Sigal Ben-Porath
@sigalbenporath.bsky.social
Post doc opportunity with my wonderful team at Penn! Reach out with any questions
postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...
postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship - Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship is part of Penn's ongoing efforts to support and strengthen the academic research community.
postdocs.upenn.edu
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Post doc opportunity with my wonderful team at Penn! Reach out with any questions
postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...
postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...
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🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Trans people are "a vulnerable minority group that has been widely demonized. Any good journalistic practice would involve nailing down accuracy to avoid making things worse."
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.
www.theverge.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Trans people are "a vulnerable minority group that has been widely demonized. Any good journalistic practice would involve nailing down accuracy to avoid making things worse."
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
– @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/politics/777...
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The National Center for Education Statistics is hiring two researchers to work on NAEP, the first green shoots after DOGE came through back in February. They limit to 150 applications, so move fast if interested.
www.usajobs.gov/job/844948000
www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600
www.usajobs.gov/job/844948000
www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600
Education Research Analyst GS-1730-14 (MP)
<p>There are two positions located in the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Science in Washinton, DC. The Assessment Development Expert and the Assessment Administration Expert is respon...
www.usajobs.gov
September 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The National Center for Education Statistics is hiring two researchers to work on NAEP, the first green shoots after DOGE came through back in February. They limit to 150 applications, so move fast if interested.
www.usajobs.gov/job/844948000
www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600
www.usajobs.gov/job/844948000
www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600
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It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.
www.zeit.de
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
On dark money, campus expression, and moral panics. A good piece (regardless of concerns about AAUP)
@sigalbenporath.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social and, of course, Ralph Wilson super helpful in helping me think through the limits of the Chicago Principles. Less dark money, more shared governance. @aaup.bsky.social (PS: Chloe Miller at LPE is an amazing editor. Thank you!)
Today, @isaackamola.bsky.social offers a closer look at dark money’s role in manufacturing recent campus free speech crises, and warns against adopting free speech norms that leave hierarchies of wealth and power unchallenged.
May 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On dark money, campus expression, and moral panics. A good piece (regardless of concerns about AAUP)
“Our colleges and universities share a commitment to serve as centers of open inquiry where, in their pursuit of truth, faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation”
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Our colleges and universities share a commitment to serve as centers of open inquiry where, in their pursuit of truth, faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation”
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AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA Files Lawsuit Against Education Department
www.aera.net
April 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
“We call on the Trump administration to end the destructive attacks on colleges and universities” fortune.com/2025/04/08/c...
Former college and university presidents: Higher education must do better, but politically driven government intervention is not the solution
The Trump administration should halt its destructive attack on higher education—and establish a constructive dialogue.
fortune.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“We call on the Trump administration to end the destructive attacks on colleges and universities” fortune.com/2025/04/08/c...
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
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Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Happening in two weeks!
Two quick reminders for anyone planning to attend:
Please register NOW (we have to put in catering orders for Thursday dinner and Friday lunch)
And be sure to register for the right day/days--registration is SEPARATE for each day!
www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...
Two quick reminders for anyone planning to attend:
Please register NOW (we have to put in catering orders for Thursday dinner and Friday lunch)
And be sure to register for the right day/days--registration is SEPARATE for each day!
www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...
March 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happening in two weeks!
Two quick reminders for anyone planning to attend:
Please register NOW (we have to put in catering orders for Thursday dinner and Friday lunch)
And be sure to register for the right day/days--registration is SEPARATE for each day!
www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...
Two quick reminders for anyone planning to attend:
Please register NOW (we have to put in catering orders for Thursday dinner and Friday lunch)
And be sure to register for the right day/days--registration is SEPARATE for each day!
www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...
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🚨PA colleagues:
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨PA colleagues:
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
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Just reposting - I'll start looking at applications Monday the 24th.
JOB!
Please share with your networks - I'm open to recent- and near-PhDs in Sociology or Poli Sci or adjacent disciplines, ideally with a research program that is in some way about the (goal/promise/ideal of) Healthy, Equitable and Responsive Democracy in the US.
Info: bit.ly/HEARDpostdoc2025
Please share with your networks - I'm open to recent- and near-PhDs in Sociology or Poli Sci or adjacent disciplines, ideally with a research program that is in some way about the (goal/promise/ideal of) Healthy, Equitable and Responsive Democracy in the US.
Info: bit.ly/HEARDpostdoc2025
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just reposting - I'll start looking at applications Monday the 24th.
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Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump
OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box
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February 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump
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Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage
https://go.nature.com/4aYn9Me
https://go.nature.com/4aYn9Me
Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
go.nature.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage
https://go.nature.com/4aYn9Me
https://go.nature.com/4aYn9Me
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AAPOR releases a statement on access to federal data. Read more: bit.ly/aapordataaccess
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
AAPOR releases a statement on access to federal data. Read more: bit.ly/aapordataaccess
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The unelected, not-Senate-confirmed, not-security-cleared, not even actually employed by the US government techbros of Musk's weird militia are conducting a coup one agency at a time.
Musk's cronies tried to to gain access to classified USAID data. USAID Director of Security John Voorhees security said no. The Musk people threatened to call in the US Marshals and take the data at gunpoint. They still said no.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
edition.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The unelected, not-Senate-confirmed, not-security-cleared, not even actually employed by the US government techbros of Musk's weird militia are conducting a coup one agency at a time.
Grateful for some personal good news today. Keeping our eyes on education continues to be as vital as ever
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Grateful for some personal good news today. Keeping our eyes on education continues to be as vital as ever
The current state of campus speech, an exchange I had with Erwin Chemerinsky democracyjournal.org/magazine/72/...
March 24, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The current state of campus speech, an exchange I had with Erwin Chemerinsky democracyjournal.org/magazine/72/...
New paper on depolarization on campus, at a new venue for me. Grateful for many students’ help in writing it
rdcu.be/dxcng
rdcu.be/dxcng
January 29, 2024 at 12:57 PM
New paper on depolarization on campus, at a new venue for me. Grateful for many students’ help in writing it
rdcu.be/dxcng
rdcu.be/dxcng
(1) Hello. Campus speech scholar here, who happens to be Israeli-American. Free advice on free speech at this moment: you don't have to offer your irrelevant views on current events thousands of miles away. No one asked you, and you are likely uninformed. Of course,
October 14, 2023 at 1:22 AM
(1) Hello. Campus speech scholar here, who happens to be Israeli-American. Free advice on free speech at this moment: you don't have to offer your irrelevant views on current events thousands of miles away. No one asked you, and you are likely uninformed. Of course,