Tim Muldoon

Students don't know how to read. Let's coach them. timmuldoon.com/post/the-profe…

My lecture on Monday evening @BostonCollege, on @Pontifex's newest apostolic exhortation invoking the newest (38th) Doctor of the Church, John Henry Newman. timmuldoon.com/post/diakonia-…

These brown bear cubs are making their own fun on a driftwood stump in Hallo Bay, Alaska.

@MTMehan Too obvious to suggest Increase Mather (former president of Harvard) and his son Cotton Mather (minister at Old North Meeting House in Boston)?

Help wanted for my book: Looking for amazing early American names, first & last, preferably w/ animal references intermingled. My mom gave me one from her uncle, found in an old Michigan cemetery: Newt Tipsword! Amazing! The Puritans had amazing names. Whatcha got! (RT too!)

@timothypomalley Praying for Shaun, and for you and the rest of your family!

Dear friends, it's now public, but on Friday, I lost my brother Shaun. He died at the age of 41. Obviously, this is devastating for us as a family. My kiddos loved Uncle Shaun--he was luminously playful with them. I admired so much his commitment to friendship and accompanying all friends in need. I pray that he's enjoying the presence of God face-to-face; and I also pray that he is atoning for throwing a toy truck at my head when we were young. He was the younger, albeit much stronger and bigger brother.

@Cubs Even better: row there from @3RiversRowing, where I coached for several years during grad school!

Come walk to work with us today.

@drfeifei has helped me articulate with greater differentiation the uniqueness of human consciousness. Highly recommend her book The Worlds I See.

Amelia F. Barnum ‘28: “Banning screens is an answer to students’ academic neglect: It would increase classroom engagement as well as create a culture where the benefits of in-person learning can be fully realized.” thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

"neither education in general nor any specific degree should derive its value from the narrowest vision of professional usefulness." @compactmag compactmag.com/article/the-cr…

Veysey's book is important, but I'd argue that Clark Kerr's The Uses of the University is more significant for explaining where we are today, and Newman's Idea of a University is more important for thinking about where we must go. chronicle.com/article/the-bo…

"More than half of students (55 percent) who have used AI for coursework in the last year say it’s had mixed effects on their learning and critical thinking skills: It helps sometimes but can also make them think less deeply." insidehighered.com/news/students/…

@_akpiper Fully agree!

@timothypmuldoon I totally agree humanities have an important role to play but I think these aspects are true for most disciplines. The key is integrating AI knowledge into their education and raising the bar on their expected skills (no more "hand in an essay" stuff).

College grads will need to distinguish their capabilities from those of machines. Discernment. Raising questions. Generating creative insights. Working cooperatively. In a word, Humanities.

A sobering reminder that young people need the guidance of wise mentors as they navigate AI and the wider digital landscape. nytimes.com/2025/08/26/tec…

“I think part of going to college is building [your] critical thinking.... It’s less about the development of skills and it really is [about] how do you become a critical thinker?” cnb.cx/47zE1cu

What I will be working on with students in the new semester. timmuldoon.com/post/reading-a…

@miserabiliter Glad I'm not the only one who believes that written and oral languages are fundamentally different.

Clearly diverging from my humanities colleagues on this, but there’s no worse way to communicate a conference paper than by just reading it out. Dry, boring and artless, and weirdly disconnected from how effective oral communication works.

Ready to publish? @PSQuarterly is calling for papers on AI’s impact on politics and policy. Open to early-career scholars. Rolling deadline until September 10, 2025. Read more: oxford.ly/4fqRnK7 #Politics #AIinPolitics

"Has the solution been this easy the whole time?"

Conscientiousness will separate those who just survive from those who thrive in the 21st century. We can each decide which half of that divide we fall on — but ironically that will take some dedication. Here’s my article in full: ft.com/content/5cd77e…