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@StuckinPAtuck

Prof at you-figure-out-where. LatAm, theater, old media, extractivism. Author of The Unfinished Art of Theater, now working on Opera in the Amazon.

가입일 Ocak 2022
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@fredleept @oikeios I guess it depends on the place. I've been a prof since 2013 and we've never given anyone illusions even though most of the students in our tiny program got excellent to decent jobs until the last 2 years... Certainly not this year and I'm not holding my breath for the future!
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Fred I. Lee 李志興@fredleept·
@StuckinPAtuck @oikeios Things are changing. Not too long ago they were saying things like "the job market is going to recover" and "academics can set their own schedules."
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@daraghjgrant @thezachloeffler But it looks like they're talking about using more "technology"... They'll probably also try to pare down less popular lang offerings by doing course exchanges w/ other unis (some are synchronous, some asyc). I think Chicago might already be experimenting w/this w/ Portuguese.
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Daragh Grant@daraghjgrant·
@StuckinPAtuck @thezachloeffler Yeah, that sounds awful. But I would be surprised by this, if only because the College leadership is very hostile to any online teaching, whether synchronous or asynchronous.
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Dialectical Zach-Zack Loeffler@thezachloeffler·
I’m now hearing that the administration is proposing reducing the division to eight departments and also toying with the idea of eliminating and outsourcing language instruction. A rumor is also going around that doctoral admissions will be cancelled for next year.
Dialectical Zach-Zack Loeffler@thezachloeffler

Not entirely sure what’s happening at Chicago yet, but it’s happening fast and largely in secret—I’ve heard the provost has ordered the dean to consolidate depts in the humanities div with fewer than 15 TT faculty. Could be the end of some very important depts and PhD programs

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@thezachloeffler @daraghjgrant Could be what happened ages ago at some unis. At Penn St@te Spanish 1 is all online async. 2 + 3 meet 50 min 2x/wk. The rest is online async. Instructors + students hate it. As do those of us who have to teach advanced culture courses to students who can't form a simple sentence.
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@BL_Balthaser @tjschweiger Also dumb because the humanities are one of the few areas that universities could support on their own without govt funding (we're cheap). There is no conceivable way they'll be able to make up for govt cuts to the sciences and other STEM fields.
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@NC_Renic She's thinking. The words will come.
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8:00am: “time for a huge writing day; absolutely no distractions” 8:03am:
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@isanchezprado I recently read it in Italian. It was hard!
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@pmckelveyphd Not a problem in Central PA. Just the other night at a restaurant in State College I had a cheeseburger w/ a pierogi on top. It was the special of the day but they also have ANOTHER burger on the regular menu that comes w/ a pierogi on top.
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@DarkStars__ Thanks so much for your very kind words.
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SAMSON (2017-2025) For any fans of the Bearded Beast still here: last Monday I had to say goodbye to my wild man. He very quickly + unexpectedly became ill - 4th stage lymphoma. But he was strong to the end and flushed two bunnies the day before he died.
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We were both ready when the time came. But my heart is broken and it will be very hard to build a new life without him.
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I'm not posting this to tell you it's awful. I'm sure it's awful but I haven't actually read it because I don't need to. And neither do you. Just a reminder that there are lots of smart things out there you could read instead!
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I wish I were surprised that my PhD institution could be so repressive and callous with regard to genocide. But I'm not. At least the lines in the sand are clear now. Surely all this spells the end of appeals for unis to "protect" students and create "safe" spaces.
Alia ElKattan@aliaelkattan

And to be very clear, *all* the suspensions and PNG designations are horrifically unjustifiable. For more information, read @NYUFJPalestine's press release: facultyforpalestine.education/2025/01/08/jan…

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Fate didn't want me to attend the MLA after all. I thought the scratchy throat I've had recently was just due to the extremely dry air in my apartment. But alas, I have Covid. How long should I isolate? CDC guidelines are useless now since they've thrown in the towel.
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I'm going to the upcoming conference b/c it's the end of my term on the exec committee of a forum and my former advisee is presenting on one of our panels. But I had already decided not to renew due to cost, inconvenience, etc. And now this is an even better reason.

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@JohannaMellis Dealing w/ some ongoing health issues (nothing fatal but v. painful and an impediment to work) has really forced me to scale back on everything and be more realistic about what I can (or want to) do. Sometimes it can be a good thing when your body steps in to teach you a lesson!
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Johanna Mellis@JohannaMellis·
Any1 else feel exhausted hearing ab everything colleagues elsewhere are doing? How hard they’re pushing, always onto the next thing used to be me, & maybe it’ll be me again sigh But shit I’m TIRED of overworking & love working less, trying to run from more commitments tbh
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I'm going to the upcoming conference b/c it's the end of my term on the exec committee of a forum and my former advisee is presenting on one of our panels. But I had already decided not to renew due to cost, inconvenience, etc. And now this is an even better reason.
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@tjschweiger Nice to know the Dems are good at something (certifying their opponents' victories).
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Non-Portuguese speakers are also free to weigh in! This spring I'm teaching a class called Brazilian Jukebox for students of Portuguese (undergrads). What songs should I include? Suggestions for secondary readings are also welcome (these can be in English).
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Para os brasileiros que ainda estão aqui: Quais são as canções brasileiras que devem figurar num curso chamado "Brazilian Jukebox" (para estudantes da língua portuguesa numa universidade na Pennsylvania)?

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Para os brasileiros que ainda estão aqui: Quais são as canções brasileiras que devem figurar num curso chamado "Brazilian Jukebox" (para estudantes da língua portuguesa numa universidade na Pennsylvania)?
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