Andrew M. Garcia

Narrative Criminology Symposium 2025: Narrating Harm, Narrating Hope. Hosted by the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, Swansea University.

Hi 👋 Criminologists and those interested in narrative methods - please share…

Abstracts have been extended to 3rd March for the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium - takes place from 15th-17th June 2025 in Swansea, Wales, UK

#narrativecriminology

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Pick up your Death Cab for Cutie vinyl and "Sisko is Sigma" shirt at the check-in desk.

New semester and sometimes my cynicism is palpable due to *gestures vaguely at everything*

Yet it also feels like an acutely important moment to help foster empathy, critical thinking, information literacy, and extoll the value of diverse perspectives and organic forms of knowledge. #AcademicSky

Hear me out George R R Martin: A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance of Dragons...

A FORTUNE IN FROGS
#BookSky

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One of my favorite things to do on Bluesky is politely lurk while other academic disciplines discuss stuff they're excited about.

E.g., marine biologists and ichthyologists sending cool pictures of fish to each other and being very geeked about it.

I am over here like:
#AcademicSky

Clearly a man who has forgotten the lessons gleaned from NFL Blitz.

And you'll never look at dolphins the same way again.

Victor Hugo, pretending he didn't hear this:

Me, yelling: "You Gen Z kids wouldn't know your Eve6 from your G6 if Matt Pinfield explained it to you!"

A picture from the National Park Service Instagram page of a prairie dog resting on all fours.

How your email finds me right now:
#AcademicSky

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I don't need this kind of truth during the holidays 😂 #AcademicSky

For sure! My slot is actually Thursday, so I'll definitely try to make your panel.

The ACJS tentative program came out today and I'm ecstatic that my IPV panel got a 2PM slot and has 5 papers (including international participants)! Progress.

See everyone in Denver!

#ACJS #CriminalJustice #Criminology #sociology #AcademicSky #IPV

The cover for Victor Rios' 2011 book on the Youth Control Complex. Featuring two male you of color standing outside a neighborhood corner. In the corner, the flashing lights of a police patrol car is visible.

Hello #criminology and #criminaljustice folks!

Inspired by the BookSky horde, I'd love to hear about supplemental texts you have successfully utilized in your courses.

I have been using Rios' Punished (2011) for a few different classes and found that it resonates strongly with my students!

Thank you for making this happen!

I just created a Starter Pack specifically listing researchers and academics working on prevention and response to any form of child abuse and neglect (globally). Please share, promote your colleagues and promote yourself by tagging below (and I will update the list). #childabuse
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A year ago, Bluesky didn't really have the numbers to be a viable social media platform, and it fizzled out for me. So glad to come back and see so many rad people doing important work. <3

Also Jared Stroud will def be looking for revenge tonight 👀

Really curious to see if Hedges can stabilize the back (and am also gonna just kind of pretend he's not a Dallas legend?)

A teaching mentor of mine once said that you never want the first day jitters to go away because it means you still care. I've always liked that.

💯

I won't tell everyone when I've started watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds...but there will be signs.

Lads decided they were up for it after the injustice, I guess?

Still unclear why we look like title contenders when playing down a man? Lol

Me, when asked if I plan on watching soccer all day.

Real meme potential with this photo lol

New strat just dropped lol

There was definitely contact and it was also embellished?

I just imagined you as the character in the "This is Fine" meme.