Joseph M. Forte

Had a dream last night I was playing Michael Jordan 1 on 1 in basketball on a low rim so I could dunk, and I was doing pretty well. 😆

Any ideas what this means for the job search that’s been occupying my life this past week and a half?

Joseph M. Forte, PhD | Joseph Forte I got some unfortunate news yesterday. Due to enrollment issues at Rivier, my contract will not be renewed next year. The president twice specified that the decision was "definitely not performanc...

Got some bad news. Due to enrollment issues at Rivier, my contract will not be renewed next year. President twice said the decision was "definitely not performance related."

If you know of a role that might be a good fit for me, here’s some more info: www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...

My understanding of this phenomenon is nebulous

To that end, USCIS declared flatly that the children of immigrants who are "unlawfully present" will "no longer be U.S. citizens at birth." They will, instead, inherit the status of their parents, rendering them detainable and deportable as infants and throughout their lives. There is no indication that the government will provide some grace period before snatching up and imprisoning this new underclass of noncitizen babies; they are apparently subject to arrest from the moment of birth.

Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I’m so ashamed to be an American right now. I hope my European friends know that most of us are against this barbaric attempt to re-colonize Greenland

Pretty rarely. That would be annoying. If I were leaning more toward R&R than accept w revisions in that case, I’d say reject.

I think it would be pretty dumb to get rid of R&Rs, mainly for the first reason you mention. Also, I find it very rare as a referee to come across a paper that is totally hopeless, on the one hand, or one that’s flawless on the other. I almost always recommend accept w minor revisions or R&R

So very sorry to hear that. I wasn’t aware of that. Fortunately there are excellent programs in your areas all over the world.

Feel free to dm me if you’re interested in knowing more about Boston College or Catholic University, both of which I attended.

Are you on the Liverpool email list? If not, get on that to see who’s recruiting!

First time having a personal website!

www.josephmfortephd.com

Will be helpful for students wanting to know more about who’s teaching them, potential textbook adopters, colleagues interested in my research, and/or anyone looking for a guest speaker with my expertise
#academicsky #philosophy

Proud to report I’ll be starting this academic year with a promotion to Associate Professor

(non-TT, like all FT hires at my institution in the past 8 years or so)

Loved returning to @tcddublin.bsky.social last week after 22yrs for many reasons, but their “wild” spaces stand out. I bet they’re great for reducing greenhouse emissions and also helping pollinator populations. Would love to see more of that on US campuses. #environment #highered #Ireland

The right wingers have him!? I didn’t realize!

The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology' As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.

E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...

Thanks!

Congrats! How does one keep track of such metrics? I know how to track mentions, but nothing else.

So glad this work is being done. I teach so many female nursing students every year.

Plus the reading load in such programs often seems to fly in the face of accreditation guidelines for out-of-class hours, pushing students to breeze through life changing texts way too quickly to really be appreciated. Maybe things were different at Tulsa though.

There’s a lot of truth here, but even as a huge fan of liberal ed and book reading, I’m skeptical of the great books model as the sole approach. I prefer a mix of Socratic style seminar sessions with other class formats, since short lectures, in-class writing, etc are often pedagogically valuable

I’d say to contact an editor who’s higher up. I don’t think I was ever ghosted for that long but there have definitely been times when weeks would go by after I sent an email, then more weeks after a follow-up, after which I’d start asking others who work with the person what’s going on.

This is awful

80 professional and state-based medical associations with a shared statement.

Interesting and hopeful, Provides insight into why my Republican leaning district in Maine keeps rejecting the MAGAs who want to slash and burn public education

Like: Requiem for a Dream, Idiocracy, Moneyball, Django, American Psycho, The Royal Tenenbaums

My NYT ballot for the best films of the 21st Century. I’m sure I forgot a few great ones!

We have a lot of work to do. We’re either still in the Enlightenment or we’ve regressed, at least from where I’m standing in the US. I’m sure there are plenty of exceptions of course. #academicsky #philosophy #religion #politics #philsky

4. Reason is undervalued everywhere we look, with faith, emotions, and base appetites ruling the day.

3. There are very few, if any, places where all people have equal basic rights…

2. Church and state are still very much intertwined throughout the world: Note the 3 theocracies destroying the Middle East right now…