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Catherine Anderson
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learning, teaching, languaging, queering, parenting, unsettling

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 6d
Jan 29th, 12-1 pm ET, remote.
$40 CAD

attendees will learn about issues that commonly arise in describing archival resources created by and about trans and gender diverse people and communities and describe best practices for addressing these issues.

www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6510343
Archives Association of Ontario - TAAG- Trans Issues in Archival Description
www.aao-archivists.ca

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 7d
*honk*
I love nuthatches so much I tattooed one onto my body.
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michaelfogleman.com Michael Fogleman @michaelfogleman.com · 7d
*honk* if you love nuthatches #birds

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Michael Fogleman @michaelfogleman.com · 7d
*honk* if you love nuthatches #birds

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 7d
Also thankful for a functional hybrid option for those who can’t be there in person! #LSA2026

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 7d
Ok this LSA panel is 🔥. So thankful for colleagues who are doing the work to make our field more just. #LSA2026

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 9d
Introducing myself to my students, told them I like to play Wingspan. Figured that whatever else they infer about me from that fact will probably be accurate.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 10d
Two bright spots on a grey morning:
1. male cardinal at the crown of an otherwise naked tree, surveying his domain
2. red star-shaped mylar balloon floating about two feet above the arts quad trash bin

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Dr. Pamela Swett @deanhummac.bsky.social · 11d
A key point in this editorial, by Mount Allison president Ian Sutherland and student Lucas Orfanides, is that, along with possessing relevant (and essential) job skills, liberal arts grads are uniquely well positioned to deal with AI's ethical shortcomings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: An AI future demands liberal arts agility
Graduates have the ethical and creative thinking skills that the AI-driven jobs of tomorrow will demand
www.theglobeandmail.com

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 15d
Calling in from the Land of Decidedly Middle Aged to report that I enjoy looking at birds just as much without writing them down. Maybe even more so?!?!

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 18d
My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 23d
And put these two in your backpack to read a bit over the weekend 4 and 6 times respectively

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
Both come in liquid form :
A martini with an olive in it, with Xmas tree in the background

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
Just realized there’s a step before 14 that I missed: scan for 48s and 49s and bump them up to D-

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
Yes, we have one week from the day of the exam to get grades submitted. It's Day 6 and I'm on step 12 of the process and I'm not leaving here today until I've clicked that "upload" button!

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
14. Hold our breath, click Upload, and immediately turn on the autoreply so we won't see the email complaints until January. Pour ourselves a glass of something.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
13. Are we done? Check the distribution and see whether it makes sense for an intro class. For a class of this size at this level, I usually expect about 30% each of As, Bs and Cs, and 10% Ds or Fs.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
12. Reweigh the totals for the students that had the project excused. Reweigh the totals for the different students that had an excused absence for the midterm.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
11. Now we are ready to calculate total grades. Work some more spreadsheet magic. But more complications await us!

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
10. Pick up that one remaining special exam and hand-grade both its components.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
9. Realize some MC scores are still missing. Walk over to the scanning place and pick up the cards. Hand-grade the ones that entered their student number incorrectly.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
8. Hand-grade the accommodated MC cards that did not make it to the scanner.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
7. Compare scores for written and MC components. Discover that some students are missing one component and some the other.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
6. Download scantron results and work spreadsheet magic to calculate scores for multiple-choice questions.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
5. Pick up "specials" (i.e. exams written with accommodations) from the exam depot. Mark them and enter scores into spreadsheet.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
Enter scores from paper exams into spreadsheet. Discover that some TAs are not good at alphabetizing, and that some undergraduates don't know the difference between a given name and a surname.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
3. With team of TAs, mark 400 written exams while scanner does its work on the multiple-choice. Before the TAs leave, remember to get them to alphabetize by surname.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
2. Pull scantron cards from written exams and make sure they're all facing the same direction. Complete paperwork and walk them over to the scanning office. (Different building from exam depot.)

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
1. Pick up completed paper exams from exam depot. This year I remembered to bring my grocery bins so I was able to carry them all myself but in years with bigger enrolments I've needed TAs to help with this.

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 24d
The final exam for my course of 400+ students was six days ago and I'm still calculating final grades. As a little break from the spreadsheets, I thought I'd pull back the curtain on what the prof does after the exam. 🧵 1/n

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Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social · 25d
Hey, your work matters. The version of "success" that is sold to us in PhD programs is so narrow and confining and unimaginative and I hate that it shapes so many of us for years & decades after the PhD.