Tessa Moll

Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.

"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext"

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Here I was talking about the consequences of the changes in classifications (and who was labelled as belonging in them) for conceptualising biological studies. Our discussion focused on the use of such classifications in microbiome research.

Amazing talk by @msimang.bsky.social at the "Human Diversity Dilemma" Workshop (@localmicrobes.bsky.social), Cape Town! Check out this great infographic on shifting racial classif. in South Africa 17-21C by @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social and Phila:
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#hpbio #philsky #race

Important point—in this argument (which I support), the anarchy is not apolitical, even if it's tempting to think so.

As someone who also lived there for a few years, I 100% get this feeling.

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If you haven't registered yet, please do so before September 22nd!
#hpbio #philbio #histbio 🐋🌱
October 1st to 3rd, 2025 – Interdisciplinary Workshop in South Africa (Cape Town) – The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa

UCT researchers awarded for shaping the future of disease prevention UCT celebrates the university’s first recipient of the distinguished Wellcome Early-Career Award and a second Wellcome Trust Discovery Award.

So excited to share that earlier this year I received a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for a 5-year project "DDT Relations: Tracing the Chemical Alterlife of South African Malaria Control." Can't wait to get started back at UCT's Department of Anthropology!
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Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS

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Ugh, that's terrible.
I was so thrilled to see you in the documentary. As always, your insights were so important. And more generally, I've been very grateful for your work for a long time.

Lordy... where do I begin.

So considering the author of the op-ed was a co-author on a paper comparing pain levels by racial groups in the US, then I would venture that yes, he surely does need his humanities colleagues.

Submitted abstracts will be selected to appear in an interdisciplinary OA special issue in the South African Journal of Science! sajs.co.za 🙌 Deadline: August 18th. Early career scholars accepted can request travel support to our writeshop in Cape Town!
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠

Congrats @thaophan.bsky.social!!!

Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School

Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS

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3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS

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We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠

If you're a researcher (particularly early-career) that focuses on health, join us for the @hsrcza.bsky.social 'Winning at Wellcome' workshop 16-17 Sept

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

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Our confirmed speakers for the workshop "The Human Diversity Dilemma" include Jantina de Vries, Marina Joubert ‪@marinajoubert.bsky.social‬, Phila Msimang @msimang.bsky.social‬, Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social Evodia Setati. Check our exciting program! 👇🦠 💗 #philbio

Revolutionary Demand For Happiness Writing Residency! For more information see below and here:

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*story*

That NYTimes storu comes to you courtesy of a researcher (of race and IQ no less) in this godawful club www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Save the date! Interdisciplinary Workshop:
The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa
#hpbio #histbio #philbio 🌱🐋
Check the Call for Abstracts for our special issue on our website: perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...

If you are interested in the history of racial classification in South Africa -- or a visual depiction of how categories shifted historically, driven by political, economic, and social interests, we have an infographic for you.

Find it here: figshare.com/articles/fig...

Når arven fra Sydafrikas apartheid møder MAGA-bevægelsen, når offermentaliten nye højder Mens alle andre flygtninge afvises, bliver en ikkeforfulgt minoritet nu hentet til USA i privatfly. Det er umuligt at se andre årsager til denne forskelsbehandling end afrikaanernes hvide hudfarve

Worth running through the translator!

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It's not *done-done* (cause lord knows I have many many rounds of edits in my future), but I just sent off my book manuscript to my editor. This calls for a beer.

Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press Amazon.com: Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press eBook : Bauer, A. J.: Kindle Store

You can now pre-order my book *Making the Liberal Media* on Amazon!

Hate Amazon? Tell your local bookstore you'd like to order a copy. It goes on sale Nov. 18.

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What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan

"The pro-natalist movement, for all its proponents’ insistence on the supposed demographic emergency facing the United States, is not really interested in making parenting easier or less burdensome for women," writes Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan.

Teaching colleagues, what's the current state on the debate about students using AI for writing assignments? Are we letting it go when we suspect it's the case? Are we checking (and with what systems)?

I teach so intermittently that I haven't been confronted yet....