I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white. The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country. We also have a food pantry.

If you do basic needs work in higher education, you quickly come to realize how fucked the fundamentals of the economy are... particularly for young adults

"In this way, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net for the poor—it’s an invisible subsidy for everyone. When it shrinks, costs don’t disappear. They move to households, employers, local governments, school systems, ERs, jails. Everyone pays." prospect.org/politics/202...

Tell me your pet’s name with a gif:

Strongly suggest this read, we have been doing social work ed a disservice for so long. If now is not the time to redirect our curricula, then when? “if we take seriously our stated commitment to social justice...full-spectrum education isn’t just pedagogically practical – it’s a moral imperative.”

Nearly nothing makes me roll my eyes more than an academic listing their annual accomplishments. Buuuut I am 37 weeks pregnant, in “early labor,” and still exercising, teaching, nesting, and moving projects forward. Pregnant people are amazing. Cis men could NEVER.

seeing Bloc Party tonight. they’re kicking off their American tour in Boston. always love attending a concert solo. ♥️ date yoself.

Coming June 2025: Special Issue on the Future of Child Welfare in Families in Society Abolish or Reform? 🔍 Highlights include a point–counterpoint between: Dr. Alan Dettlaff Dr. Jessica A. Pryce Plus, articles from: Dr. Brenda Jones Harden Dr. Autumn BlackDeer Dr. Darcey Merritt …and more!

insurreciton welfare. probably first of many examples

I literally teach my social change students that engaging in movement work is simply a matter of showing up and letting people put you in leadership roles.

"Sow a small seed of rebelliousness, and you will reap a harvest of freedoms." Quote from Bad Mexicans written by Kelly Lytle Hernández.

What relatively short video resources have you found helpful for teaching about fascism & authoritarianism? This won’t be extensive inquiry into the topic, but will provide a basic understanding in a class where this isn’t a focal topic - given current events

Want a good review of this whole "mutual academic defense compact," #MADC, universities standing up together thing? Want your colleagues and neighbors to get it? This is a good read.

THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.

(One of) the latest 4-alarm fires for higher ed. Social work, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, needs to GET ON THIS. Thoughts, @cswe.bsky.social? And SW faculty followers? NADD members?

What's that line about staying neutral itself being a position? That stance, and moreso complying, may destroy higher ed more thoroughly than the federal administration. Also: our students are watching.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

"Predictors of political participation of U.S. social workers: the mediating effect of confidence" - OPEN ACCESS www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Harvard has a multi step plan for fighting back! Every university should develop one so they don’t comply!

“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses… by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o... universities should focus on their core mission-Teaching!! Powerful advice from @mashagessen.bsky.social

LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL OF YOU. As I've been saying (most recently to the northwestern student behavior) you fight authoritarianism by collectively imposing costs on every dictator move. File all the lawsuits, give ZERO INCHES dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/10/c...

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

I recently partnered with Remarkably Us, a Latina led non-profit that centers Latina former foster youth. Together, we are conducting an oral history project of Latinx former foster youth who've experienced child sexual abuse. Please share this flyer as you see fit. bit.ly/3YlmHm7

"The AAUP is leading that fight, but it cannot do so alone. Every professor who joins strengthens our ability to push back against the dismantling of scientific teaching and research in higher education. All faculty, regardless of tenure-line and academic staff are eligible to join the AAUP."

Today was one of those days I had to shift my schedule around and cancel meetings. A slot opened up with a doc I've been trying to see for months, and I knew I must put my health first. I hope you remember, that in these trying times, it's OK to take care of yourself so you can keep on keeping on.

Encouraging news I would've missed if it weren't for Liz's weekly update: "The Rutgers University Senate passed a resolution proposing a Mutual Defense Compact in which members of the Big Ten conference will pool funding and legal, policy, and communications capacity and expertise." More of this!

Me scrolling thru the @nytimes.com app to find the story about 1000s of #handsoff protestors in over 1000 cities. Still scrolling. Still scrolling. Still scrolling.

This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.

Boston social workers showed up today! #HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #Mass50501 #FiftyFiftyOne #BostonTok #Indivisible #SwingBlue #socialworkactivists #SWAC

BREAKING: Md federal Judge Paula Xinis GRANTS preliminary injunction, rules from the bench that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was apprehended "without legal basis" and removed to El Salvador illegally, "without any legal process." He's to be returned to the U.S. by 11:59 on Monday, 4/7.

The white supremacist concept of perfectionism runs rampant among liberals as we constantly demand perfectionism of anyone that speaks out against oppression. We need to determine how to hold each other accountable while also advancing the movement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u... Woohoo. WI kicks Elon’s ass!!!!

The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No more anticipatory obedience! Staying under the radar does not help faculty, staff, students, nor our community partners. Please demand more from those who chose to serve our institutions. Share, sign, and most of all, organize with others you know. www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org

Going in my social change lessons.

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

A social work journal published a whole special issue on how social justice, critical theory, post modernism, and teaching critical praxis in social work is destroying our field. That’s it. It’s not April 1st. This is a real thing. Please don’t ever tell me social workers are ahead of any curve.🤦🏻‍♀️

If you are attending #CSW69 in New York this week, the SVRI, @who.int, the World Bank Group, @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social are hosting a high-impact panel on Friday 21 March to reflect on three decades of advancing research on violence against women. Meet the panellists: www.svri.org/svri-partner...

No more hiding, university presidents. Faculty - we strongly suggest you organize yourselves to pressure your university presidents and provosts. Ask them to join forces with other universities and speak out.

A swarm of cops dragging away a rabbi protesting the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil says everything you need to know about the Trump agenda. Trump doesn't care about Jewish safety - he's focused on taking away our right to protest. Not in our name.