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Dr. Katie Mattaini
@katiemattaini.bsky.social
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Bio lecturer @ Tufts. Inclusive pedagogy, active learning, grading for growth, OER. Avid crafter. She/her/hers.
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Finally!!

New title: Assistant Teaching Professor 👩🏻‍🏫
June 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Just in time for the start of 2025’s #TheGradingConference tomorrow! (And yes, I stitched this during last year’s conference. 😂) #BreakFakeRules
Cross stitch with “Break fake rules” in block letters overlaid with lines depicting increasingly larger glass shatter patterns.
June 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Happy 13th wedding anniversary and 20 years together to my ride or die! Longer together than apart 💕
Bride and groom wedding photo
April 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Partially finished cross stitch of a dumpster fire. Over the photo are the words “Dumpster fire is shaping up nicely lolsob.”
February 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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I am just contemplating retreating ever deeper in the Enchanted Forest.
Snowy forest
February 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Someone filed an official complaint this week to our Office of Equal Opportunity about this cross stitch outside my office door.
Cross stitch with “I’ve got 99 problems and white heteronormative patriarchy is basically all of them”
February 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Spoiler: It’s better diagnosis. 🙄 Autistic ppl have always been here and always will be.

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AP new story “Trump seemed to entertain a discredited theory on autism. This is what’s behind the rising rates.”
February 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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When this feels like the day’s good news….
NPR story on how asteroid might hit earth in 7 years
February 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Designed this to cope on Nov 6. One of my current WIPs (works in progress).
Cute dumpster fire cross stitch with text “I’m fine, it’s fine. Everything’s fine.”
February 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Suddenly felt urgent to find this in still-packed boxes from Summer ‘23 move…. Can’t imagine why.
Cross stitch with flowers and the text “I’ve got 99 problems and white heteronormative patriarchy is basically all of them”
February 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Ally solidarity toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Image of a fist raised in solidarity with text “Solidarity with Tufts full-time lecturers!”
January 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Poster about the OER Encyclopedia of Biological Methods was super well received at #ASMCUE! Hoping for fruitful collaborations from these conversations to add more entries. #EOBM @libretexts.bsky.social @asmicrobiology.bsky.social

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White woman presenting a poster in the Encyclopedia of Biological Methods
November 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Finally did it!! Work by the amazing Tetiana Boiko.

In addition to being stunning, this tattoo is actually about teaching and community for me.
Tattoo of morning glories
November 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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I have this one I finished in June that still needs framing. 🙄
Cross stitch that says “break fake rules” with glass crack lines
November 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Latest installment of cross stitch pieces inspired by #TheGradingConference. Love!! 😍

(This would have been finished way earlier, but I ran out of the right thread on my DC trip last week 😭)
Cross stitch piece of blocky text “break fake rules” with glass cracks running through
July 4, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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I have designed my new #ConferenceCrafting project for tomorrow. 😍
A cross stitch pattern with the words "BREAK FAKE RULES" in block letters with progressively larger "glass crack" lines through the words.
June 14, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Loving this "menu" of alt grading options from Veronica Berns at #TheGradingConference!!
A cartoon of a paper Menu. Text: ~Menu~ Salad of Self-assessment Specifications Soup Collaboration Casserole Portfolio au Poiuvre Metacognitive Meunière
June 14, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Today's reminder from #TheGradingConference chat:
Cross stitch piece on light pink fabric in sepia tones. Shows a skeleton hand giving the peace sign next to the text "RIGOR is for CORPSES."
June 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Probably the only "student evaluation" that really matters... 💖
Google form response summary pie chart. Statement: Overall, I feel seen and valued by this professor. 87% strongly agree, 8.7% agree, remainder somewhat agree. None any level of disagree.
May 13, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Please consider signing!

We FT lecturers at Tufts are in bargaining for our next contract. Please support us as we work towards improved salary, reasonable workload, and professorial titles. Sign our petition to show support and solidarity! lnkd.in/g5qby9Ve
Flyer advertising petition for Tufts FT lecturer bargaining for a fair contract
May 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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This may be my next snarky cross stitch or embroidery. What image would you add?
Calling bigotry an opinion is like calling arsenic a flavor.
April 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Had a student join my class late (past add date) last week. He was reading over the grading system, and he as like, “Oh, so you want us to actually learn things instead of cramming.”
Keira Knightly pointing up with the text “THIS”
February 8, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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New crafting obsession? Stay tuned…
In progress leather bag
January 25, 2024 at 3:42 AM
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Back to posting about alt grading: it's been too long! Teaching a new class this semester (Tufts Bio105), and I'm going to be trying a combo of SBG and specs grading!
A flowchart with "Bio 105 learning objectives (LOs)" at the top level. The left side shows "Cross-cutting LOs": LO1: Paper reading - Assessed by: Comments on research articles in Perusall LO2: Design next experiment - Assessed by: Final mini-project LO3: Data analysis and LO4: Technique selection - Assessed by repeated demonstration on Unit Exams & Retests LO5: Practice - Assessed by accumulation of practice credits The right side shows LOs 6-22: Molecular biology content - Assessed by demonstration on Unit Exams & Restests
January 5, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Kicking off 2024 with a dose of movement and nature 😊
White woman with purple hair and pink tinted glasses in the winter woods Image of a pond in the woods with the text “Only took 5 months to check out the conservation woods behind the houses across the street! 😂”
January 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM