BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“As our leaders expect the best of us, we expect the best of you.” www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

I’m looking forward to our session this afternoon here at #AACUCLASS. Really enjoying the conversations so far!

Quote from Stephanie Akunvabey of Pace U cited at #AACUCLASS The work of diversity, equity, & inclusion is like the baking soda in a cookie - you don’t taste it but it’s in every bite. If you take it out you ruin the cookie. But it’s being treated like the icing on a cupcake you can just wipe away.

Article by Dewsberry, et al (2022) mentioned in his keynote at #AACUCLASS 2025: Deep Teaching involves "specific pedagogical approaches and strategies are enacted as a function of carefully cultivated relationships and continuous dialogue with the students." journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

This has been one moving and important keynote. Whew.

“Teaching students how to engage in difference and respectful dialogue is something every class can do,” says @fiu.bsky.social professor @dewsbury.bsky.social. #AACUCLASS

Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera’s message to #AACUCLASS attendees: higher education must “move from prestige to purpose, from silos to systems, from resistance to reimagination.”

Bryan Dewsberry at AACU CLASS: "It's a rare time when words are being weaponized and are being struck from our websites and curricula. I'm struck by the speed of the retreat from those words. These are words presidents stood up and swore they believed in. Did they ever really mean those words?"

Dark Pence is back.

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

“Woke” was appropriated from Black culture. Now mainly white people apply it as a blanket term for anything raising consciousness of women, minorities, LGBTQIA+ ppl, indigenous ppls… anything challenging the authority and dominance of white men. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Let’s call it what it is: wokeness is a pejorative for critical thinking, for challenging the status quo. For some i’ss threatening to examine sources of harm to vulnerable groups & minorities because they don’t want to acknowledge the role they play in preserving of upholding these harms.

“And the President chose Hegseth and the other members of his cabinet for exactly that reason—as amplifiers, not policy experts or adept managers of large organizations.” Excellent piece from @kschake.bsky.social

Education research cuts are barely moving the needle on the federal budget, but causing massive harm. Great piece by my colleagues who study math cognition. www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinio...

Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process. That means the United States is simply unsafe

Why has no one heard about supposed Russian and Chinese "aggressive incursions" in Greenland (a NATO member territory) until Vance mentioned them today? Is it because Vance is making shit up, and Trump is and both think we're stupid, or because they are? www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUE...

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

My family has been in Ohio since 1808. On the actuarial tables, I have about 40 more years of writing. I'm watching Ohio being destroyed in real-time, and I promise you that I will make sure everybody knows how it happened, and who is to blame, in the history books.

We are now at the point in Ohio where students are afraid to write about the issues they care about because they are afraid another student in their class might report them for it. This is America in 2025.

I honestly never imagined we would see the return of white supremacy, authoritarianism, or eugenics in my lifetime. Yet, it’s all here right now. My heart breaks more and more every day.

Shame on you DeWine. Shame on you all. www.10tv.com/article/news...

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...

They are complaining that museums are no longer subscribing to racism.

I swear to god every day I die a little more. Now the museums.

I will never renew my membership in APA ever again. I am disgusted. The far right attack on diversity is insulting, dangerous, and damaging. How far will we let this go? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me. Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.

How do I even put "my doctoral students could not achieve their full scientific potential because they had to worry ICE would abduct them off the street while getting to lab" into a tenure impact statement?

A stunning assault on the First Amendment Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.

In this season of Lent, it is chilling to be an American. I have a new understanding of what it must have been like to watch the crowd turn on Jesus & cheer for his shame, torment, & crucifixion. If you’ve ever asked yourself what you would have done in that crowd, the present moment is your test.

thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."

“Fascism: a populist political movement that exalts nation & race above the individual; associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, characterized by severe economic & social regimentation & forcible suppression of opposition.” Ex: see arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk

Sure, why should it matter that people appointed despite grave concerns over their competence mysteriously revealed obviously confidential info to someone they all consider hostile? They lie and lie and lie and expect everyone to swallow it. Over and over again. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

If medical research doesn't "direct people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes" then what was the point of the study?

Look, I might be crazy but I happen to want NIH to tell us when crackpot claims about health are unsupported. Dangerous even. THAT IS NOT CENSORSHIP THAT IS PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH. YES NIH - PLEASE CENSOR INFORMATION THAT MIGHT KILL PEOPKLE.

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison

We're also taught that the service load belongs primarily to women, often non-tenured. What really grinds my gears is how often bad service in academia is 110% rewarded with a cessation of service assignments. This cycle disproportionately affects women, and I hate it.

This is the kind of thing a novice student does in a first-year research paper: only include info that supports their beliefs, ignoring other, stronger evidence. Everyone knows this is not how science works, right?

College students on a group chat where one person posts sensitive exam info receive disciplinary sanctions for academic misconduct. They could receive a failing grade or possibly be expelled, just for being on that chat. Just sayin.

Me. I have never done this, certainly never in my work. Never with anything relevant to the security of student information, which is among the most important aspects of my job. If I had I would be unemployed. Don’t accept excuses for this.

Recently a colleague told me she felt confident about what I would say about her and her work when she wasn't at the table. I don't think anyone has ever paid me a higher compliment. This is exactly who I aspire to be at all times. I want colleagues to know where I stand & what I will advocate for.

On all the letters of recommendation I'm writing from here on out, I'm going to summarize all my key points in bullets and then elaborate, to spare readers from trying to decode the points I want to make. I wish more letter writers would do this, too.

So happy to have been part of this project - if you're looking for ideas for teaching psychology, do check out the case studies linked below! #ICUPO #ICUP #PsychologicalLiteracy

You know who did read the grants that are being terminated? At least three experts in the field from around the country read them really carefully, and they and a whole panel of dozens of scientists rated them among the top 10% of applications. Apparently we're funding based on word searches now.

The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...

"There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... " www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...