Dr. Megan Faragher
@meganfaragher.bsky.social
Professor, English, opinions own.
Interwar Literature & Sociology; Roller derby athlete ft/ cat.
AUUP-AFT Wright State Chapter President
Co-President, Space Between Society
Books: Psychographic Turn (OUP, 2021); Midcentury Women's Writing (MUP, 2024)
Interwar Literature & Sociology; Roller derby athlete ft/ cat.
AUUP-AFT Wright State Chapter President
Co-President, Space Between Society
Books: Psychographic Turn (OUP, 2021); Midcentury Women's Writing (MUP, 2024)
I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
'The initiative raises profound questions about the future of science education in the age of AI, including whether there should be a greater role for the humanities and social sciences.'
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest
The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
Why is art only for some students?
ideas are for everybody. history is for everybody. art is for everybody. including the working young people of new jersey.
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why is art only for some students?
They popped these questions on our evaluations before it was required.
It’s so much fun.
I’ve never before been responsible for the perceived bias of being in a space with other people.
I’m apparently reaponsible for classroom atmosphere.
I’m a class climatologist!
Jk. Climate is illegal!
It’s so much fun.
I’ve never before been responsible for the perceived bias of being in a space with other people.
I’m apparently reaponsible for classroom atmosphere.
I’m a class climatologist!
Jk. Climate is illegal!
These are the new state mandated questions that will appear at the end of our student evaluations. Just in case anyone was curious about the effects of right wing higher ed legislation in Ohio:
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
They popped these questions on our evaluations before it was required.
It’s so much fun.
I’ve never before been responsible for the perceived bias of being in a space with other people.
I’m apparently reaponsible for classroom atmosphere.
I’m a class climatologist!
Jk. Climate is illegal!
It’s so much fun.
I’ve never before been responsible for the perceived bias of being in a space with other people.
I’m apparently reaponsible for classroom atmosphere.
I’m a class climatologist!
Jk. Climate is illegal!
The professional classes finding every permutation of language to call them stupid.
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The professional classes finding every permutation of language to call them stupid.
DO OHIO NEXT
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
DO OHIO NEXT
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
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This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Hey, it’s my commute!
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hey, it’s my commute!
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
We all planned never to wear skirts or dresses because we literally had no idea what surface we’d be sitting on.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We all planned never to wear skirts or dresses because we literally had no idea what surface we’d be sitting on.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
I always had a chair, but still. Yeah. Hotel rooms.
You’d sit on that small bench by the 8th fl elevator with some other sad sack.
You both look down a dark hall and await the hour.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
I scored about 25% of the points today from both teams so got most valuable offensive skater.
Old, but not irrelevant yet!
Managed a 180 jump as well during gameplay! 🛼
Old, but not irrelevant yet!
Managed a 180 jump as well during gameplay! 🛼
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I scored about 25% of the points today from both teams so got most valuable offensive skater.
Old, but not irrelevant yet!
Managed a 180 jump as well during gameplay! 🛼
Old, but not irrelevant yet!
Managed a 180 jump as well during gameplay! 🛼
Dear Diary,
I was just told “you have a Wawa
now.”
For a moment I’d hoped Pennsylvania had truly invaded and usurped all of Ohio.
Alas, they just put their gas station in a suburb.
I was just told “you have a Wawa
now.”
For a moment I’d hoped Pennsylvania had truly invaded and usurped all of Ohio.
Alas, they just put their gas station in a suburb.
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Dear Diary,
I was just told “you have a Wawa
now.”
For a moment I’d hoped Pennsylvania had truly invaded and usurped all of Ohio.
Alas, they just put their gas station in a suburb.
I was just told “you have a Wawa
now.”
For a moment I’d hoped Pennsylvania had truly invaded and usurped all of Ohio.
Alas, they just put their gas station in a suburb.
I think I lost a whole day building a treadmill, but at least I ended it walking on a virtual stroll to see a seal. 🦭
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think I lost a whole day building a treadmill, but at least I ended it walking on a virtual stroll to see a seal. 🦭
To see a new governor come in and say “stop bullying public employees you are actually duty-bound to treat well!”…. 😍
It’s so inspirational , and yet…it should be very much the baseline.
It’s so inspirational , and yet…it should be very much the baseline.
Spanberger is going to wipe out the board at UVA because they obviously didn’t do their basic duties protecting their faculty against political bullying.
a man says " i want that " in a store
ALT: a man says " i want that " in a store
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
To see a new governor come in and say “stop bullying public employees you are actually duty-bound to treat well!”…. 😍
It’s so inspirational , and yet…it should be very much the baseline.
It’s so inspirational , and yet…it should be very much the baseline.
Spanberger is going to wipe out the board at UVA because they obviously didn’t do their basic duties protecting their faculty against political bullying.
a man says " i want that " in a store
ALT: a man says " i want that " in a store
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Spanberger is going to wipe out the board at UVA because they obviously didn’t do their basic duties protecting their faculty against political bullying.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
Huge case- thank you @aaup.org for leading the way in court suit where distort court completely rejected Trump attempt to use civil rights laws to dismantle civil rights at the UC system.
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Huge case- thank you @aaup.org for leading the way in court suit where distort court completely rejected Trump attempt to use civil rights laws to dismantle civil rights at the UC system.
Reposted by Dr. Megan Faragher
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
If you aren’t Texas A&M YET, it’s time to do whatever you gotta to make sure you never are.
Organize! Defend yourself and your colleagues!
Whatever special work you need to do may never be done without an institution that allows you to do that work.
It’ll hold. Go pick up a shovel.
Organize! Defend yourself and your colleagues!
Whatever special work you need to do may never be done without an institution that allows you to do that work.
It’ll hold. Go pick up a shovel.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If you aren’t Texas A&M YET, it’s time to do whatever you gotta to make sure you never are.
Organize! Defend yourself and your colleagues!
Whatever special work you need to do may never be done without an institution that allows you to do that work.
It’ll hold. Go pick up a shovel.
Organize! Defend yourself and your colleagues!
Whatever special work you need to do may never be done without an institution that allows you to do that work.
It’ll hold. Go pick up a shovel.
Well, I replaced the wine glass the cat broke with a tumbler I sort of made!
(I made none of these; I lack talent. My little effort is in the annealer).
(I made none of these; I lack talent. My little effort is in the annealer).
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Well, I replaced the wine glass the cat broke with a tumbler I sort of made!
(I made none of these; I lack talent. My little effort is in the annealer).
(I made none of these; I lack talent. My little effort is in the annealer).
It’s the most distressing news of the week.
My heart is melting for those faculty.
My heart is melting for those faculty.
A&M out here making the New College takeover look subtle
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s the most distressing news of the week.
My heart is melting for those faculty.
My heart is melting for those faculty.