“A survey of higher education faculty in Georgia released this month by the state chapter of the American Association of University Professors found 19.6% of respondents reported having curriculum choices questioned by administrators in the past year.”

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album! 🎶 In September, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

“What might focusing on #joy in an anti-black world teach us about collective action and #relational #feeling? What if coalition building among the disenfranchised were framed around mutual investments in joy's flourishing?” #radicaljoy #improvisation

“Ultimately, #area #studies allows us to embrace, even revel in, cultural, social and linguistic particularity and specificity and, through understanding these #differences, recognize our #shared #humanity.“ I grew and learned so much from my #AppalachianStudies M.A. @appalachianstate.bsky.social

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“The hype around AI has prompted many companies to experiment without clear goals, adequate infrastructure, or a realistic understanding of what the technology can deliver, says Prof Li. ‘Relying on off-the-shelf tools without understanding their limitations can lead to poor outcomes.’”

“What’s important are protective measures for immigrant populations ... Atlanta’s the most surveilled city in the country. Who do you think is being surveilled? … We should not be going out of our way to direct police departments to unfairly surveil or target anybody.” #atlanta #citycouncil

Why, USG? Not hearing enough about this new #accrediting body, Commission for Public Higher Education. "DeSantis criticized the #diversity, #equity and #inclusion standards of college accreditors and said Florida had faced accreditor pushback on new higher education laws and policies." #highered

#April #gifting involved #plants rather than crochet this month. I gave a couple folks the gift of #squash #seedlings and have been gifted with my own squash seedlings and companion #cosmos and #zinnias growing into very happy plants, indeed! Not long until they start producing #food for the table!

Excited to be presenting “Cootie Catchers and Fortune Tellers: #Folding Creative #Origami #Play Into Analyzing and Presenting Qualitative Research” with my colleague Dr. Yixuan Wang at #AERA2025 in #Denver later today! #qualitativeresearch #poeticinquiry

"Psychologists Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke were used to getting only a handful of citations on their papers about gender and sexuality. So they watched with astonishment as their 2006 paper [on #thematicanalysis] became the third-most-cited article published this century." #research #methods

I’m appreciating spring #gifts and the miracle of new #life today. I’ve been watching this beautiful wasp-eating Eastern Phoebe and partner feed these hungry little hatchlings for a few days. Hard work keeping these fuzzy headed chicks happy! #easternphoebe #backyardbirds #babybirds #springtime

Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu

“U.S. students in B.C. say they are drawn by academic freedom, a lower cost of tuition and living in a politically stable, welcoming environment. …[UBC provost] Averill [also] noted the university has seen ‘unprecedented success’ in recruiting top-tier faculty from the U.S. in recent years.”

@wabe.org on the failure of Republican lawmakers to pass two “anti-DEI” bills this legislative season. “We should not be penalizing our schools and universities for trying to make sure that we’re teaching kids in an affirming and diverse environment,” [State Sen.] RaShuan Kemp told WABE on Sine Die.

Here's some interesting data: Universities with Highest Number of Targeted Students/Fac: - Arizona State University - Northeastern University - The University of Texas at Arlington

Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.

“I feel like people have the mentality that this doesn’t affect me so I don’t need to do anything about it,” Knapp said. “I am a straight male, I didn’t have a dog in this fight, but I do care about #freedom of #expression.” Sad to see in #Macon with its rich #lgbt #arts scene and #queer #heritage.

Hope everyone realizes the dangerous precedent this sets. Khalil was abducted from his home & disappeared by the US govt for using his First Amendment rights. Any dissent against the US or Israeli govt will now place Americans in danger. We are all Khalil, whether we realize it yet or not.

New free #zine by @claudiaeberger.bsky.social: "Footpath for the People?", a companion to reading their new data quilt—history of for which "public", whose land re:the Appalachian Trail + gender, race, & Indigenous land rights; & what data physicalization/viz via fabric arts makes possible:

We stand with U.S. international students currently experiencing increased fear, uncertainty, and discrimination. We're reminded of rice's role in many sojourner student lives and how rice and other home foods can present opportunities for learning across cultures *and* invoke negative stereotypes.

According to Kennesaw State University students and faculty, programs on the chopping block could include initiatives for LGBTQ students, students of color, women, Latino students and aimed at promoting cultural awareness.

“half of all complaints…submitted to the Office for Civil Rights before the new administration…concerned students with disabilities who weren't getting the accommodations they needed to learn. …26 percent were about racial discrimination, … 8 percent were about sexual harassment or violence.”

The Gender of Sound by Anne Carson officially launches on Monday! It's a huge privilege to publish her writing - we're excited to share her powerful thoughts on the gendering of sound in Western culture 🍊 www.silverpress.org/collections/...

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/03/20/g...

For my March #crochet #gifting, I’ve returned to making these elegant #bookmarks. I made and beribboned 5 of these #handmade creations for 5 academic women collaborators and colleagues whose work has inspired or #nurtured me in some way. I love this way of showing #care for the bookworms in my life.

Delighted to share my recently published co-authored article in #Gender and Education. We explore Braidotti's #posthuman "capacious framing of #feminism as ‘the desire for #freedom, a deep visceral longing for overcoming conditions that are not bearable, unfair, not sustainable’ (238)" in #highered.

"The organization cited recent executive orders; the Dear Colleagues letterEditSign, a letter issued on Feb. 14 detailing the Department of Education’s new civil rights guidance targeting DEI practices; and SB120, a bill introduced in the state Senate effectively banning DEI initiatives."

By emotionally binding people together who have had the same #experiences… the #collective #story overcomes some of the isolation and alienation of contemporary life. … Once linked, the #possibility for social #action… is present,… the possibility of societal transformation (Richardson, 1997, p. 33)

I am deeply honored that @biographersintl.bsky.social has chosen Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde to be part of the long list for their highest honor The Plutarch Prize in such exciting company.💜 biographersinternational.org/news/2025-pl...

Appearing in English for the first time, Jean-Claude Fignolé’s novel "Quiet Dawn" tells an enthralling story of Haiti’s transition from French colony to independent Black republic. Read the intro by Kaiama L. Glover & @soccerpolitics.bsky.social for free now: https://buff.ly/41a7Xr7

BSP 2025 International Symposium with University of Tilburg & Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis. CfP – Touching time: duration, bodies, politics Tilburg, The Netherlands. 23 & 24 June 2025 In-person & online. Free. www.britishphenomenology.org.uk/internationa... #Phenomenology #Philosophy

February #crochet #gifting project soon on its way to a friend’s new baby. This is at least the third #hyperbolic brain development ball I’ve made for a little one. Three color changes in cotton and cotton/linen blend yarns. #Crafting these little #love #gifts is bringing me so much #joy these days!

Excellent documentary on the legend. There would be no Luther or Peabo without Roberta Flack. RIP www.pbs.org/video/robert...

Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. Gift link here: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...

“Of central importance, greater numbers of cross-race friends—but not cross-race acquaintances—uniquely and significantly predict teachers’ greater self-efficacy about engaging with students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds." #EdResearch #teachered #education #race #diversity

"Discipline is crucial to any true love—that we have #boundaries, that we set boundaries. Part of what’s happened to us as a nation is that we have confused #discipline with a blind #obedience to #authoritarianism, ..." (1/2) #bellhooks #love #ethic #allaboutlove #lifelongeducation

"If we are being #abused in any way, we are not being loved. #Love is antithetical to abuse and domination. … What do we teach our children about love? What is the #miseducation we give them? Part of the miseducation we give them is that you can violate someone and then say you love them. ... (1/2)

"A decent #education ought to be creating free, independent, creative human beings … part of developing a free and #democratic society of real participation. … If you had the kind of educational system that #Dewey spent his life committed to … people would become active, involved, engaged, and (1/2)

🧪More myth-busting from Lise Eliot's team onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I am pretty happy with my new chapter, written more than one year ago, ‘Teen’s Creative Experiences in TikTok as an Infra-Structure of Feeling’. It is part of this book that maybe you can order through your library www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postdevel...

Check out the unfolding #collaborative #autoethnography happening over @ricestoryteller.bsky.social connecting the #affective #presence of rice in our #personal stories with our #academiclives as #Asian America scholars attuned to #morethanhuman #potentials. #feminist #posthuman #becomings

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“I think the people who are making these decisions are very clear that they want to create a society that’s based on deep-set inequities that are hard baked & don’t transform whether that’s around race, class, or gender." - Todd Wolfson, AAUP President apnews.com/article/trum...

In No is Not a Lonely Utterance, Sara Ahmed dissects the anatomy of a #complaint, revealing how institutions create hostile environments that stigmatise complainers, and charts a way we can #listen to #grievances with ‘feminist ears’ … to address the root causes of injustice and inequality.” #books

Enjoying this new special issue update on #adultlearning #theory from New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education and honored to have my #scholarship on #feeling cited in the #transformativelearning piece. Lots of #openaccess articles here! #adulted onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15360717...

“A general summary by AI is often at or even below the level of a Wikipedia article, which I will read if I need basic background information. … The erosion of those foundational elements — education, community, real engagement — is part of what makes this technology attractive to people.”