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Jeffrey J Cohen

@jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social

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writer and teacher who cares a lot about the future of the humanities as well as access to education dean of humanities & professor of English @ ASU, but this is my personal account, opinions are mine https://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com .. more

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 6d

Cleo is always cute but after a haircut she is ESPECIALLY cute

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 6d

If you're in Phoenix/Tempe today, come out to the Rift for the first Desert Grit Reading Series, with me, @shipraagarwal.bsky.social, @jonathanin2k.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, and @stephanieaustin.bsky.social!

Poster for the Desert Grit Reading Series, which takes place October 4 at 3pm at Rift Wine Bar and Taphouse

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

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Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 6d

It's a great photo. Thanks for your good work against the stupidity of banning access to ... books. And to knowing things.

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 17d

a sweet and a happy / shana tova

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 25d

the name of a neighborhood near me and every time I run or bike by it I curse myself for the missed opportunity of living there

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 26d

harbinger

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 26d

Force animates the word (har comes from heri, a Germanic word for troop, martial band), but so does refuge (berga, a built space of safety, a secure dwelling in a world imagined as inimical). Harbinger is danger and omen at once, refuge and seeker, force and announcement.

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 26d

obsessed w the medieval origin of harbinger, it's an amazing word:
traveled from Old Saxon through medieval French, conveys in origins harbor, a place of safety. A medieval harbinger was one who provides lodging, as well as one who travels ahead in search of safe dwelling, a herald and guarantor.

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 28

year 5 of #ASUHumanities Week ahead: many of the events are streamed

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 28

updated my business cards
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Important corrective to how we often talk about higher education and college students in America. Some facts and figures (see NYT article at end for further elucidation):

43 percent of (19 million) undergrads attend community college

75 percent of community college students enrolled part time
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 26

In honor of National Dog Day, may we suggest one of these authentic and delightful medieval dog names for your next pet?

Tell us which is your favorite in the comments 👇

Medieval Dog Names (Real Names from medieval sources). Artus, Balbina, Bellina, Bembino, Bo, Borgettus, Curte, Dammast, Dyamant, Famia, Fortuna, Furstli, Gardiner, Gerland, Hapeguay, Hardy Hemmerli, Jakke, Lachne, Mamselle, Megastomo, Melesinn, Mignone, Monsieur, Mopsulus, Mopsus, Orsina, Petitcreiu, Purkoy, Rubino, Saphyrus, Sattin, Soldan, Speichli, Stosel, Sturdy, Terri, Turgk, Venus, Viola, Violina, Whitefoot, Zabot. List from Kathleen Walker-Meikle's book "Medieval Pets" @gettymuseum

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

I love the return of the notebook! Not that I ever abandoned them myself (and not that I am against good AI use either -- it is a career class so students have to be cognizant of how some jobs will desire proficiency).

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Back in 2018 I left the blog I founded and I miss the chance to write in public it used to offer. I have been trying to write more, we'll see what (if anything) this project becomes:
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old school

slowing down

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

(Not that it should ever be humanities vs natural sciences: we are all in it together. Or should be.)

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

it doesn't have to be this way

also: universities save very little money by reducing relatively low cost programs like most humanities disciplines

think of how many students you could fund for how many years if you forwent one piece of lab equipment

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

incoming haboob

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 26

life on Dune

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 25

(and yes I am well aware that some students will require an accommodation, that is 100% fine, that is what we do)

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 22

sat outside to watch, it was amazing!! And the smell …

Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 22

monsoon storms last night were something else — this was the prelude

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Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · Aug 20

“The humanities are strong across ASU’s campuses,” says @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social, Foundation Professor of English & dean of humanities at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

A new website highlights #ASUHumanities' career-focused academics & community impact.

Learn more: ow.ly/zfm250WIZux

ASU Humanities initiative launches as one-stop shop for all things humanities | ASU News

This August, Arizona State University launched ASU Humanities, which gives students and community members a one-stop shop for all things humanities at ASU.The initiative’s new website highlights caree...

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 20

now is the time to build the strongest futures for the humanities, not diminish possibilities, to create through collaboration across our disciplines, not retreat into historically fragile configurations that isolate us from the good work of our peers

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Now is the Time to Build: Thinking Beyond Our Inherited Disciplines

Humanities Futures and Collaboration across Strengths

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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · Aug 19

Want to strengthen your humanities enrollments & student outcomes? W/ support from @mellon.org, MLA Pathways Step Grants provide up to $10,000 to improve recruitment, retention, and/or career readiness in undergraduate humanities programs. Please share & apply by 29 Oct!

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MLA Pathways Step Grants

Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 20

truly believe our best way forward as humanists is collaboration around our patent strengths -- even if that means inventing new ways for students to study with us
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U.S. Navy to drone pilot | Culture, technology and environment at ASU

YouTube video by Department of English, Arizona State University

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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ricardo was a shining light — an excellent, valued collaborator from my GW days. I learnt of his passing via a friend’s text yesterday: what a loss to community.

Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · Aug 19

Some of you know from FB or elsewhere already, but our wonderful, funny, & unfailingly generous colleague Ricardo Ortiz died suddenly over the weekend. It is the most brutal possible news, and so profoundly sad. He was a source of joy and love and was a committed mentor to so many of us here.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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