Americans in the South, the history of slavery, does not align with the priorities of the United States is very concerning.” - Ashley Rogers
Trump admin pulls Black history grants to Whitney Plantation
The federal government has terminated two grants for African American history and culture awarded to the Whitney Plantation, a museum aimed at memorializing slavery, as the Trump administration works ...
veritenews.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“It’s disturbing. These grants like ours are going to small museums who are doing good work in communities. And to think that the history of African Americans in the South, the history of slavery, does not align with the priorities of the United States is very concerning.” - Ashley Rogers
More of this, please. “The Japanese American National Museum will “scrub nothing,” Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in.”
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More of this, please. “The Japanese American National Museum will “scrub nothing,” Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in.”
“Extensive changes were made to multiple NPS pages about the UGRR, and a landing page directing children to educational materials about it has been offline since last month. Since 1998, the NPS has been required by federal law to recognize the UGRR and to produce educational materials about it.”
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Extensive changes were made to multiple NPS pages about the UGRR, and a landing page directing children to educational materials about it has been offline since last month. Since 1998, the NPS has been required by federal law to recognize the UGRR and to produce educational materials about it.”
"Ohio law requires Miami to have 10 tenure-tracked faculty allotted to teach at the center. The Center will be an independent academic unit within Miami's College of Arts and Sciences. State law says no faculty outside the center can have the authority to block any of its faculty hires."
Miami University selects leader for state-mandated 'intellectual diversity' center
Miami University says Flagg Taylor will be responsible for developing courses for the center and hiring its faculty.
www.wvxu.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Ohio law requires Miami to have 10 tenure-tracked faculty allotted to teach at the center. The Center will be an independent academic unit within Miami's College of Arts and Sciences. State law says no faculty outside the center can have the authority to block any of its faculty hires."
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Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
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imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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Every hundred years
April 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Every hundred years
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A clearinghouse for gathering info on NEH (see second post) and a toolkit for advocacy. ⬇️
Today (4/3/25) we learned that DOGE has begun terminating previously awarded NEH grants. We understand this includes operating grants to the state and jurisdictional humanities councils, scholarly societies, community orgs, & individuals.
Learn more & take action: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Learn more & take action: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
April 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A clearinghouse for gathering info on NEH (see second post) and a toolkit for advocacy. ⬇️
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Campus of University of California, Berkeley, California. Students assembling for Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler
#california #peaceday #smedleybutler #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771855/
#california #peaceday #smedleybutler #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771855/
April 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Campus of University of California, Berkeley, California. Students assembling for Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler
#california #peaceday #smedleybutler #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771855/
#california #peaceday #smedleybutler #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771855/
Among the grants canceled was one helping fund a documentary about the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio. Defunding NEH is a devastating blow to local history societies, museums, colleges, and universities. Our cultural heritage is being sacrificed to provide tax cuts for American oligarchs.
Ohio Humanities receives notice its federal grant funds are 'terminated'
State humanities councils were established by Congress about 50 years ago to make sure National Endowment for Humanities funds made it to smaller communities and organizations.
www.wosu.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Among the grants canceled was one helping fund a documentary about the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio. Defunding NEH is a devastating blow to local history societies, museums, colleges, and universities. Our cultural heritage is being sacrificed to provide tax cuts for American oligarchs.
The Trump administration on Tuesday eliminated the entire staff of a federal program that helps low-income households pay utility bills, sources say.
Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say
Those who work closely with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program now fear for its future.
nbcnews.to
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Picked a great time to teach my Practicing Public History course. With Executive Orders impacting the practice and profession on the daily, the field definitely appears more dynamic than ever, but its prospects (and public funding), in the short term, look very dark. #KeepHistoryAlive
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Picked a great time to teach my Practicing Public History course. With Executive Orders impacting the practice and profession on the daily, the field definitely appears more dynamic than ever, but its prospects (and public funding), in the short term, look very dark. #KeepHistoryAlive
No surprise these cuts are hitting Appalachia hard, but politically you gotta wonder how well this is going to go over with some of his base in the region. Nothing more dangerous than an Appalachian betrayed.
March 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
No surprise these cuts are hitting Appalachia hard, but politically you gotta wonder how well this is going to go over with some of his base in the region. Nothing more dangerous than an Appalachian betrayed.
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AASLH and the @ncph.bsky.social will hold a joint conference in 2026. Save the date to join us in September in Providence, Rhode Island to explore public history and "The Work of Revolution." We will begin accepting proposals for this conference in July.
March 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
AASLH and the @ncph.bsky.social will hold a joint conference in 2026. Save the date to join us in September in Providence, Rhode Island to explore public history and "The Work of Revolution." We will begin accepting proposals for this conference in July.
Trump's EO "hints at the return of statues and monuments of Confederate figures, many of which were taken down or replaced around the country after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 and the rise of the BLM movement, which is detested by Trump and other conservatives."
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trump's EO "hints at the return of statues and monuments of Confederate figures, many of which were taken down or replaced around the country after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 and the rise of the BLM movement, which is detested by Trump and other conservatives."
"Like detective work, doing history is a rigorous, complex, and ongoing process. .... Attempting to disregard this process and instead promote a false, sanitized narrative hinders our efforts to become a more perfect union through the study of the nation’s past." #AASLH
Defending Our Full, Shared History at the Smithsonian and National Park Service
Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to dictate what history is shared at Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service sites. The order seeks to replace evidence-bas...
aaslh.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Like detective work, doing history is a rigorous, complex, and ongoing process. .... Attempting to disregard this process and instead promote a false, sanitized narrative hinders our efforts to become a more perfect union through the study of the nation’s past." #AASLH
And so begins the destruction of higher education in Ohio. Can’t wait to see how students respond to being required by the government to read 5 complete Federalist Papers.
BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed into law a massive higher education overhaul to ban diversity efforts, regulate classroom discussion, and prohibit faculty strikes, among other things. The law will take effect in 90 days.
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90…
buff.ly
March 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And so begins the destruction of higher education in Ohio. Can’t wait to see how students respond to being required by the government to read 5 complete Federalist Papers.
I will not go silently. I will not stop teaching the truth about American history in all its glory and all its blemishes. Learning from our past is what enables us to understand the present and face our problems with the courage needed to maintain our constitutional republic.
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I will not go silently. I will not stop teaching the truth about American history in all its glory and all its blemishes. Learning from our past is what enables us to understand the present and face our problems with the courage needed to maintain our constitutional republic.
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They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.