Daphna Harel

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.

Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.

– rainbowR conference

🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉

🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026

📣 Call for submissions is open

👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members

conference.rainbowr.org

Good work!

Any good posts or things you think I should include in Friday's lecture?

And to be honest, these are things I’ve only learned by watching students struggle during the pandemic and also dating a special ed teacher. And I’ve become a better and more fair instructor for it

Profs, let’s stop pretending like we have taken education classes outside of our field of expertise

For example, I need text to speech for longer readings and students now can get this. I could have done way better in school and learned more of accommodations were more common in the 90s and early 00s.

And for many of us who are neurodivergent or have other needs, we were in school before reasonable accommodations were more common, so we think “I did it and so can they.” But think about how much more you could have achieved if you had what you needed.

We leave the determination of reasonable accommodation to the experts, and our job as professors is to accommodate as instructed.

In fact, we can learn a lot about good teaching by considering which accommodations might help all students if built into our policies (e.g. extensions and recordings)

Had a great time giving a talk today at Fordham!

Two apple pies on top of a stove

When you’re bored, bake apple pie!

NYC based instructors: we're looking for an adjunct for a graduate level Ethics of Data Science class this Spring. Please share widely

apply.interfolio.com/175474

I usually give a lecture in my grad-level survey design class about political polling. This year I want to update it and focus more on general policy opinion polls. Anyone have good resources or examples I should reference?

I was wondering what that noise was. But why are there fireworks?

Are you an ENAR member looking for some advice? We still have room for mentees in our new mentorship program!

If you’re a student but not a current ENAR member and want to participate as a mentee in our new mentorship program, student memberships are only $25 (enar.com/join)!

Are you an ENAR member looking for some advice? We still have room for mentees in our new mentorship program!

oh noooo

Exactly. It’s a reality we all must face as the fall semester starts this week

Time to change my summer work to do list to my fall work to do list.

The list is the same, but I’ve replaced summer with fall

I had the same thought and didn’t take full advantage of my sabbatical. I fully regret that decision now.

You’ll need to find other ways to place structure into your daily routine, but it’s worth the opportunity to try.

Does anyone have an example of an accepted JSM invited session proposal from a previous year that they could share with me? If so, DM or email me :)

Does anyone have an example of an accepted JSM invited session proposal from a previous year that they could share with me? If so, DM or email me :)

Rainbow Trap: NYC launch event + panel discussion To mark the launch of Kevin Guyan’s new book Rainbow Trap, join us for a panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion at NYU on 3 September.

On the panel:

• @daphna.bsky.social, NYU (Chair)
• Joanna Wuest, StonyBrook University
• Patrick J. Egan, NYU
• Priya Nair, NYC Commission on Gender Equity

Weds 3 Sept, 5-6.30pm | Kimball Hall, 246 Greene St., NYC | All welcome

kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...

Yes we do!

And now you understand why we’re sometimes late at getting grades back to students

NYC-based people - I'm looking for an adjunct instructor to teach an undergraduate course *this fall* at NYU called Power and Politics of Data. There's a lot of flexibility in what the course could look like, but I'm also happy to share ideas and the job ad. DM me if you think you're interested.

40. Probably the most valuable service provided by methodologists is wading through dense stats papers, and figuring out what's actually useful for applied social scientists.

The event poster for the Rainbow Trap book launch and panel discussion at NYU on 3 September. The poster is bright and colourful.

Join us in New York on 3 Sept for a #RainbowTrap launch event + panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion!

📍 Kimball Hall, 246 Greene St., NYC
👋 All welcome
✨ Chaired by @daphna.bsky.social

Register here ➡️ kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...

We love our National Parks. Help us #SaveOurSigns We need your help to #SaveOurSigns

Get ready for some fun coming at you this Fourth of July weekend?! DRP has teamed up with some awesome UMN librarians and @safeguardingdata.bsky.social to #SaveOurSigns
Read more, spread the word, and get to taking those pics!
www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) The Reconstruction era,1861-1900 the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, economi...

A benefit of the #SaveOurSigns campaign is we get to learn about all the national parks. Have you been to Reconstruction Era National Historical Park? It includes the Penn Center where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC staff planned the Poor People's Campaign! www.nps.gov/reer/index.htm