Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum

Assistant prof @edILLINOIS studying systems of support within museums, science ed, and teacher ed. She/her. All views = my own.

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

Very grateful to my colleagues, PhD advisor, and family who supported the work on this labor of love.

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

New pub! I work in teacher education & used to get frustrated with the lack of lit about the difference between scaffolding and differentiated instruction. So, I researched it! https://t.co/JTyn6mMxur

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

Congratulations to Dr. @McKennaLLane on her successful defense yesterday! She described how constructivist principles were embedded in a middle-school science curriculum designed by an interdisciplinary team at a natural history museum. @EDUatIllinois

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

@Zaynab_Gates I'm glad that the chart was clear!

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

520ish weeks later...

[Steve McCormick @Quasilocal]

I just heard a PhD student say "I just need to get through one more week and then things will be less busy..."

I didn't have the heart to say anything

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

@nrgracia Thinking of you, Nidia

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

1. Write daily
2. Make small goals & meet them
3. When you're stuck, keep writing
4. Avoid virtuous procrastination.
5. Make fear an ally
6. Start poor, finish rich
7. Treat revision (and even research) as writing
8. Take this advice!

Eric Hayot, The Elements of Academic Style

[Joe Michaelis @STEMinterest]

Anyone with kids aged 8-12 in the Oak Park/Forest Park, IL area interested in reading with Misty our Reading Companion Robot, can visit us on Tuesdays at the Forest Park Public Library. Sign up, share widely and I'll see you there! https://t.co/OvONQc25FK

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

We have to control them, or they can’t learn.

I’m sometimes told that the punitive behaviour strategies which are used in schools are necessary, because otherwise children won’t learn. Here's why I disagree. 1/

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

So, a MAGA just told me that America was “discovered.” I say it was invaded. Asking my absolutely awesome non-Native alliance — was America discovered or invaded?

[Justice Horn @JusticeHorn_]

It’s a privilege to not have a Supreme Court ruling impact you.

[Jaimee Swift @JaimeeSwift]

Affirmative action gutted.

Black, Ethnic, LGBTQ+ & Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies attacked.

The fall of Roe.

Banning books.

Banning ideologies coined by Black Feminists.

And y’all want Black academics to go on as business as usual?

Nah.

[LSGSC @lsgs_conference]

Early bird abstracts are due in ONE WEEK! There will be a drawing of 2, $300 travel awards for those who submit by this date.

Note: The official due date for submissions is June 7.

Call for Proposals: https://t.co/R9e3wadwim
Website: https://t.co/nXoLGwwAlD

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

@PeterJWoodsPhD You get that Baja Blast endowed professorship yet?

[Chris Palaguachi🇪🇨 @CWPalaguachi]

DELTA students “hanging out”. Thank you @DELTAatillinois faculty/affiliates for putting this end of the year social together. Special thanks to @cretaceouscat and Mike Tissenbaum for sharing your bouldering wisdom with us!

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

@CWPalaguachi @DELTAatillinois Thanks for coming! All the credit goes to @mikeronomics

[TreaAndrea @ProfessorTMR]

I'm very proud to announce the creation of the BLACK GAMES ARCHIVE! It's live now, folks! Use it as a tool and please, submit more games to be included.

applauding co-founder @saffista and our amazing advisory board... https://t.co/7AJnmUDdLo

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

Proud of @McKennaLLane's ERP presentation today! She identified how an interdisciplinary museum design team decided on multiple design priorities while adopting student perspectives. Looking forward to getting her work out so that other design teams can benefit. @edILLINOIS

[Dr. Cat Dornfeld Tissenbaum @cretaceouscat]

@dapostrophe Dress in biz/smart casual throughout (so you don't meet senior scholars while wearing a beach dress, like yours truly). If you're socially anxious, remember that ed folks have the same interests as you - they want to meet you!