Molly Thacker, PhD

Teacher. Historian. Mick.

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

My dissertation, "'Are We Not Children Too?': Race, Media, and the Formative History of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States" passed with distinction. Thx to my cmte @guprofbc @DrMChatelain @JosephMcCartin @GUHistory. Can't wait to share my research w/ the world!

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@irishacw look whose book is almost sold out at the @GettysburgNMP bookstore! It’s a great read. Well done! 👏👏

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@CWBreakfastClub Loved running into y’all at the Mine! 🍻 keep up the great work 👏

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

MAGA went from “teachers should be required to carry guns” to “carrying a gun makes you a criminal” in record time

[Philadelphia Inquirer Politics @PoliticsINQ]

The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park.

[The Nation @thenation]

Among the former students The Nation spoke with, each of them said the same thing: the Tim Walz on the national stage is the same one they’ve seen for years. “He’ll forever be known to me as Mr. Walz, my favorite high school teacher.”
https://t.co/VvAAgs2nBH

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@DebsMuseum +1 for the AFT! #RedForEd

[Elisabeth Fondren @elisafondren]

At #AJHA2023 this morning: Blanchard dissertation award winner Dr. Molly Thacker @MollytheMick @Georgetown presenting her important research on media/immigration/children/history -

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@rachelswarns I’ll try to be there (at least virtually) tomorrow!

[Rachel Swarns @rachelswarns]

My book - THE 272: THE FAMILIES WHO WERE ENSLAVED AND SOLD TO BUILD THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - is in stores today! It's the harrowing story of the Catholic Church and one family's indomitable will to survive and I talked about it on NPR's Fresh Air. https://t.co/yGZPoSH6Xm

[David W. Blight @davidwblight1]

The public school is the single most democratic institution Americans have created in the past two centuries. We should all do at least one thing every day to save and improve them.

[Children's Defense Fund @ChildDefender]

On this day in 1982, all 9 #SCOTUS Justices agreed in Plyler v. Doe that keeping kids out of school is bad policy. Thanks to this ruling, every child can get a public education without worrying that their #immigrationstatus will bar them from school.

#Plyler40 #publicschools

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@EmilyNorweg @NAEduc Wow! Congrats, Emily!! Such great news, and so richly deserved!

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

Only possible with the support of compassionate teachers and mentors like you! Thanks for everything, @DrMChatelain ❤️

[Dr. Marcia Chatelain @DrMChatelain]

Bravo @MollytheMick on defending an excellent dissertation on the history of responses to unaccompanied immigrant children in the U.S. Cheers to all of you completing your research during an era of closed archives, travel bans, cancelled child care, inflation, and so much more.

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@jakobburnham I don’t know what helped me the most—your feedback, your writing solidarity, or your humor! But I value your friendship above all

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@jakobburnham Thank you! ❤️

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

@BlydenNemata @guprofbc @DrMChatelain @JosephMcCartin @GUHistory Cheers, Dr. B!! And many thanks to you for helping me start this path way back in 2009. Your teaching and scholarship will always be a model for me!

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

My dissertation, "'Are We Not Children Too?': Race, Media, and the Formative History of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States" passed with distinction. Thx to my cmte @guprofbc @DrMChatelain @JosephMcCartin @GUHistory. Can't wait to share my research w/ the world!

[Molly Thacker, PhD @MollytheMick]

So glad you could attend from across the pond!!