First one to come to mind for me: youtu.be/Mp3IENE0Wlc?...

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So: that's me! With so many academics migrating here, I figured it would be worth mentioning who I am. I'm not sure I'm going to ever be a "regular poster" here, but I also enjoy learning more from others sharing materials / opportunities on here - and hope to contribute now and again, too.

Finally, I also love that I get to connect my discipline and my love of history with my other interests, too. Thus, I'm really interested in technology and video games as a medium for engagement, and I've spent the last year working on a book related to history in games. More on that later!

I also served as a lead editor and writer for an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook for World History Surveys that I'm very proud of: OpenStax World History. Flexible and free, if you teach World History at the college/AP/IB level, I'd love if you checked it out. openstax.org/books/world-...

Thus, I've written a specialist book on early Arabic historiography and the 'Abbasid scholar al-Baladhuri. I've also written a lot about the conquest / Umayyad / early 'Abbasid periods.

I teach at a public, regional university in the American South (Columbus, Georgia), a place I love with students that are wonderful. It's also a place that lets me explore lots of different interests and types of teaching/research at this stage of my career.

☺️ That is so kind, Erica, thanks! Glad to hear things are going OK. Has felt like a very long term these past few months here, I have to say. Take care and all the best.

Thanks so much, Erica! ☺️ Hope you are doing well.