Associate Professor @ U of Wisconsin-La Crosse (20/21c poetry, American Lit, English Ed). Excellent teammate, adequate cook, terrible multitasker.
La Crosse, WI
Joined April 2010
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[guy who was clearly not doing well before daylight savings]: yeah man this time change has got me fucked up idk
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listen, if you don’t want the state to reprimand you for thoughtcrime, simply stop teaching CRT*
*anything that might make your local crank mad
“Youngkin also touted a tip line for parents to report to the state any school officials they find to be behaving objectionably — including teaching ‘divisive’ subjects” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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THREAD: What the War Against CRT in Florida is really about:
(1) On Saturday I was to be the lead scholar for a NCHE seminar on "The Long Civil Rights Movement" (LCRM) for teachers in Osceola county. @historyed is THE leading organization for HIS teachers. Per their website:
Tom Jesse retweeted
"Don’t explain CRT to me—I don’t want to know. I only want to know what I think I already know, which is that whatever it is, it’s terrible and it’s ruining our kids’ lives."
mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-am…
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Universe: Everybody who had "Delta gets CDC to change Covid guidelines," step forward and claim your prize.
Me: [steps forward]
Universe: Delta *Airlines*
Me: What? What the fuck?
Universe: Oh, like you're surprised.
Me: [slinks away]
Tom Jesse retweeted
bell hooks was an extraordinary writer, thinker, and scholar who gave us new language with which to make sense of the world around us. Her work was imbued with a deep commitment to truth-telling, but also with a profound sense of care and love for community. She was a treasure.
Tom Jesse retweeted
This is the real Cancel Culture: the state banning books and outlawing what can be taught.
In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/te…
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Florida’s Education Dept. is defending decision to scrub links to anti-bullying portal for LGBTQ+ youth from website news4jax.com/news/florida/20…
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My friend was supposed to stay at our apartment tonight. She is vaxxed and boosted, but as a precaution, she tested herself for COVID before leaving her house. She is positive (confirmed at a testing site). She tested BECAUSE she was coming here. THIS IS HOW YOU STOP THE SPREAD.
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This is bad for Purdue and it's bad for universities, MFA programs, English departments, and students everywhere
purdueexponent.org/campus/ar…
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Every so often you get numb to living in generally dystopian times, and then a new wave of the global pandemic hits, a school shooter kills his classmates with a gun his dad bought on Black Friday, and a theocratic court moves to throw out reproductive rights all on the same day
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So vaccine mandates are an infringement of personal freedom, but abortion bans aren't?
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At @AtPost45, a fascinating look at a postcard Amiri Baraka appears to have sent Kenneth Koch (unless Ted Berrigan sent it as an April Fools gag — but @alice_notley doesn’t think so).
Read it here: bit.ly/3qZJkgl
Real question: is the average prof salary at LSU really $125k, or was this number just pulled out of a hat to illustrate a point?
LSU has reportedly offered Brian Kelly $15M/year to coach its football team, the equivalent of 125 professor salaries @ $120k/year avg. Meanwhile LSU's Board of Supervisors in 2020-21 Budget Recommendation: no money to raise already sub-market faculty pay. bloximages.newyork1.vip.town…
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Not that it matters; Kelly is getting PAID. But I'm always amazed at how much people *think* we make in this profession, as it rarely matches the reality.
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Also, averages are a terrible way to convey the reality of the academic labor market (or any labor market). Do people not remember anything from their 4th/5th grade math class? #mediannotmean
Oh, I'm "B" all the way. If it weren't for John Emil Vincent seeing something in my work as an undergrad at U of Miami (& encouraging me to keep working), I literally have no idea what I'd be doing for a career.
the 2 types of professors:
A: my parents are professors.
B: in college, when i was lost and felt like dropping out, there was this one professor who, despite my lack of confidence, must've caught a glimpse of something i couldn't yet see, and went above and beyond to mentor me.