D. Ashley Campbell

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact The White House asked nine major universities, including USC, to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Califor...

“If any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding — including Cal Grants — instantly,” Newsom said.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

a hand is holding a cell phone with the statue of liberty on it ALT: a hand is holding a cell phone with the statue of liberty on it

With the US federal shutdown underway, the race to assign blame has already begun. Be especially cautious about what you post and share in moments like this. #checkyoursources

"These prejudicial words do not reflect the qualities of a saint. To compare Mr. Kirk to St. Paul risks confusing the true witness of the Gospel and giving undue sanction to words and actions that hurt the very people Jesus calls us to love."

Ahhh ok

Rep. Frost: "We cannot let the fear of speaking out become normal. We cannot allow truth telling to become a crime. And we cannot let them silence us."

Do we know who made it? It doesn’t seem in the same vein as those other 2 statues that showed up earlier this year but 🤷🏼‍♀️

As someone who does religion and politics, I really didn’t need more content for my classes. I’m all good.

Targeted Ohio State professors on the damaging impact of Turning Point's ‘professor watchlist’ – Matter News TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who in the days since his assassination has been lauded in conservative circles as a staunch defender of free speech, spent much of his career working to reshape higher edu...

“There are campuses where professors are being fired for statements made in classes. And there’s this sense of am I being recorded? Are people signing up for classes simply to antagonize? And all of that does feel even more amplified now, especially in the aftermath of this killing.”

(un)friendly reminder to my fellow faculty as the semester starts that accommodations for disabled students aren't optional, rewards for good behavior, some sort of challenge to see how much you get away with, or a challenge to your authority. it's your job to provide them. stop being asses about it

When the rising generation of a putatively democratic society becomes "deskilled" in key cognitive areas, like the ability to summarize and critically assess an argument, then that generation becomes dependent upon the machines they've relied on to do that. Not thrilled to give that power to Grok.

But when a society, at scale, becomes less able to read an essay and accurately summarize its argument...then we as a society are being deprived of a skill that is essential for participation in a deliberative, democratic society. This is not just about fewer people knowing how to churn butter.

Hey! Yeah reach out when you want to schedule something. I took an MDiv class in my MA and some of my fav convo partners on this topic have come from MDivs.

If you’ve published on Media & Religion in the last 2 years: share your work! Maybe it’ll get added to the fall class. Religion and Media are broadly defined.

I’m a nerd who actually enjoys class prep & revising/updating syllabi. But I’ll always enjoy doing it for Media & Religion classes best! Trying to prioritize what fun to fit into 10 weeks!

Another example of my reason for including a whole chapter in my dissertation about Rockwell, the endurance of these images, & how they relate to (re)narrations of the nation in mediated American Civil Religion

Oh I know! But your message made conscious that embodied feeling I had and couldn’t think of why it happened at the time of writing.

Writing the word “faiths” in that post to align with the article framing made my inner RS scholar squirm with discomfort.

As @judithweisenfeld.com mentions in her post on this — pretty sure they don’t mean all faiths.

Trump administration urges federal employees to talk religion at work The guidance from the Office of Personnel Management builds on the administration’s efforts to bolster faith’s presence in the federal workforce.

Taking bets that "religion" mostly equals evangelical Christianity in this case. And, may I recommend @profirmf.bsky.social and @mpgphd.bsky.social's *Religion is Not Done With You: Or, the Hidden Power of Religion on Race, Maps, Bodies, and Law.*
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...

In my latest copy editing batch I’ve noticed a theme — not indenting paragraphs. Some do add an extra space to mark a shift, but what’s up with this?

Check out this thread…learned a lot.

Faith groups say House Republicans' probe into immigration work violates their religious freedom (RNS) — The Homeland Security Committee named the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA among those under scrutiny.

NEW: A GOP-led House investigation is targeting 200+ groups accused of fueling Biden's "historic border crisis" by helping immigrants.

But list includes several faith groups and *entire denominations*, and some are calling the probe a violation of religious liberty. religionnews.com/2025/06/25/f...

Just going to join the host of lawyers and academics who are screaming at the press that THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET TO DECLARE WAR ALL ON HIS OWN no matter how special a boy he thinks he is.

US resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts The U.S. State Department says it’s restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but says all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for re...

Weren’t those affiliated w/this admin complaining about limits to their free speech just last year? 🤔 This looks a lot like examining speech to ensure it fits an agenda — just fyi that’s not the absolute free speech the US supposedly espouses. apnews.com/article/stud...

Question is whether or not law enforcement is buying the myth of anti-Christian bias or interested in the frightening trend of radicalization into Christian extremism.

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That’s great!

Two white roses on a pink background. Text reads roses are red, misinformation is not, if you teach news literacy, you’re officially hot.

My favorite valentine this year thanks to @newslit.org

Honestly one of my favorite questions to ask students when I teach Intro to Media Studies classes.

Anyone else see the Vance clip from a speech at National Conservatism back in July circulating? He quotes Nixon about professors. I’m currently digging in digital archives & verifying.