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Andrés Pérez-Rojas, PhD
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Counseling psychologist. UMD alumnus. Associate Professor at IU Bloomington. Culture, politics, therapy, nerdiness. Views my own. He/Him/El 🇻🇪🇪🇸🇺🇸
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Andrés Pérez-Rojas, PhD @aperezrojas.bsky.social · Jul 22
🚨New pub alert! Introducing the Kaleidoscope Model of Cultural Humility. In this paper, we explored how therapists-in-training practice cultural humility with clients in jail.

Read and download here: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

Here's a breakdown of key points:
Title: A kaleidoscope model of cultural humility in a jail setting. Authors: Pérez-Rojas, Andrés E. Bartholomew, Theodore T. Owen, Jesse Abstract: Although cultural humility is considered a key element of culturally and structurally responsive psychotherapy, research on how therapists-in-training enact it, especially in jail settings, remains limited. Coleman et al. (2024) emphasized the need to examine how cultural humility might impact therapy outcomes in unexpected ways within this context. Building on this work, our study explored how therapists-in-training demonstrate cultural humility in their work with clients in jail. Using Stake’s (2006) multiple case study design, we interviewed seven therapists who completed a practicum in a jail. A cross-case analysis revealed four main themes: critical self-awareness, attuning to cultural opportunities, embracing a relational approach, and contextual responsiveness. Although each theme was distinct, they overlapped, reflecting the dynamic interplay of mutually reinforcing processes. To reflect these complex interrelations among the themes, we propose a kaleidoscope model of cultural humility. This model provides a deeper understanding of how cultural humility is practiced in jail-based psychotherapy and underscores the need for further research on the contextual factors that shape this process. Public Significance Statement: Therapists working in jails must navigate complex power dynamics while staying attuned to their clients’ cultural and identity needs. Our study proposes a model of cultural humility that highlights how therapists-in-training can effectively respond to these challenges, contributing to more equitable and responsive care in carceral settings.
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
New chalkbeat piece that highlights some of the less well-known realities of our current moment for higher ed. I got to chat at length with Matt about the actual trend in tuition (flat or decreasing at publics) versus the perception in the media.

www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
Is college enrollment plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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aaup.org
“I feel very strongly that we need to do all we can to stand against the notion that there is anything good about making compromises of the sort the Trump administration is asking universities to do."

— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington Faculty Council urges IU to reject Trump’s higher education compact
The resolution passed with overwhelming support.
www.idsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
aperezrojas.bsky.social
What a goddamn disaster
dbernstein.bsky.social David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 10d
Just saw that Trump has nominated Steve Pearce of New Mexico to head the Bureau of Land Management. So, enjoy public land while you still can.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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pollsandvotes.bsky.social
Dems do very well in VA. Win Gov by 14, AG by 5 (despite texting scandal), perhaps most impressive shift house of delegates from D 51-49 to D 64-36

Talk of NJ as swing state premature: Dem win Gov by nearly 13. Was supposed to be much closer

Surprise 2 PSC D wins in GA

most vote in but unofficial
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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smotus.bsky.social
“Too young” Madani is the same age Dick Cheney was when he became White House Chief of Staff
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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maripuerta.com
Casas vacías, arepas en riesgo y desesperación. Antes floreciente, Doral es hoy la cara del éxodo venezolano por las redadas
cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/10/30/e...
Casas vacías, arepas en riesgo y desesperación. Antes floreciente, Doral es hoy la cara del éxodo venezolano por las redadas | CNN
Antes colmada de latinos, en su mayoría venezolanos, hoy Doral refleja el nuevo éxodo de esos inmigrantes por temor a una deportación.
cnnespanol.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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iubaaup.bsky.social
IU’s decision to suspend the print publication of its student newspaper is costing the institution: Alumni are pulling donations in protest. The university ended the IDS’s print edition after firing the paper’s adviser.
insidehighered.com Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 18d
Indiana University Alumni Pull Donations Over Student Newspaper Censorship https://bit.ly/3LvA0ge

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
A sign reads "Indiana University" at the Bloomington campus's entrance.
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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insidehighered.com
Indiana University Alumni Pull Donations Over Student Newspaper Censorship https://bit.ly/3LvA0ge

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
A sign reads "Indiana University" at the Bloomington campus's entrance.
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
aperezrojas.bsky.social
Part of me suspects all this handwringing about not having the votes is performance. In the end, they’ll get the votes.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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benjaminkabak.com
So White House construction companies:

ACECO (demolition): Deleted LinkedIn and Instagram profiles, took down their website with contact information entirely

Clark Construction (construction): Limiting Insta comments and hiding or deleting critical ones.

Do these companies think we'll all forget?
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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smotus.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social
Protestors called for a stop to the suppression of the Indiana Daily Student at IU's Homecoming parade. This comes after the university cancelled publication of the paper's Homecoming-themed print edition, along with all future print editions.
Protesters call for reinstatement of IDS print editions during IU homecoming parade
On the parade’s sidelines, a faction of IU and Bloomington community members were calling for a stop to the suppression of IU’s student paper, the Indiana Daily Student.
www.ipm.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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silkyweineck.bsky.social
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
aperezrojas.bsky.social
If anybody is interested in seeing the news edition that the university sought to censor: issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social
President Donald Trump was viewed favorably by 42% of Hoosiers and unfavorably by 49%. Gov. Mike Braun fared worse, with 24% favorable and 43% unfavorable, while 22% had no opinion and 11% had never heard of him. @indianacapitalchronicle.com
New Indiana polls show Hoosiers losing faith in both parties — and their own leaders
Braun, Morales have low favorability
www.ipm.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.
inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · Oct 10
sherman, for the love of god!
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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kottke.org
I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]
You don’t have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Therapy is so lit.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social
The official version of the budget released is not as granular as previous years, which included line items for individual departments. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
IU releases budget, more than three months after approved by trustees
Despite losing $100 million in state and federal cuts and freezing in-state tuition, the university’s total budget grew 3 percent from last year.
www.ipm.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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janetgornick.bsky.social
Are you a new or soon-to-be PhD? Do you work on socio-economic inequality, poverty, and/or mobility? Do you study income, wealth, or earnings? Are you passionate about research as well as policy analyses? If so, we may be the perfect home for you, starting in fall 2026? Take a look! 🍎 #postdoc 👇👇👇
September 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
This spring @pewresearch.org asked people if they were happy with how democracy is working in their country.

In the US, just 37% were satisfied.

Countries with higher #s:
Sweden 75%
India 74%
Indonesia 66%
Australia 61%
Germany 61%
Canada 60%
Mexico 51%
UK 48%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Across all 23 countries surveyed, a median of 58% of adults are dissatisfied with how their democracy is working, while 42% are satisfied. Satisfaction with democracy varies widely in Europe, from 75% in Sweden to just 19% in Greece. There is a similarly broad range of views in the five Asia-Pacific nations polled (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea). In Israel, as well as the African and Latin American nations surveyed, assessments of how democracy is working tend to be more negative than positive. For example, 63% of adults in South Africa are dissatisfied with their democracy, while 36% are satisfied.
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM