Matthew R. Deroo

Separated - Apple TV Based on NBC Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff's book, Morris merges explosive interviews with whistleblowing officials and artful n…

the great Errol Morris shows you exactly who Tom Homan is in our film SEPARATED. tv.apple.com/us/movie/sep...

"Reform ICE" sounds no more absurd than "reform the KKK."

For sure- What do you mean there is only a limited window and chance to get a job for the next academic year? What do you mean, your current institution won't just hire you? What do you mean, they are only looking for a very specific, narrower skill set? This list goes on......

Yes- a great metaphor for a campus visit is like running a gauntlet. Make space for yourself at the hotel, during a bathroom break, etc. Also, treat the job interview as your job- don't do assistantship or dissertation work during your visit

It can also be helpful when there is an open dissertation defense to see what that process is like if your institution allows it

On the other side of all this, I have been on hiring committees where the first choice gets the job, where the third choice gets the job, or where the search fails. There are so many moving pieces outside of the job candidates control.

I also had the support of my advisors and dissertation committee- and a completion fellowship that took away one of my assistantships in the spring to give more time for writing.

I have had so many privileges and advantages in my life, but this season was the hardest I've ever gone through. If you took away my Master's Degree, I would do it over again in a heartbeat. If you took away my PhD I'd say, okay you can keep it. This is all hypothetical- but wow- was it rough

I have been rather open about this- I was in therapy and had the support of my family. It did a huge number on my mental health and I could understand for the first time in my life why people held dark ideations about taking their lives.

Oh yes, for me, I treated it as my third assistantship. I ended up writing most of my dissertation in a short amount of time because my efforts were focused on getting a job.

The whole system is designed to be ultra competitive and you have people on hiring committees who have already 'done the thing'--for many of them --years ago in a different job market than the one we have today. Give grace, much grace

I think the whole process is fully destabilizing (for me, at least). When I went on the market, I applied for 32 jobs, got 6 Zoom interviews, 4 fly outs- but only one job offer. For me, I felt like I was at the mercy of the market.

I often say, you need to bring your best self- because getting a job has so much to do with you- AND also, there are so many things that have nothing to do with you (the esoteric notion of 'fit').

Being consistent across spaces is a great way to engage whether on the job market or not-- staying true to yourself and your commitments can go a long way

Most university HR departments don't allow for meaningful updates. Prepare to be ghosted, or even for a colleague or friend to tell you they got the job that you were also a finalist for (this happened to me)

Getting a job in higher education-- in most spaces feels like winning the lottery (for me at least) and I say that not to be discouraging, just to note how capricious the whole thing can be

I think this is commonly given advice- but each person needs to make decisons about where they are willing to apply within the realms of what is best for them and those who would move alongside of them- IMO. #literacies

Best wishes to all #literacies job seekers. If I can be of support about my experiences and process please let me know

What a terrible opinion- this agency cannot be reformed or better educated- it needs to be abolished

Let's make things.....worse

This was by design. It will take years to undo, if at all

Catching up on all the headlines today and my main takeaway is that Trump is a con man who operates in contradictions.

He likes to tell everyone what they want to hear. And so we have Bovino getting pulled out of Minneapolis, but also Patel opening an investigation into ICE observers.

Florida escalates its battle on sociology with new curriculum, textbook. Professors push back In a dramatic escalation of a years-long battle over sociology in Florida colleges and universities, FIU faculty allege that new state mandates for an Introduction to Sociology course amount to an att...

‘The state has moved from telling us what we cannot teach to telling us exactly what we can…giving our students a really impoverished version of the discipline,’ Katie Rainwater

‘[Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…It is a sanitized version,’ Matt Marr

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

The Medicare Fraud Senator's mailbox was full, but I was able to leave a message for our state's newest senator (Moody)- voicing my opposition to any legislation that further funds ICE

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

So excited!

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

A man carrying an assault weapon at the Michigan capitol in 2020 to protest COVID restrictions. Behind him are two people wrapped in Trump flags.

More arms anti-lockdown protesters

“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel

a photo of Lu Xun

Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun:

“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”

― Lu Xun