Kelly S. O'Donnell
@kellyodonn.bsky.social
History person. Clover’s dog mom. ☘️ Definitely not that journalist of the same name, so I am begging you please don't @ me.
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CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
It took until week 7, but it finally happened: I said “water” in front of my non-Philadelphian students
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It took until week 7, but it finally happened: I said “water” in front of my non-Philadelphian students
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New Short Takes! @rhartholder.bsky.social, Katrina Kimport, and @kellyodonn.bsky.social discuss @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social's Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the 60-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom!
Rebecca Grant’s Access
signsjournal.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New Short Takes! @rhartholder.bsky.social, Katrina Kimport, and @kellyodonn.bsky.social discuss @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social's Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the 60-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom!
Interested in the history of pharmacy? Or just hanging out with me and some cool scholars periodically on Zoom? You are cordially invited to join the Pharmacy History working group that I am co-convening at the Consortium for History of Sci/Med/Tech: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
Pharmacy History | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Interested in the history of pharmacy? Or just hanging out with me and some cool scholars periodically on Zoom? You are cordially invited to join the Pharmacy History working group that I am co-convening at the Consortium for History of Sci/Med/Tech: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
I need to submit something this year, but no idea what. If anyone has panel or roundtable ideas, please DM me :)
The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo!
histmed.org/buffalo-2026/
histmed.org/buffalo-2026/
Buffalo 2026
Join us in Buffalo! Call for Papers 2026 The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) (https://histmed.org) invites abstracts for papers in any area of the history of health, healing,...
histmed.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I need to submit something this year, but no idea what. If anyone has panel or roundtable ideas, please DM me :)
I am driving two hours each way to/from work on my teaching days, and it is very apparent a few weeks in that I need to up my audiobook listening game. So, what are your favorites? I especially enjoy multiple narrators / full casts.
September 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am driving two hours each way to/from work on my teaching days, and it is very apparent a few weeks in that I need to up my audiobook listening game. So, what are your favorites? I especially enjoy multiple narrators / full casts.
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
there is a thought piece in my brain about getting a tenure-track job at the weirdest/worst possible time for higher ed, but I am so thoroughly burnt out by the decade-long process of trying to get said job and then starting it next month, that it will probably stay in there.
July 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
there is a thought piece in my brain about getting a tenure-track job at the weirdest/worst possible time for higher ed, but I am so thoroughly burnt out by the decade-long process of trying to get said job and then starting it next month, that it will probably stay in there.
self-soothing by going further down a research rabbit hole, a tale as old as academia
July 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
self-soothing by going further down a research rabbit hole, a tale as old as academia
For the record I, Kelly O'Donnell, history professor, am not participating. Thank you for your attention to this matter??
July 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For the record I, Kelly O'Donnell, history professor, am not participating. Thank you for your attention to this matter??
I swear one of these days I'm going to get married simply to switch to some absurd hyphenated last name that no one else has, and I will update every single one of my socials. Maybe throw in some random numbers and characters for fun. It will look like a super secure password dammit.
Seriously, this childish nonsense is so beyond - “a spat for the ages” h/t @kellyodonn.bsky.social we need to name this day and celebrate it for eternity - 6-5-25 Need a good name! The
#BigBeautifulBreakup ?
#BigBeautifulBreakup ?
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I swear one of these days I'm going to get married simply to switch to some absurd hyphenated last name that no one else has, and I will update every single one of my socials. Maybe throw in some random numbers and characters for fun. It will look like a super secure password dammit.
how behind on laundry am I? well, my dog is growling and barking at the washer that I just loaded with clothes and turned on.
May 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
how behind on laundry am I? well, my dog is growling and barking at the washer that I just loaded with clothes and turned on.
nooo they rearranged my grocery store… I fear it used every single one of my brain cells to navigate, and now I need a nap
May 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
nooo they rearranged my grocery store… I fear it used every single one of my brain cells to navigate, and now I need a nap
Delco pope
Pope went to Villanova. CHEESESTEAK POPE
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Delco pope
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Allan Brandt welcomes us to our opening plenary, telling us that we are in a moment of crisis, making AAHM even more vital - we will need each other! #AAHM2025
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Allan Brandt welcomes us to our opening plenary, telling us that we are in a moment of crisis, making AAHM even more vital - we will need each other! #AAHM2025
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Deadline approaching to apply to present in next year's seminar series. All you need is a CV and one-page proposal. Apply today!
Reminder: we are accepting applications for ALL our seminar series for the 2025-26 season. If you have an essay or chapter that you would like feedback on, please apply today!
More information: www.masshist.org/research/sem...
More information: www.masshist.org/research/sem...
April 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Deadline approaching to apply to present in next year's seminar series. All you need is a CV and one-page proposal. Apply today!
Because I am not a journalist
@kellyodonn.bsky.social
@nbcnews.com
Hegseth said he was attacked by anonymous sources.
We know that was a lie. Why did you not call him out for lying?
@nbcnews.com
Hegseth said he was attacked by anonymous sources.
We know that was a lie. Why did you not call him out for lying?
April 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Because I am not a journalist
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@jwomenshistory.bsky.social welcomes applications for 2025 Scholars Research Grants to support travel, research, or writing in women's and gender history. Deadline 23 May 25. 🗃️
See jwomenshistory.org/announcements/ for more information.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@jwomenshistory.bsky.social welcomes applications for 2025 Scholars Research Grants to support travel, research, or writing in women's and gender history. Deadline 23 May 25. 🗃️
See jwomenshistory.org/announcements/ for more information.
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See jwomenshistory.org/announcements/ for more information.
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ok this is a weird analogy, but ladies, you know that feeling of taking off your bra after a very long day? I'm kinda feeling that but existentially, finally being off the job market after a decade
April 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ok this is a weird analogy, but ladies, you know that feeling of taking off your bra after a very long day? I'm kinda feeling that but existentially, finally being off the job market after a decade
The ink is dry, the AAHM celebrations are being planned: I will be joining Towson University's history department this fall as a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of medicine. I can't believe it finally happened. I am so happy and so lucky.
April 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The ink is dry, the AAHM celebrations are being planned: I will be joining Towson University's history department this fall as a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of medicine. I can't believe it finally happened. I am so happy and so lucky.
Last week was my favorite day of the semester, when Matt Herbison @drexelmedarchives.bsky.social brings the Doctor Barbies - in this case, for my Media and Medicine in Modern American class. Thanks again for the visit!
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Last week was my favorite day of the semester, when Matt Herbison @drexelmedarchives.bsky.social brings the Doctor Barbies - in this case, for my Media and Medicine in Modern American class. Thanks again for the visit!
Lmao my dog just spit her empty Kong directly onto my phone screen as I sat here scrolling, I fucking love her so much
February 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Lmao my dog just spit her empty Kong directly onto my phone screen as I sat here scrolling, I fucking love her so much