Lorraine Krall McCrary
@lorrainekrall.bsky.social
Political theory--disability, community, care
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At Wabash tonight:
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
At Wabash tonight:
I teach on Labor Day, but my kids are off, so it's take-your-kid-to-work day, which is my favorite, because my kid always makes up a joke to share with the class.
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I teach on Labor Day, but my kids are off, so it's take-your-kid-to-work day, which is my favorite, because my kid always makes up a joke to share with the class.
My first time as a guest on a podcast! Talking about care ethics with Martin Robb: careful-thinking.captivate.fm/episode/comm... (summary here: carefulthinking.substack.com/p/communitie...)
Communities of care - with Lorraine Krall McCrary - Careful Thinking
How can we ensure that people with intellectual disabilities participate fully in political life? What lessons can we learn from communities of care in ...
careful-thinking.captivate.fm
June 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My first time as a guest on a podcast! Talking about care ethics with Martin Robb: careful-thinking.captivate.fm/episode/comm... (summary here: carefulthinking.substack.com/p/communitie...)
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APSA congratulates the 2025 Teaching & Learning Awardees! #APSATLC2025
🏆Shamira Gelbman for the 2025 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation: https://buff.ly/3EFS57S
🏆Intae Choi for the 2025 Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award: https://buff.ly/4gtwrB7
🏆Shamira Gelbman for the 2025 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation: https://buff.ly/3EFS57S
🏆Intae Choi for the 2025 Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award: https://buff.ly/4gtwrB7
2025 APSA Teaching & Learning Awardees
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
APSA congratulates the 2025 Teaching & Learning Awardees! #APSATLC2025
🏆Shamira Gelbman for the 2025 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation: https://buff.ly/3EFS57S
🏆Intae Choi for the 2025 Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award: https://buff.ly/4gtwrB7
🏆Shamira Gelbman for the 2025 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation: https://buff.ly/3EFS57S
🏆Intae Choi for the 2025 Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award: https://buff.ly/4gtwrB7
It's a week of exams for seniors here, and I love the encouraging notes they've written for each other in every classroom I've proctored in today--"You're great!" "You rule!" "You've got this!" "You rock!!!" "You're prepared"
January 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's a week of exams for seniors here, and I love the encouraging notes they've written for each other in every classroom I've proctored in today--"You're great!" "You rule!" "You've got this!" "You rock!!!" "You're prepared"
A ridiculously happy return-to-the-office. So much good reading...
January 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A ridiculously happy return-to-the-office. So much good reading...
My editing at this stage is getting close to done! Next month I send it to the book manuscript workshop members!
January 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My editing at this stage is getting close to done! Next month I send it to the book manuscript workshop members!
I have a document called, "Does this fit anywhere?" in which I'm tossing the parts of this book manuscript that don't seem quite relevant where they are.
Writing, continually learning and revising.
Writing, continually learning and revising.
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I have a document called, "Does this fit anywhere?" in which I'm tossing the parts of this book manuscript that don't seem quite relevant where they are.
Writing, continually learning and revising.
Writing, continually learning and revising.
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) communities of care with people with disabilities
2) anger and politics
1) communities of care with people with disabilities
2) anger and politics
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) impact of women's suffrage on state legislatures
2) Christmas/holiday letters as window into 20th c family norms & dynamics
1) impact of women's suffrage on state legislatures
2) Christmas/holiday letters as window into 20th c family norms & dynamics
November 16, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) communities of care with people with disabilities
2) anger and politics
1) communities of care with people with disabilities
2) anger and politics
I'm late to reading my midterm class evaluations. This one--anonymous--made my day. I have very nice students.
November 8, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I'm late to reading my midterm class evaluations. This one--anonymous--made my day. I have very nice students.
Writing after walking to work.
October 28, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Writing after walking to work.
A wonderful place to work on a lovely fall day.
October 26, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A wonderful place to work on a lovely fall day.
Book status update
September 13, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Book status update
It's picture day at my all-male college, and I love that the school provides blazers for those who need them.
September 4, 2024 at 2:12 PM
It's picture day at my all-male college, and I love that the school provides blazers for those who need them.
Taking my kid to class is the best! (It's play-doh.)
September 3, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Taking my kid to class is the best! (It's play-doh.)
"I may be a wage slave on Monday, but I'm a free man on Sunday." We listened to Ewan MacColl in my political theory class today and talked about the right to roam.
August 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
"I may be a wage slave on Monday, but I'm a free man on Sunday." We listened to Ewan MacColl in my political theory class today and talked about the right to roam.
I'm retiring this folder, which has been holding my research for the last six months.
August 16, 2024 at 6:52 PM
I'm retiring this folder, which has been holding my research for the last six months.
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Looking through a tenure dossier and delighted to learn that at least one US university requires of its faculty "40% instruction, 40% reseach, and 40% service". And people say standards are slipping.
August 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Looking through a tenure dossier and delighted to learn that at least one US university requires of its faculty "40% instruction, 40% reseach, and 40% service". And people say standards are slipping.
#writing from the side of the road, waiting for a tow truck (it was nice to have a distraction--and we ultimately made it home safe and sound, though later than we would have liked)
August 2, 2024 at 3:29 AM
#writing from the side of the road, waiting for a tow truck (it was nice to have a distraction--and we ultimately made it home safe and sound, though later than we would have liked)
I was reading my grandmother's journal of a trip she took to the UK in 1987. The cost of hotels amazed me--as low as 7.50 or 10 pounds a night!
July 27, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I was reading my grandmother's journal of a trip she took to the UK in 1987. The cost of hotels amazed me--as low as 7.50 or 10 pounds a night!
At Trump's recent RNC speech, he said, "They’re coming from prisons. They’re coming from jails. They’re coming from mental institutions and insane asylums. I, you know the press is always on because I say this." 1/?
July 24, 2024 at 8:53 PM
At Trump's recent RNC speech, he said, "They’re coming from prisons. They’re coming from jails. They’re coming from mental institutions and insane asylums. I, you know the press is always on because I say this." 1/?
More political theory in the wild: In Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, the Swedish room has tongue-in-cheek murals--this one shows Justice not blindfolded, but using her handkerchief to hold her scales.
July 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
More political theory in the wild: In Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, the Swedish room has tongue-in-cheek murals--this one shows Justice not blindfolded, but using her handkerchief to hold her scales.
Political theory in the wild. (From the Cathedral of Learning's Nationality Rooms.)
July 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Political theory in the wild. (From the Cathedral of Learning's Nationality Rooms.)
Are they really debating golf handicaps?!
June 28, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Are they really debating golf handicaps?!