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Laura Stevens

@lauramstevens.bsky.social

I'm a Professor of British, American, and Indigenous lit, pre-1800, & Director of Auburn University's Honors College.

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For Auburn folk, demo of Spidle Hall is underway -- photo taken today from the library parking deck.

14.10.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What's this image from?

06.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I enjoyed reading your piece. But a question: why didn't ProPublica make your list?

21.09.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are all set up for the Auburn Honors College’s induction ceremony. We are prefacing it this year w reception w poster presentations from our research grant awardees.

14.09.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Auburn Honors tailgate is all set up!

13.09.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graham Greene in Dances with Wolves

Graham Greene in Dances with Wolves

Graham Greene in Maverick

Graham Greene in Maverick

Graham Greene in The Last of Us

Graham Greene in The Last of Us

Graham Greene in Marvel’s Echo

Graham Greene in Marvel’s Echo

RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.

01.09.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22683    πŸ” 4627    πŸ’¬ 577    πŸ“Œ 499

I completely agree and love this show. His portrayal of Maximus was brilliant.

02.09.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to this amazing group of 18c scholars. I can't wait to read this issue!

31.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this! Congratulations!

31.08.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to stop watching it because I didn't want to see him die.

23.08.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Right?!

21.08.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TBH my persistent reaction to AI -- & surrounding discussion of AI -- is gutting disappointment that AI turns out to be insipid, bland, people-pleasing, vapid, when I came of age expecting the utter coolness of Wintermute.

20.08.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s a one-credit, pass-fail course, so just those three.

19.08.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s immensely fun.

19.08.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruth quietly gearing up for her first class as my teaching assistant for my book club course, β€œReading about Dogs, with a Dog.” In her grading she will be tough but fair.

19.08.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just freestanding feathers, or feathers used by (and symbolically connected to) Native peoples?

02.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#skystorians

02.08.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"This biography is briefer than most, sharing all of the information that is available at this time. If you are a descendant or know a descendant, we encourage you to reach out to us, as we are still seeking information about the life of Annie Isparhecher."

02.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The PSIG Project - Annie Isparhecher

Another new biography posted to The PSIG Project: Annie Isparhecher, a Mvskoke woman born c. 1880, who attended the Nuyaka Mission Boarding School. This is under the tab "Connected Schools," -- for students who attended mission schools in the PSIG orbit. www.psigproject.org/connected-sc...

02.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And Ruth might egg him on.

31.07.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jason gonna petition for my committal

31.07.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a link to a shelter? Or what’s his situation? Is he neutered? Good w other animals?

31.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drumline after Orioles win last night.

31.07.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or: completely overwhelmed at how much you could look at. Panic and must redefine project.

30.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are wonderful!

29.07.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair enough. I ask because I wonder what we would learn by providing more historical context and depth to the current moment.

28.07.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A question for eighteenth-century studies people: has anyone published a comparison of Ghislane Maxwell to the 18c "procuress" figure -- e.g. Richardson's Mrs. Sinclair or Hogarth's Mother Needham? Or, for that matter, 17c Dutch paintings of "The Procuress"? www.rct.uk/collection/8...

28.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, huge news for MCN.

24.07.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this exchange, but it's overlooked an invaluable historical source: the "What did the Romans ever do for us?" scene from The Life of Brian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7H...

21.07.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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