An MIT writing professor on his students using AI:
"I realized that for the first time as a writing professor, I had to deal with students producing words without work, which wasn’t quite plagiarism and wasn’t quite paying for someone else to do the job, but it felt like a kind of naive chicanery; a perversion of the contract between writer and reader."
https://t.co/518RAEgrgq
“There is a time to sob and there is a time to dance, and we have to do both right now.”
Listen as Rachel Goldberg-Polin reflects as we prepare for the long-awaited hostage release.
As we anticipate the excitement of seeing our precious hostages return alive, we must not neglect those who will not be met with the same rewarding ending.
The families of the bereaved hostages need us now more than ever. We must acknowledge their pain equally as we acknowledge the joy.
(Non-Jewish) opera singer Sarah Callinan was hired to sing at a Rosh Hashana service. She witnessed firsthand the level of security now required for Jews to practice their faith safely.
Thank you so much, Sarah, for speaking up. You’re right, this situation is not okay, but your video made it just a little more bearable.
Thinking about presenting your interpretive methods work at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA)? DEADLINE for papers and panels is Friday, September 26, 2025. The conference is in San Diego - April 2 to 4, 2026. Reach out to
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New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
(posting again with link below because this horrible site suppresses links)
Excited to share my article on parental rights is now published in N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change Harbinger. It argues that parental authority in education is better seen as a special regulatory power, not a right to control education.
Full article here: https://t.co/gqHIF4Z6CC
Are you at WPSA in Seattle on Friday, April 18? The Methods Cafe is happening today 315-5 Elwha B! Think out research strategies with specialists on autoethnography, participant observation, research ethics & the IRB, doing international fieldwork, queer theory and site analysis
Thinking about the incredible life of Jimmy Carter:nuclear scientist, minister, president, husband, father, grandpa, farmer, volunteer, writer, poet, builder, peacemaker, Nobel prize winner, a perfect example that there are always opportunities for second acts (if we are brave)
You don’t have community because you aren’t a good community member. You don’t host events, you don’t know how to cook, you don’t know how to dance, you don’t know how to sing, and you aren’t doing anything to learn. You can’t tell stories or jokes.
NEW AD🌟 Introducing "American Girl" – a powerful anthem for women as we stand together to reclaim our freedoms at the ballot box! 🗳️💪
Our voices matter. It's time to defeat Trump & MAGA extremism!🇺🇸
#AmericanGirl#WeWontGoBack
Islamic Republic passes Hijab Bill amid Israeli attack threat.
Regime in Iran survives on 3 things: Death to America, Death to Israel, and Forced Hijab.
What scares them most is these unarmed women showing their hair.
Global community! Stand with us.