I completely agree. Class is largely ignored in DEI efforts, when making it a central focus would enrich not only working class students but also academia as a whole.
https://t.co/o7GwM4642F
This resonates, even in social science. Many academics become visibly uncomfortable when I share that my parents are blue-collar workers or that I support them financially. Few ever ask what that's like or how I ended up where I am.
this whole "should a prof be allowed to ask you to come to office hours to defend your ai flagged work" debate just highlights how a sizable portion of students think their tuition pays for their diploma and not the opportunity to get an education at that institution
I'm excited to be Chair this year! We are an interdisciplinary conference, across the social sciences, arts, languages, and beyond. We are also an international conference, hosting scholars from many different countries. Please get in touch if you have any Qs.
The 51st European Studies Conference is requesting paper and panel proposals for our 51st annual meeting, held at @UNOmaha, Oct 1-2. The theme this year is "Conflict and Uncertain Times in Europe". More info including the application link here: https://t.co/ysmsyq2A2F
En route to MPSA 🚂 tomorrow, I’ll be presenting on the legacies of dictatorship in Spain and Argentina, and their effects on the contemporary far-right. Hope to see many of you in Chicago soon!
@apptimeleft hello, please can you refund me for the cancelation for the planned dinner tomorrow? There is going to be a blizzard / weather warning here (Omaha) and it would be dangerous to make my way there
Just arrived in Alexandria for APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference. Safe travels to everyone — hope the weather related delays aren’t too bad — and see you soon!
Thanks to the APSA Teaching Comparative Politics symposium in DC last summer, I developed a resource for using literature (Shakespeare) to teach populism, just published here today on APSA Educate’s website: https://t.co/dsPF2R5Tf4
@harrydobson1917 Yup, pretty sure most homeless people would be more concerned with their material conditions than a slight nuance in language (which tbh I don’t accept anyway, “homeless” doesn’t come with a value judgment for me, it’s not that deep).
There are grown adults who think it’s nonsense to analyse sensory imagery in literature, a basic thing taught in middle school. These people passively consume fiction without understand the mechanics of how and why it works, which makes them the perfect targets for propaganda
And dare I say as a DGS that, today, the world needs political science and statistics and history as much as it ever did. More than ever. It needs YOU, the early career scholars. Let’s go.
@ACarpenDigital that’s wild! Ofc I disagree with the reactionary right but I think we have to carefully understand the broader structures that created these problems, much of which the center and “center-left” helped foster.
Everyone seems mad at this woman but part of me understands her. What she says is not necessarily anti feminist — it is decades of neoliberalism that made a dual-income household necessary for most people. And women often get a shitty, exhausting deal.
https://t.co/HmRLqv3tQY