Trevor R. Nelson (He/Him)
@trevorrnelson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Musicology @ Wichita State. Scholar of 20th-Century British music, race, and the Commonwealth, but I mostly post about tennis and my cat. Views obviously my own.
www.TrevorRNelson.com
www.TrevorRNelson.com
Is there a term for someone who is constantly rearranging their office furniture in an attempt to find the perfect layout? Because I need a way to describe myself.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Is there a term for someone who is constantly rearranging their office furniture in an attempt to find the perfect layout? Because I need a way to describe myself.
At AMS/SMT and need something to do this afternoon? Come to the Race, Nation, and Identity panel to hear me speak on some usual ceremonies celebrating colonial independence at Westminster Abbey in the 1960s. 4 pm in Lake Superior A!
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At AMS/SMT and need something to do this afternoon? Come to the Race, Nation, and Identity panel to hear me speak on some usual ceremonies celebrating colonial independence at Westminster Abbey in the 1960s. 4 pm in Lake Superior A!
I’m a musicologist, of course I’m not playing any music during my AMS paper…
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I’m a musicologist, of course I’m not playing any music during my AMS paper…
Angel hair is trash
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Angel hair is trash
Okay I have at least *started* my AMS paper and designed the title slide...just some more frantic writing to go...
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Okay I have at least *started* my AMS paper and designed the title slide...just some more frantic writing to go...
So excited to be in Montréal for this wonderful workshop/conference on Music, Diplomacy, and Propaganda.
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So excited to be in Montréal for this wonderful workshop/conference on Music, Diplomacy, and Propaganda.
Using Fall Break to catch up on a few things, including a "Research Security Training" which features this slide...Ohhhhh boyyyyy
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Using Fall Break to catch up on a few things, including a "Research Security Training" which features this slide...Ohhhhh boyyyyy
I’m watching 10 Things I Hate About You to celebrate fall break and all I have to say is Heath Ledger, be still my heart.
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I’m watching 10 Things I Hate About You to celebrate fall break and all I have to say is Heath Ledger, be still my heart.
Because I like to stir the pot in the School of Music, today's lesson in Camp and Queer Aesthetics is totally relevant to our current holiday season...
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Because I like to stir the pot in the School of Music, today's lesson in Camp and Queer Aesthetics is totally relevant to our current holiday season...
Today in my Camp and Queer Aesthetics class we read Smart's "The Silencing of Lucia" so of course I had to use this gif as a discussion prompt and no. one. laughed. Crawling into a hole now.
a woman wearing glasses and a pink shirt says " were you silent or were you silenced ? "
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a pink shirt says " were you silent or were you silenced ? "
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Today in my Camp and Queer Aesthetics class we read Smart's "The Silencing of Lucia" so of course I had to use this gif as a discussion prompt and no. one. laughed. Crawling into a hole now.
Me: Teaching a Camp and Queer Aesthetics class will be fun! How hard can it be.
Also me, now: *trying to decipher Kant* whyyyyyyy did I do this to myself
Also me, now: *trying to decipher Kant* whyyyyyyy did I do this to myself
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Me: Teaching a Camp and Queer Aesthetics class will be fun! How hard can it be.
Also me, now: *trying to decipher Kant* whyyyyyyy did I do this to myself
Also me, now: *trying to decipher Kant* whyyyyyyy did I do this to myself
Really hoping this rapture begins soon so I don’t have to finish planning my Vivaldi lecture…
September 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Really hoping this rapture begins soon so I don’t have to finish planning my Vivaldi lecture…
There was an item on today’s faculty senate agenda that just said “Rumors” and I was very excited for our Fleetwood Mac listening party. Unfortunately it was just some mediocre gossip that wasn’t even true. Lameeee.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
There was an item on today’s faculty senate agenda that just said “Rumors” and I was very excited for our Fleetwood Mac listening party. Unfortunately it was just some mediocre gossip that wasn’t even true. Lameeee.
Glad I went and got mine this morning
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Glad I went and got mine this morning
When I moved to Kansas, the first PCP I saw gave me some weird vibes. Come to find out his practice is a hub for anti-vaxers. Saw a new PCP today who insisted on me getting my flu and COVID shots ASAP in case insurance policies change and they are no longer covered...
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When I moved to Kansas, the first PCP I saw gave me some weird vibes. Come to find out his practice is a hub for anti-vaxers. Saw a new PCP today who insisted on me getting my flu and COVID shots ASAP in case insurance policies change and they are no longer covered...
I was planning on doing an Opera Studies musicology seminar in the spring but feeling more and more drawn to making it Music and Authoritarian Politics…
September 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I was planning on doing an Opera Studies musicology seminar in the spring but feeling more and more drawn to making it Music and Authoritarian Politics…
Just canceled my subscription.
Sorry US tennis fans, the solution to cancelling Tennis Channel is to cancel Tennis Channel. That's it. Find tennis somewhere else -- be creative.
September 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just canceled my subscription.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
Well this has been an interesting week 🙃🙃
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Well this has been an interesting week 🙃🙃
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The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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A perfect afternoon in Astoria.
September 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A perfect afternoon in Astoria.
Amanda!!!!
Anisimova d. Swiatek 6-4 6-3
AMANDA IS A US OPEN SEMIFINALIST.
From losing 6-0 6-0 to Iga at Wimbledon to beating her in straight sets today.
That takes a different type of resilience.
✅Back-to-back Slam SF
✅3rd Slam SF
✅6th top 10 win of 2025
Fire in the belly.
Hunger in the heart. 🇺🇸❤️
AMANDA IS A US OPEN SEMIFINALIST.
From losing 6-0 6-0 to Iga at Wimbledon to beating her in straight sets today.
That takes a different type of resilience.
✅Back-to-back Slam SF
✅3rd Slam SF
✅6th top 10 win of 2025
Fire in the belly.
Hunger in the heart. 🇺🇸❤️
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Amanda!!!!
Our elevator went out in the spring, so students were having to constantly carry large instruments up and down stairs, to say nothing of those with mobility issues.
Meanwhile they are building literal rockets across campus.
Meanwhile they are building literal rockets across campus.
Professors: I'd like a desk and some bookcases for my books.
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
September 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our elevator went out in the spring, so students were having to constantly carry large instruments up and down stairs, to say nothing of those with mobility issues.
Meanwhile they are building literal rockets across campus.
Meanwhile they are building literal rockets across campus.
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Someone please kill me right now.
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Someone please kill me right now.
I work at an R2 with major R1 ambitions (it’s our president’s top priority). I’m in my 4th semester and I’ve have 11 new preps. No TAs. No pre-tenure leave available. It is structurally impossible to be a top scholar. I’m so fortunate to have a TT job, but this kind of ask is not cool at all.
I've noticed a trend in requests for tenure reviews, asking letter writers to compare candidates to other "top" scholars at the same career stage. Can we please not do this?!?
Making tenure a moving and competitive target risks ratcheting up increasingly untenable expectations for productivity.
Making tenure a moving and competitive target risks ratcheting up increasingly untenable expectations for productivity.
August 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I work at an R2 with major R1 ambitions (it’s our president’s top priority). I’m in my 4th semester and I’ve have 11 new preps. No TAs. No pre-tenure leave available. It is structurally impossible to be a top scholar. I’m so fortunate to have a TT job, but this kind of ask is not cool at all.