Every time I teach the MOVE bombing, students are shocked. And when I teach the aftermath involving an anthropologist who hoarded some of the remains and used them as teaching tools, they are even more shocked. And I teach in Pennsylvania. Even some students from Philly are unaware of this history

Rest in peace to John Ketwig, Vietnam veteran and author of ...And a Hard Rain Fell. It was an honor to get to know John. He talked with my students at VT, reviewed my book, and participated in my NEH Summer Institute, where he talked about the war, memorialization, why he joined the VVAW.

I appreciate people who just decide to do stuff. reasonstobecheerful.world/the-one-doll...

I am looking forward to writing and researching this summer. I’ll hide away from humans for a while and do what I got my Ph.D to do.

#NewPublicationAlert Dissidents: Veterans Speak Out for Justice is a peer-reviewed, digital humanities project published by Virginia Tech Publishing and Press, based on oral histories with veterans. dissidents.vt.domains/veterans

If you're interested in the environment and Oral History, you do not want to miss this conversation with authors Stephen Sloan and Mark Cave on Thursday, April 23 at 3:30 eastern, presented by the Oral History Association's Publications Committee. Register below: oralhistory.org/2026/03/17/o...

Happy voting day in Virginia, aka a temporary moratorium on the endless mail and media propaganda.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

The bicentennial in 1976 was a golden age for investment in U.S. public history projects and the humanities. The federal government provided generous funding to do the work of American history. Today, on the 250th, the humanities are being gutted and history censored. #talkabouthumanities

This week: US foreign policy and imperial violence in the Cold War. The discussion will be imformed by @kimatiwagner.bsky.social's critiques as well as that of other southeast and east Asian scholars. To be paired with @jasonhiggins.bsky.social's brilliant history.

I am honored that #PrisonersAfterWar won the Sturm Research Excellence Award, from the Kappa Phi Beta, Mu Chapter of Virginia. This is a university-wide award at Virginia Tech that encourages and rewards scholarship with a significant appeal to an educated audience beyond a narrow scholarly field.

#CoverReveal Coming soon from Virginia Tech Publishing, "Dissidents" is a peer-reviewed digital humanities project that features the stories of veterans who spoke out for justice. Through oral histories, it explores the anti-war movement and the experiences of Black, queer, and women veterans.

Wow, just wow! Awe-inspiring beauty! Image credits: NASA www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

This guy steals all Nixon’s ideas. His threats are straight out of the Nixon’s “Madman Theory.” It did not work with Vietnam. It will not work with Iran. It’s like none of the lessons from the past 60 years of American war are ever learned.

It was a great pleasure to speak with Jacey Anderson, book review editor for the Oral History Review for OHR Extra! We discuss oral history, my book Prisoners after War, and forthcoming projects. (@umasspress.bsky.social) If you're interested check it out. oralhistory.org/2026/03/24/a...

Glad to see this is "official." I look forward to accepting the award in Arlington, VA. Hope to see you there.

An incredible digital #OpenAcess collection of newspapers published by incarcerated writers within the U.S. prison system.

Recently, I sat down for an interview with my hometown friend and high school classmate, Tercero Munoz with Suite P Productions out of Hot Springs Arkansas. We talk about veterans, history, mass incarceration, and System of a Down. Check it out in the link in the comments.

And journal editors should never invite comment again from someone who submits an AI-generated peer review.

Added a new title to the reading list by journalist Wil Haygood. It joins a very short but excellent list of books on African American experiences during the Vietnam War.

I am humbled to announce that "World War Zoos" won the 2026 Distinguished Book Award from the Society of Military History. Thanks to everyone who believed in the book! share.google/G2gxOFSy2ZcF... @elisecapron.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @tmennel.bsky.social

Rest in peace, Country Joe McDonald. youtu.be/CXuSQcyuPU8?...

I’ve been revising a digital humanities publication after some helpful and engaged peer-reviewers’ feedback. This has been an ongoing student-involved, community centered-oral history project that we started during my first year at Virginia Tech. I plan to share it at the NCPH/AASLH conference.

Reading “Until the Last Gun is Silent” by Matthew Delmont and let me tell you it’s a good time to be reading a book about the overlap between the anti-war and civil rights movements.

Job opening for a 2-year Postdoc in #OralHistory and Social Justice at Duke University: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69830/d...

Today marks the second-year publication anniversary of Prisoners after War. I had no clue how anti-climactic publishing a book would be, so I thought I would put together a thread about the trickling effects of book publishing. Maybe it’ll be interesting to first-time authors.

Thrilled to finally be sharing my Densho blog post on disabled Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. #DisabilitySky #skystorians Glad it made it in time for #DayOfRemembrance #EO9066 #AcademicSky densho.org/catalyst/ask...

a great listen @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

I literally wrote about this for @nursingclio.bsky.social! The draft included a section on hazing and the military in the 1990s, which conservatives opined was essential to being made into a man. (I originally bragged about my blood wings and E5 party.) nursingclio.org/2025/06/04/n...

Thanks to Sarah Griswold for this story about my recent trip to Vietnam. @okstate.edu #AmericanStudies news.okstate.edu/articles/art...

Bastards. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/cons...

So glad to see Judith Resnik's crucial new book.

“Jefferson’s life and legacies cannot be fully understood without understanding American chattel slavery, nor can it be understood without understanding the lives of the hundreds of enslaved individuals that lived and labored at Monticello,” ~Andrew Davenport www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...

Coming this May. A documentary about WEB Du Bois - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMs...

+ Please share the thread widely to get all this great public scholarship to all the folks, & enjoy, all! blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Celebrating Presidents in 2026? Fraught as hell, but what’s not is celebrating all the great public scholarship in my 263rd #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

An interview w/Thomas Foster (au of Rethinking Rufus) on enslavers' sexual predation on the people they held in bondage. truthout.org/articles/bla... "This reality speaks to just how bad slavery was, how pervasively sexually violent it was toward both enslaved Black women [& girls] & men [& boys]."

Truly a great library day today.

Heck yeah! I’m in the People’s Choice category!

Wow. I wonder why...

It was so much “fun” to do a deep dive analysis of Taxi Driver on its 50th anniversary. Check it out if you’re interested in psychiatric trauma in Vietnam veteran homecoming narratives, tropes, or even in intensely violent, noir films!

Great analysis by @jasonhiggins.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver. A must-read for those interested in the #VietnamWar, #filmhistory, and #veterans and their representation on film.

Taxi Driver is one of my favorite films of all time and @jasonhiggins.bsky.social has provided great analysis of the movie and larger historical context in this great piece

Here’s an #OralHistory of the most magical Super Bowl halftime show ever. www.theringer.com/2020/01/29/m...

Listen, no one will ever top Prince’s halftime show. Full stop.

Thrilled to return my author’s agreement for my chapter—𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆: 𝗭𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗹𝘁, 𝗭-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲—in an edited volume from @usni.org, forthcoming in 2026. 🥹📖🖊️⚓️💪🏼

I'm pleased to share that Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a finalist for the Veterans Studies Association 2026 Book Award. As a civilian, I have always been a guest in veterans’ spaces, so I'm deeply honored to be recognized in this field.

Arkansas moves to ban books in prisons as a drug-fighting measure Corrections officials would also prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the country. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

#BlackHistoryMonth sale at NYU Press, including on two of my books: *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake* and *New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration.*