There is no neutral material of history. History is not a spectacle for us because it is our own living, our own violence and our own beliefs. - John O’Neil

I am excited to share my latest publication on The Palestine Exception. In this piece, I argue that higher education institutions have relied on two distinct modalities to repress faculty dissent and curb student organizing surrounding Palestine. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Racism doesn’t survive because Black people TALK about it, but because white people, practice, protect, excuse, and benefit from it.”

The state of education feels increasingly bleak. Censorship in higher education is not new; it reflects a long legacy of suppressing discussions of systemic and material forms of violence on university campuses. www.chron.com/texas/articl...

With censorship taking place across the country, it’s our time to speak out against authoritarian policies that aim to silence us. Please sign this petition c.org/xdrQZFkdZw

This is not only pushing for anti intellectualism but a co-option of research! This move opens the door to ideological control over knowledge production. www.scientificamerican.com/article/enti...

This is the same man who keeps whining about wanting the Nobel Peace Prize. And if you’ve said absolutely nothing about this madness, my default assumption is that you voted for this shit.

I am so happy to be recognized by the AERA Graduate Student Council for my continued dedication to advancing critical scholarship in education research. Check out the full newsletter here: www.canva.com/design/DAHEK...

So I know I have a lot of social studies teacher friends on here. If anyone is interested in possibly working together to submit to the Annals of Social Studies Education Research for Teachers, let me know. They are looking for a 1,500-word paper on historical thinking.

If I take time out of my day to read your paper and offer feedback, only to realize that most of it is AI generated or AI structured, it fundamentally changes how I see you as a researcher. I want to hear your voice. I want to see the humanness in your work!

I’m so happy I had the opportunity to present this research at the EGSO Conference with my coauthor, Sara. Our work examines newcomers experiences in public education and has also been published in the Journal of Latinos and Education. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🇺🇸: Iran better not kill any Iranian protestors 🇺🇸: murders 57 Iranian school girls on day 1

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

The denial of tenure was never about scholarship. It was a retaliatory move from @texastechlib.bsky.social to send a chilling message: dissent that threatens institutional power will be punished. Shame on Ron Hendrick, Brendon Creighton, Lawrence Schovanec turned tenure into a political tool!

With relentless attacks on academic freedom @ttu.edu has positioned itself to perpetuate harm against scholars whose use their academic freedom to provide dissent against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This denial targeted one of the brightest minds in the Curriculum and Instruction department.

If you want a fuller, more honest history of the U.S., listen to Black women. The most recent killing tied to ICE reflects a much deeper and longer history of state sponsored violence.

Our special issue (Use and Waste in Education and Qualitative Research) for QSE (International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education) has been approved. Looking forward to embark on this journey with the two other editors JoshCruz and Tuyen Pham! More to come.

Why Education Reformers Have to Lie About the Left radicalscholarship.com/2025/12/11/w...

This administration represents the worst of governance! theft disguised as policy, violence masquerading as order, and war sold as necessity. I know there are scholars here who identify as critical. I’m interested in whether that commitment is consistent across forms of oppression.

This is beyond a parody, exposing how universities are not neutral spaces but active participants in the larger project of modernity.

Why do you think education is failing? Multiple studies show that in Texas alone, nearly 40-50 percent of all new hires are uncertified teachers. These numbers are mind boggling.

My grandparents and parents lived through the Civil Rights Movement. Do you really think their attitudes changed that much? Let’s stop pretending that your Mamaw is just a sweet old lady, her history matters.

I’m happy to share that I passed my qualifying exam. One step closer for those three letters.

m so happy to share that I’ve received the Graduate Student Research Support Award from the @TTUGradSchool. This $1,500 award will go toward my ongoing research project on social studies teachers. I can’t thank my advisor enough for writing such a wonderful letter of support!

Hey there! I’m reaching out to share that I’m raising funds for my mothers funeral costs, and every contribution means the world to our family during this tough time. gofund.me/0313a7a98

Thrilled to share my new publication: “Newcomer Experiences in U.S. Public Education: Testimonial Counter-Story Using LatCrit.” It centers newcomer student voices & challenges deficit views through counter-storytelling. Free link (1st 50): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TEK6P...

Was just reminded that DARPA is still flush with research cash and it is clearly the establishment's hope that physical scientists will just turn to research that is functionally an investment in killing people I'm here to remind us: Scientists, you have a choice about what you are in the world 🧪

Tylenol caused me to be gay. RFK needs to really go down the rabbit hole so more white straight men don’t have the same fate as me.

If you think killing over politics is crazy, imagine killing over skin color😩😮‍💨

Never let a white person tell you that violence is never the answer. That’s the wrong message stacked on an even worse one.

Where was all this outrage when this happened? Political violence is terrible. Period! But if dead children were not enough to cause legislative change I can’t see this doing anything either. Let’s face it, the U.S. has a problem with gun violence. Call it out and let’s do something about it!

Does anyone have any recommendations on articles or books surrounding Black feminist thought?

just finished my first methodological paper (with a Michigan State PhD student) about utilizing AsianCrit as a theory and methodology. Now let the peer review process begin!

Pro Black also means letting Black people exist in ways that differ from your view of Blackness.

If you call yourself an ally but stay silent while your LGBTQIA+ friends are under attack, you’re not an ally but you’re a bystander. We see you.

From medical aid workers to journalists to 100,000 Palestinian lives, Israel’s ongoing genocide has spared no one. These are not accidents of “war” but are deliberate acts of violence, enabled by the U.S. that refuses to hold power accountable.

#solidarity #ecumenical #justice #infj💜 #💛🎯💯 #🌸🌸🌸

I don’t know how else to say this but if you still support Israel you are a deeply complicit part of an ongoing settler colonial and apartheid regime. You do not care about the lives of the Palestinians nor the genocide that is ongoing!

To echo what Tupac said, “It wouldn’t be L.A. without Mexicans,” but that goes without saying. Los Angeles was once a part of Mexico and is home to the second largest number of Mexicans in the world.

This is alarming: the National Archives are being closed to the public by the Trump Administration. www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-d...

Obama makes a nuclear deal with Iran to prevent nukes. Trump cancels deal. Iran starts making nuke material. Trump bombs Iran for thinking about making the nukes he enabled. Claims he's keeping America safe. Manipulative, narcissistic, sociopathic

I genuinely believe that to close the empathy gap, we need to read more books. Some recommendations for any adult or young adolescents: -Catcher in the Rye -The Street -Sister Outsider -Through my eyes These are just a few examples. If anyone has any other suggestions please comment below.

“Occupation, however violent, is narrated as taking care of things. In Zionism from the standpoint of its victims, , Said writes specifically of how Palestine was appropriated by being rendered a place that needed a caretaker” -Ahmed

Repression never stops social movements. It only intensifies it!

Call for Participants: Are you a Baldur’s Gate 3 player? Researchers at Texas Tech University want to hear from you! We’re conducting a research study to explore how your gaming experiences—particularly with BG3—influence your lived experiences in and out of the game.

I’m missing Festa Junina in Brazil because COE at Texas Tech is threatening to cut off funding for all RAs who travel over summer break. We are expected to stay in Lubbock, TX (both international and domestic students) for the entire duration of the program. TRASH place

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.