A really favorable review of the edited volume that I contributed to last year called "The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives." networks.h-net.org/group/review...

Wrote close to 7000 words this week about Bai Chongxi's Northern Expedition. Time for a break.

Grinch toes.

Maybe now Andy Reid will be available to coach the Arkansas Razorbacks to victory.

A little light reading for the break….

It's my last day of teaching until August 2026 and I feel frreeeeeeeeeee!!! FREEE! (I have a fellowship in the Spring 2026 to finish my book about Bai Chongxi.)

Dino and his cousin Bernie. A bromance for the ages. Love at first sight.

"Mean Spirit" by Linda Hogan is *the best* novel I've read this year. (I'm approaching 50 novels so far this year.) Highly recommend.

Gluten free cranberry custard tart (hazelnut and rice flour crust). Get the elastic waist pants prepared, friends.

TIRED: entrusting university academic integrity offices with investigating alleged student use of ChatGPT WIRED: bringing the Inquisition in

Oh! This looks great--just got my library to order. 🤓📚 uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/mother...

Taking in Fall. Happy doggos.

I have an adult student from Japan who is completing an undergrad in English--kudos to him. We were chatting yesterday and he was telling me about how much free time he has and how all the 20 year olds who complain about being "so busy" all the time have no idea what's coming for them--i.e. life.

I'm "you're gonna need progressive lenses" years old... 😱

We had a guest cancel their visit to campus because of flight chaos. It’s like a bonus day! I wrote four reference letters for students heading off into the world and finished reviewing a book ms for a press. 📋✅

Just two besties snuggling up on a cold day.

I thought we all agreed during Covid that sending your students to interview other professors as an assignment is downright RUDE.

At “Public Intellectuals and State Power in Twentieth-Century China,” at the Southwest AAS conference at Texas A&M San Antonio. @asianstudies.org

I've got my Louisiana in-laws rooting for the Jays. 😂

Whoa. www.thewirechina.com/2025/10/26/c...

I need blood pressure meds to get me through the rest of this World Series.

Dino's been a Jays fan since he was a wee lad.

Go JAYS!

Took my students to Special Collections to work with archives today. 🤓📜

Fergie got a new bed because the cat stole her other one. She wanted to show you all how much she loves being cozy.

My graduate student just told that I should get some rest and that I look tired. 😑

I was on the selection committee for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize (History). I am SO HAPPY that the winner is Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi's AMAZING book "Archipelago of Resettlement Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam and Israel-Palestine." 🎉👍 www.acls.org/2025-acls-op...

The Blue Jays and Mariners both joined the MLB in 1977 and they’ve never met in the playoffs before (besides in 2022 when mariners swept them in wildcard). GO JAYS!

🎉👍 Big congrats to David Tobin, Tim Grose and Emily Upson on their ACLS China Studies Collaborative Research Grant, "Un-Settling Xinjiang: Archiving, Digitizing and Curating Knowledge of Settler Colonial Violence in China and Beyond." www.acls.org/recent-fello...

Guys, I'm exhausted.

Best thing I've seen all week.

Made a lasagna (pasta included) from scratch. Garfield would be proud.

Bai Chongxi meets with an African delegate in Taipei for the Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League Conference.

I'm sure people in OK are devastated. What a chump. www.koco.com/article/ryan...

I bet there is at least one H1B holder in every department in every college at my university. As an immigrant who is now a dual Canadian and American citizen, I can't imagine the needless stress and anxiety these faculty members are facing right now.

Enjoying the ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Arkansas, in a nutshell. Also, made a pawpaw cheesecake last year with foraged pawpaws and it was 🔥🔥🔥!!!

When I was ten, my dad gave me a tree in a park for my birthday. The tree is now 36 years old and provides shade for the community at Three Valleys Park in North York. 🇨🇦🌳💚💚

I'm moderating an Honors College discussion about "Nuclear" next week. Come join me, a political scientist, a geographer and a physicist! news.uark.edu/articles/798...

Well, today was a doozy. It might have been a "hoax," but I was escorted out of my office by fully-armed tactical police with my hands above my head after being on lockdown for 90+ minutes. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/08/25/p...

Will there ever come a day when I don't eat my lunch by 10:00 am when I am working at the office?

Starting year 11 tomorrow at the University of Arkansas. 🤓📚 Teaching the International Studies Methods seminar this semester and trying to finish up my second book project. 👩‍🏫 👩‍🏫

@ncuscr.bsky.social is delighted to announce the twenty fellows who make up the ninth cohort of our Public Intellectuals Program. Learn more about the newest #PIPFellows: www.ncuscr.org/twenty-leadi...

Took my family to DC and saw a motorcycle backfire. Reported it to the cops as gunshots.

Took a little trip to St. Louis and Hermann MO. Great sights. HUGE portions. 👍

Sometimes, I get so deep in a project I forget that other people don't know what I am talking about but it just seems like very quotidian info. Like, what do you mean you DIDN'T KNOW that Li Zongren didn't think Bai Chongxi was old enough to lead the Northern Expedition? What planet are you from?

The National Humanities Center welcomes fellowship applications from scholars engaged in the study of China in the Ming dynasty or of regions and periods connected to the Ming dynasty. Applications are due October 2, 2025. #AsianStudies cc: @asianstudies.org

Apparently my high school BFF's pre-teens think 18-year old me looks like Harry Potter... 😂🥴

Someone just tried to tell me that writing three journal articles was about as hard as writing a book and I almost punched them in the face on reflex.

I got my AAS merch so now @mauracunningham.bsky.social and I can match! 🤓🤗