UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
Consolidation of academic programs occurring, but sure let’s write hit pieces on “woke” funding in the humanities for The Atlantic. With colleagues like that who carry water for bad actors with bad faith arguments, who needs enemies?
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
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Idol Horrors: The Thrills and Chills of Obsession - Art Papers
Wrote a piece about a cluster of recent films thematizing the horrors of contemporary pop stardom and fandom!
www.artpapers.org/idol-horrors...
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Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
Design is a problem, not a problem-solving method economic development and modern design
Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at UC Irvine
The Scholarly Interest Group of the SCMS for Performance and Stardom.
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
Professor of History at Columbia University; author of CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, SHADOWS AT DAWN: A BORDERLANDS MASSACRE AND THE VIOLENCE OF HISTORY; and THE STRANGE CAREER OF WILLIAM ELLIS. Working on a new project on the US-Mexico War (1846-1848).
Author of Audiofuturism, Speculative Blackness, and editor, The Black Fantastic
andrecarringtonphd.com
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Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama.
News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX).
Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!
Contributing Editor | The New Republic
Columnist | The Guardian
Author | The Right of the People (2025)
Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
Critical tech and AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, tabletop gaming.
Professor of English at UVA (Commonwealth chair pending approval by BoV).
I am speaking only for myself—as a private citizen—here. Dunking or being a jerk will get you blocked.
Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Critic and Essayist, New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://linktr.ee/angelicabastien
SCMS Television Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about tv studies.
June 27-29, 2025 at Georgia State University
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