Ben Chappell
@benchappell.bsky.social
Antifascist. Interdisciplinary ethnographer. * studies. Midwesterner. Academic unionist.
Loves mass transit and espresso. Hates structural violence and oligarchy.
Loves mass transit and espresso. Hates structural violence and oligarchy.
My kiddo and his band made an EP and it rocks bandcamp.com/this_is_an_a...
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My kiddo and his band made an EP and it rocks bandcamp.com/this_is_an_a...
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
My kiddo and his band made an EP and it rocks bandcamp.com/this_is_an_a...
Thank you students! I happen to know that critical university studies played a role in generating support for this. www.kansan.com/news/student...
Student Senate passes resolution in support of UAKU's contract negotiations
The University of Kansas Student Senate passed a resolution that calls on Chancellor Doug Girod to end delays in the bargaining process.
www.kansan.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thank you students! I happen to know that critical university studies played a role in generating support for this. www.kansan.com/news/student...
If you are attending the American Studies Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week, check out the Ethnography Caucus sessions. In particular, come to our fall meeting on Friday at 3:00 p.m. to get involved in the caucus.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you are attending the American Studies Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week, check out the Ethnography Caucus sessions. In particular, come to our fall meeting on Friday at 3:00 p.m. to get involved in the caucus.
When building staff and students support your bargaining session.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When building staff and students support your bargaining session.
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Hit the breaking point this morning with Michigan after hearing about their planned data center in Ypsi. Put all my in-progress posts on the back burner to write this (which I have also sent to UMGiving).
substack.com/@kconrad/not...
substack.com/@kconrad/not...
A letter to my alma mater
on their embrace of AI
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hit the breaking point this morning with Michigan after hearing about their planned data center in Ypsi. Put all my in-progress posts on the back burner to write this (which I have also sent to UMGiving).
substack.com/@kconrad/not...
substack.com/@kconrad/not...
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
I know the one-pint deli container is widely used and appreciated, but I really think I broke some new ground here on storing an open can.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I know the one-pint deli container is widely used and appreciated, but I really think I broke some new ground here on storing an open can.
This barbaric regime must end
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This barbaric regime must end
This is very, very bad.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is very, very bad.
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This year I learned about Japanese #mundaneHalloween costumes and they are exactly what I needed.
"Person who, upon finding out a guest is allergic to sesame dressing, sprints to the FamilyMart to buy a replacement, and then pauses to catch their breath at the traffic light on the way back"
x.com/dailyportalz...
x.com/dailyportalz...
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This year I learned about Japanese #mundaneHalloween costumes and they are exactly what I needed.
Is there actually a reason I'm not aware of, to take an extended call on speaker in an airport? Trying to look beyond my own experience.
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is there actually a reason I'm not aware of, to take an extended call on speaker in an airport? Trying to look beyond my own experience.
Cutting SNAP reduces the demand to purchase food but not the demand to eat
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cutting SNAP reduces the demand to purchase food but not the demand to eat
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
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go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
💥💥💥
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
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Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
Holds up
Just popping this here because it's one of my favourite tweets of all time.
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Holds up
Screen names I would like to use but it's too much effort:
Boyfriend of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Boyfriend of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Screen names I would like to use but it's too much effort:
Boyfriend of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Boyfriend of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Reposted by Ben Chappell
Billionaires are always inserting themselves into situations when it is unneeded or unwanted but when their influence could be useful, they aren’t around. Anyway. Mark Cuban is an IU alum. He could fund that student newspaper in perpetuity with pocket change. Or withhold institutional donations.
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Billionaires are always inserting themselves into situations when it is unneeded or unwanted but when their influence could be useful, they aren’t around. Anyway. Mark Cuban is an IU alum. He could fund that student newspaper in perpetuity with pocket change. Or withhold institutional donations.
MIT
Brown
Penn
USC
Aspirational peers
Brown
Penn
USC
Aspirational peers
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
MIT
Brown
Penn
USC
Aspirational peers
Brown
Penn
USC
Aspirational peers
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Did you go to a U.S. college or university? If so, your alma mater needs you!
Trump is now threatening *all* of U.S. higher ed with his authoritarian "compact." Please sign ✍🏼 this petition to let your school know that YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO SIGN THE COMPACT.
& pls share!!! 🤲🏼
#AcademicSky
Trump is now threatening *all* of U.S. higher ed with his authoritarian "compact." Please sign ✍🏼 this petition to let your school know that YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO SIGN THE COMPACT.
& pls share!!! 🤲🏼
#AcademicSky
SIGN THE ALUMNI PETITION: Tell your school to reject the federal government’s “Compact”
The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. This is a time for courage, not capitulation. Sign this alumni petition n...
alumni.controlshift.app
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Did you go to a U.S. college or university? If so, your alma mater needs you!
Trump is now threatening *all* of U.S. higher ed with his authoritarian "compact." Please sign ✍🏼 this petition to let your school know that YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO SIGN THE COMPACT.
& pls share!!! 🤲🏼
#AcademicSky
Trump is now threatening *all* of U.S. higher ed with his authoritarian "compact." Please sign ✍🏼 this petition to let your school know that YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO SIGN THE COMPACT.
& pls share!!! 🤲🏼
#AcademicSky
