Timothy Webmoor

consultant/UX Research and faculty @CUBoulder by way of material culture, science tech studies from @Stanford, @OxfordSBS, @UCLanthropology | webmoor ltd

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

Great 5-step eval process for curbing AI degradation across the research pipeline @TheResearchOpsReview
https://t.co/sEIx6vc2Rw

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

Upcoming conference | Accessing Higher Ground 2025 - Onsite and Virtual Conference.
November 14 - 18, 2022 - Denver, Colorado https://t.co/CBSySEdKj4 Prompt&sms=2&cn=uMq8cBT5Q3ieU1_qSIVTng #a11y ahg22 ada wcag

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Interesting read in The Chronicle: The Buckingham Manifesto for a Post-Progressive Social Science https://t.co/4b5yZ3Jirx

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Schedule | Boulder Startup Week 2025 https://t.co/rxYdWrtA5Y @sched

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Boulder Startup Week 2025, May 12-16 | https://t.co/b3nsKqb2Ms @bldrstartupweek @sched

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Stanford implements hiring freeze amid concerns over cuts to funding https://t.co/TnjJXxq7Ar

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

The National Institute of Health’s funding structure will take effect Monday and limit funding for the indirect costs of research.

Source: The Stanford Daily https://t.co/p6lD39YHen

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

My close colleague started in this role, a great spot |

[Joukowsky Institute @brownarchaeolog]

CFP: JIAAW Spring Symposium 2026

We are accepting proposals for a symposium held in spring 2026. Proposals should be submitted by a pair of scholars and should focus on a geographical area or a methodology/theme relevant to JIAAW

Deadline March 3

https://t.co/lxAcPwFnVE

[Joukowsky Institute @brownarchaeolog]

JOB ANNNOUNCEMENT. Postdoctoral Research Associates: Geographic area open; some preference given to scholars who work on the archaeology of the Mediterranean, Egypt, or Middle East. Time period open. Applicants should specify a Faculty partner.

https://t.co/hnK203L7a7

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad devoted his life to excavating and restoring Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ISIS beheaded him after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts despite a month of torture. He died a hero of heritage protection.

[Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess]

This @WSJ piece by @JohnDSailer illustrates what I mean when I say that universities have been mocking the law for years.

Sailer's FOIAs show that--at the same time as faculty at CU Boulder were constantly being told in trainings that racial discrimination in hiring was one of the worst things we could do, we all had to report it if we saw it, and it would be punished harshly--the Provost was running a faculty hiring program with impunity whose explicit purpose was to racially discriminate; all the Deans knew exactly what it was and most actively participated in it; and it was the source of many if not most of the hires for at least two years after the summer of 2020. (The Provost and many of the deans are still in their roles.)

Consider that @JohnDSailer found:

1. The call for hiring proposals asked “How will this hire increase the number of underrepresented faculty members in the unit (e.g., US Faculty of Color, women in disciplines where underrepresented)?”. I.e., the intent to discriminate was explicit.

2. *Successful* hiring proposals from almost every college (Business seems to be the only college not specifically mentioned in the article) explicitly promised to restrict hiring based on race. I.e. Deans and chairs in almost every college submitted proposals that explicitly promised illegal discrimination, and the Provost approved these proposals and gave them faculty lines.

How is anyone supposed to trust CU's discrimination policies if they are so flagrantly broken, on clear orders from top to bottom? Now that it's out in the public eye, it will be interesting to see if there is any acknowledgment that laws were broken here, or if there are any consequences for the admins who ordered and participated in this.

I have fond memories of my time at CU; I think most people were acting with good intentions (albeit very misguidedly) or out of fear (given that the orders seemed to come from the Provost), and I don't think CU was any worse than most other universities when it comes to this stuff (which shows how deep the problem runs). I wish everyone there the best.

But this was a shameful chapter in CU's history, which may or may not have ended. The FDAP program was rebranded in 2023, and the new program's description is less problematic. But my impression from before I left, and from some colleagues who are still there, is that the racial (and gender-based) discrimination continues in practice, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale and somewhat more sneakily.

Like others, I worry about the Trump administration overreaching when cracking down on DEI. For example, though I have been encouraged by the EOs' explicit free speech protections, they seem to be way over-broadly targeting the environmental justice field in some of the EOs, which includes lots of important, rigorous areas of research with clear benefits to society, which don't deserve to be sidelined.

But there's also no question in my mind that the Trump administration has a mandate to crack down on this widespread illegal hiring behavior, and I don't think they're wrong to think that most universities won't fix the problem on their own. So, as Michael Clune said in the Chronicle in the fall: we asked for it.

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

This will be getting attention😬

[John Sailer @JohnDSailer]

NEW: Louis Galarowicz (@nasorg) and I have acquired a trove of records from University of Colorado, Boulder, that show how the entire university coordinated to advance a system of brazen race-based hiring.

The receipts are pretty astonishing... 🧵

[Boulder Startup Week @bldrstartupweek]

We're thrilled to announce that Boulder Startup Week is just around the corner! Make sure you don't miss out on registering for Monday's action-packed schedule.

#bsw2024 #boulder #startups #conference #colorado #technology #entrepreneurship

[Oxford Anthropology @oxford_anthro]

📣 Job opportunity! We're hiring a Departmental #Lecturer in Visual, Material & Museum Anthropology (VMMA).
Teach our MSc & MPhil courses, plus support with teaching/research activity at @Pitt_Rivers. Interested? More info ⬇️
https://t.co/pSdwYgEKR9
#AcademicJobs #AcademicTwitter

[Daniel Miller @DannyAnth]

We have a one-year post here at Digital Anthropology UCL. Just follow the link
https://t.co/XcC6C2JV1W

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

Check out this great opportunity with @internetsociety, seeking applications for their Mid Career Fellowship. Ideal for those in a leadership role working in the Internet ecosystem in a technical, policy, economic, or social capacity. https://t.co/tFgpPxoJXK

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

Both lovely places |

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

The @oiioxford is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Digital Culture, in association with a Research Fellowship @greentempleton. Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/TI48neqirA #associateprofessor
Committed to equality and valuing diversity.
Closes 25 March

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

Great opportunity in a wonderful environment |

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

Come and join us! The @oiioxford is looking to appoint an Associate Professor of Social Data Science. Find out more about the role and how to apply here: https://t.co/TI48nepKC2

Closes: 7 March 2024

#hiring #oxfordjobs #unijobs

[Daniel Miller @DannyAnth]

It's out.
I think this is really my `heart and soul’ book.
The Good Enough Life https://t.co/ED8I2c2T4L
A book that tries to reset the relationship between anthropology and philosophy by contrasting the ideal good life with actual good enough lives.

[Timothy Webmoor @webmoor]

Very happy to receive the festschrift for Bjørnar Olsen, an inspiring archaeologist and lovely human.