Allison Rank

Associate prof of American politics at SUNY Oswego; studies youth & politics, feminism, and popular culture for both love and money; making voters

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@julia_azari 100% true. I am running my third half marathon within a 12 month period this year and my goal pace is a 13:15 per mile. Yes, I know other people walk that fast. Yes, I do find slow running more enjoyable than fast walking.

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@alixabeth All my treats are habit reinforcements - if I can do X daily M-F then I get $$ toward a new cookbook or running gear. Currently X = drink 64 oz of water, 30 min workout, 4 pom blocks of work, batch process email, minimum of 30 min on research.

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@xtinafattorephd Living through this since January. We waited to get a dog until our elderly cat passed assuming the 4 year old cat would figure it out. Cat terrorizes the dog: ex. when Friday (dog) is crated, Thursday (cat) sits right in front of the crate to hiss and swat.

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@devon_cantwell As the co-chair for TLC at APSA, which may well be your last day, I will be thinking seriously about how we rise to this challenge...

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@MalloryBower I'm honestly shocked to have not received any yet.

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@alixabeth My high school English teacher realized I was reading through a commonly banned books list my junior year. At graduation she gifted me an "I read banned books" bumper sticker I still have. And, my parents/community weren't restricting my reading options! I did it for fun!

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@MCUPolitics @gorenlj @Nick_Carnes_ @cfattorewvu @OraSzekely @smsaideman @seejenspeak @Dcornell26 @poolhn @kramtrak @DanCassino @ChrisGaldieri @msand37 @matthewblongo @bethany_lacina @DailyTheorista @kohenari @SteveRogersinfo @dwcongdon Anyone else already brainstorming teaching options? I am looking forward to running a great asynch version of my Pop Culture & Politics class this summer with this as the primary text!

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@DrAbeG1 You can steal my approach: using the textbook chapter (published in 2021) on Tues but making all Thurs reading TBD so I can update concept by concept. Planning more right now feels like wasting my time on prep that might be obsolete by the time I get to it.

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So excited to have been part of this project (and really looking forward to using it for POL 336: Pop Culture & Politics during a winter/summer session)!

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@cfattorewvu I both agree and recognize my work is perhaps the place where I most frequently (though still only my best days and only intermittently) make direct, positive impacts. It is an odd set of feelings to hold at once.

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@RadioMirage @ucbsoj If you can, leave a week or two at the end as "TBD" for both the topic and readings. About 2/3 of the way through the semester/quarter let the class decide collectively what goes there. Inevitably, something I never anticipated will spark student interest!

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@cfattorewvu I see we have similar tastes in semester wrap-up music!

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@MalloryBower Yeah, I think I am going to end up with that path soon. I was too optimistic about what would happen this spring :(

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@MalloryBower Very low stakes complaint but I have been waiting to do things like get a hair cut until the rates went under 5%. So...I will just be getting headaches every time I wear a ponytail for the foreseeable future. So irritated.

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My first ever WAKS mention is a pretty fun surprise on a dreary Friday!

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Want to engage students in democracy? Read @APSACivic Katherine Robiadek, J. Cherie Strachan & @IUSBennion on student orgs https://t.co/OHABBrmuKA & using personas for civic communication by @AD_Rank & Rebecca Mushtare https://t.co/1fpWWz2Z1a #WomenAlsoCivic #WomenAlsoKnowStuff

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@GeekyPedagogy Did you buy yourself a cake for this? This deserves to be celebrated with cake.

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@liz_maltby Exactly - it was great to be able to look at a calendar for the first month filled with 'obligations' and make educated choices rather than feeling compelled to attend everything AND by the end of the month I had already had a casual intro to a good number of people.

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@liz_maltby Both helped me a ton as an introvert who is not great at networking.

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@liz_maltby My official mentor clearly told me which of the many "new to campus" campus events people see my face at and the degree to which the department cared about such things. My unofficial mentor made casual introductions around campus (in line for coffee, before mtgs, in the hall).

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@cfattorewvu If you haven't checked out yet, I highly recommend the Yellowjacket soundtrack on Spotify for a solid 90s playlist!