Nathan K. Hensley

Not that I’m aware of but possibly @annieabrams.bsky.social may have a line on something?

A deal from Publishers Marketplace that reads: "Climate reporter at the Washington Post Shannon Osaka's THE MIRACLE MATERIAL: HOW PLASTIC CONQUERED OUR WORLD, TRANSFORMED OUR LIVES, AND ENTERED OUR BODIES, blending reporting, history, and science to tell the hidden story of how plastic, which once promised to transform our lives for the better, has become the most insidious pollutant of all—tracing the 20th century's utopian dreams for the material, research into the health consequences of microplastics, and solutions both local and global; an account of the fossil-fuel based polymer that has built our systems of consumerism, convenience, and disposability, to Sarah Haugen at Harper, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, by Alice Whitwham at The Cheney Agency (NA). Rights: beniamino@cheneyagency.com"

So so excited that my book on microplastics and the rise of plastic has been picked up by Harper 🥹🥹

Thank you to agent extraordinaire Alice Whitwham at @cheneyagency.bsky.social, amazing editor Sarah Haugen at Harper, and family & friends for believing in this project.

anonymous student reports notably useless as data now have the power to get teachers fired and / or arrested—not great

Good god.

Basically the argument of every George Eliot novel 😅

Opening paragraph of Daniel Deronda: Was she beautiful or not beautiful? and what was the secret of form or expression which gave the dynamic quality to her glance? Was the good or the evil genius dominant in those beams? Probably the evil; else why was the effect that of unrest rather than of undisturbed charm? Why was the wish to look again felt as coercion and not as a longing in which the whole being consents? She who raised these questions in Daniel Deronda's mind was occupied in gambling: not in the open air under a southern sky,

Omg Deronda starting at the gambling tables! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

People will end up having a more robust understanding of what happened in the 19th century than the 21st...

Plenty to observe here but I am absolutely *turned over* by the typography — it looks like it was thrown together on MS word in five minutes, I love it

huge congrats, farah! this rules

do!

the best digital humanities project in the history of our discipline

Conservative Org. Requests Materials for 70 Chapel Hill Courses The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.

IMPORTANT: “‘At many public universities, syllabi are considered intellectual property. As such, professors are not required to share their syllabi in response to public records requests. Check your university policy prior to complying advance.’"

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

One of the biggest fights our union is having right now with admin is the right to opt out of this stuff.

i hear you. i worked w our superb subject librarian to get it removed

ugh! i hope it ends up being okay. one of our redbud trees split apart during a huge thunderstorm recently --a different storm than the one that flooded our basement. weird times. stay safe and watch out for those wires!! ⚡😬💙

This certainly lines up with my experience in libraries and the push for AI in our space... 📚

burning world + state capacity collapse

oh god akt! hope the damage is not too awful and everyone is okay

dark stuff. it's almost too late—almost

So much of change in universities the past few decades could be summed up this way--shared governance has been gradually eroded into nothing.

Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions Executive SummaryEducational technology, or ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), continues to become more integrated into teaching and research in higher education, with minimal oversight.

anyway check this out, & huge thanks to all the friends on this website who helped develop and draft this

AI Tools Can be Helpful With: Writing Models Suggesting Synonyms Copy Editing Brainstorming Summarizing Translation

At my institution, for instance, the below information showed up out of nowhere on the library's English subject homepage — it turns out not even the librarians themselves knew where the language had come from. Administrators mandated they add it to the website.

AI integration initiatives are spearheaded by administrations with little input from faculty members and other campus community members, including staff and students. High levels of concern arose around AI and technology procurement, deployment, and use; dehumanized relations; and poor working and learning conditions. Seventy-one percent of respondents said decision-making and AI initiatives are overwhelmingly led by college or university administrations, and many respondents described administrators exerting great effort to introduce AI into research, teaching, policy, and professional development with little meaning­ful input from faculty members, staff, or students. Examples include the development of institutional AI tools, workshops on teaching and detecting plagia­rism, and subscribing to AI tools for students (such as Grammarly, marketed as an “AI writing partner”) without involving faculty members or students in the decision-making process. One respondent noted that “admin doesn’t seem to care about or value faculty input on this or any other topic” and hoped for “more faculty involvement in determining how AI and tech generally are used.”

The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.

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this is amazing, Danny!! Congratulations & can't wait to check this out

omg danny edited an edition of great expectations!? this is guaranteed to be awesome; can't wait to see it

our aesthetic categories 😭

I missed this when it happened.

Please note that this is the school NYT & others continue to describe as “standing up to Tr*mp.”

What admins have shown, over & over, is nihilistic servility & an energetic abdication of the moral responsibility to care for students.

A new university must be built

Also is it just me or are her hands absolutely massive

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century A user’s guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises

You can now, at last, pre-order CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY directly from Princeton UP. It's at the printer and is likely to arrive in September, though the official pub date is October 21. Can also preview TOC and intro at this link
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...