Caroline Koons

Assistant professor of communication at ERAU. rampant re-tweeter. music, antiquity, American culture, public speaking pedagogy. Twitter is my commonplace book.

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Stories from a STEM school: potential hire did a teaching demo in my class today and they made a reference to red shirting. there was a really long pause before one student piped up and said "like the guys who die first in star trek?"

Star trek, not football at this school.

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Grades are submitted! A celebratory coffee, then back to edits and writing.

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@djatpsu Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong

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This is your infrequent reminder to back up your files.

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If you had told me I'd be editing the literary magazine for a STEM university this time last year, I would have questioned a lot. But it's here in print and I'm so proud of this issue!

[Women's Philharmonic Advocacy @WomensPhil]

Feminist-Fan base, wise hive-mind, do any works by women composers for Holy Week come to mind?
Here's one -- Julia Perry, Stabat Mater

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it's that time of the semester where I have 200 tabs open in 4 different windows and only remember what 5 of them were for.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

It’s ok if you fall apart sometimes. S’mores fall apart, and we still love them.

[Cherokee Nation @CherokeeNation]

Today is Cherokee Nation Remembrance Day.

184 years ago today, one of the final groups of Cherokees arrived in Indian Territory after being forcibly removed from their homelands and enduring a perilous journey across the Trail of Tears. (1/3)

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@CharlesWMcKinn2 Kenneth Burke's papers, he was setting up a visiting lecture series at a university and requested plain yogurt and vodka for breakfast each day.

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

If archaeologists are correct in their speculations, the discovery of the acoustic properties of ancient sites might recast the past anew through echo.
https://t.co/oIYpl2oSiP

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Being a band kid, whether in Texas or Ohio or anywhere else, has this unique comradery that I still miss.
https://t.co/FlOXYYcLXY

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@ThePhDPlace @srvanderplas

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My 8 month old son outgrew his first bookshelf. I'm so proud.

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The time honored tradition of waiting in a ridiculously long line for coffee at an academic conference #nca2022

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NCA WiFi info:

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@drsmadden oh that's the absolute worst😭I've been there ♥️

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I let my students pick the animal live stream to have on whole they write in class. Today they picked shrimp and it is fantastic.

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Informative speeches at an aeronautical university:

[Katmai National Park @KatmaiNPS]

Congratulations to 747, our 2022 #FatBearWeek champion! Though he may be blissfully unaware of his two titles, the gains are real. In the bear world, fat is fit and these chunky contenders have been working tirelessly to pack on the pounds necessary for survival.