Johanna Mellis
@johannamellis.bsky.social
Ex-D1 swimmer, historian. @endofsportpod.bsky.social. Writing on Hungarian sportspeople, state socialism, & IOC’s imperialism in the Cold War. she/her. Anti-DeSantis. IG jojomellis for outfits
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From the tenure news back in February to this, in my inbox before 8am today.
Faculty there started getting the bad news (separation agreements/offers to resign) today. I feel sick for them
Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
From the tenure news back in February to this, in my inbox before 8am today.
From the tenure news back in February to this, in my inbox before 8am today.
Faculty there started getting the bad news (separation agreements/offers to resign) today. I feel sick for them
Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
From the tenure news back in February to this, in my inbox before 8am today.
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Faculty there started getting the bad news (separation agreements/offers to resign) today. I feel sick for them
Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Faculty there started getting the bad news (separation agreements/offers to resign) today. I feel sick for them
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Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking of my partner and her colleages at Ursinus College as their admins start the process of laying off more faculty and staff. Just ridiculous and terrible smh
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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Sorry to quote just using your question as a jumping off point
They framed it this way because they are in bed and getting money from pro AI silicon valley types and while I won’t say everything they do is bad it does cast a shadow on ALL their work. The media (as it is) is making choices
They framed it this way because they are in bed and getting money from pro AI silicon valley types and while I won’t say everything they do is bad it does cast a shadow on ALL their work. The media (as it is) is making choices
I’m not sure why AI is so prominent in this article since a historian did the lion’s share of the archival digging and AI simply verified what experts already confirmed.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sorry to quote just using your question as a jumping off point
They framed it this way because they are in bed and getting money from pro AI silicon valley types and while I won’t say everything they do is bad it does cast a shadow on ALL their work. The media (as it is) is making choices
They framed it this way because they are in bed and getting money from pro AI silicon valley types and while I won’t say everything they do is bad it does cast a shadow on ALL their work. The media (as it is) is making choices
Maybe ppl have said this…
also coinciding w/⬆️ in disability diagnoses in students - which isn’t a problem!
The problem is the lack of support. Our ODA office is great. & they are overwhelmed.
I am open ab being disabled to students. I am overwhelmed w/the gendered disability labor that keeps ⬆️
also coinciding w/⬆️ in disability diagnoses in students - which isn’t a problem!
The problem is the lack of support. Our ODA office is great. & they are overwhelmed.
I am open ab being disabled to students. I am overwhelmed w/the gendered disability labor that keeps ⬆️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Maybe ppl have said this…
also coinciding w/⬆️ in disability diagnoses in students - which isn’t a problem!
The problem is the lack of support. Our ODA office is great. & they are overwhelmed.
I am open ab being disabled to students. I am overwhelmed w/the gendered disability labor that keeps ⬆️
also coinciding w/⬆️ in disability diagnoses in students - which isn’t a problem!
The problem is the lack of support. Our ODA office is great. & they are overwhelmed.
I am open ab being disabled to students. I am overwhelmed w/the gendered disability labor that keeps ⬆️
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I’m not sure why AI is so prominent in this article since a historian did the lion’s share of the archival digging and AI simply verified what experts already confirmed.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m not sure why AI is so prominent in this article since a historian did the lion’s share of the archival digging and AI simply verified what experts already confirmed.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
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Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
The dissolution if social media spaces really abets higher ed’s destruction. Just horrendous, devastating stuff is going down
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The dissolution if social media spaces really abets higher ed’s destruction. Just horrendous, devastating stuff is going down
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Re: Ursinus—faculty will learn in a few weeks who is being laid off, just a few weeks after they announced the cuts smh
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Re: Ursinus—faculty will learn in a few weeks who is being laid off, just a few weeks after they announced the cuts smh
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This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
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Taking a survey. How many classes did you miss as a graduate student?
Absences due to personal/family emergencies, pregnancy/having kids, and injury/extended illness/hospitalization/disability do not count.
No need for details, just numbers. I'm just curious.
Absences due to personal/family emergencies, pregnancy/having kids, and injury/extended illness/hospitalization/disability do not count.
No need for details, just numbers. I'm just curious.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Taking a survey. How many classes did you miss as a graduate student?
Absences due to personal/family emergencies, pregnancy/having kids, and injury/extended illness/hospitalization/disability do not count.
No need for details, just numbers. I'm just curious.
Absences due to personal/family emergencies, pregnancy/having kids, and injury/extended illness/hospitalization/disability do not count.
No need for details, just numbers. I'm just curious.
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Did… all the universities hire the same consulting company last year?
WTF.
WTF.
This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Did… all the universities hire the same consulting company last year?
WTF.
WTF.
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Awful. We’re getting gutted everywhere.
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Awful. We’re getting gutted everywhere.
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i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
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USHMM doing some stuff.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
USHMM doing some stuff.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
USHMM doing some stuff.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
USHMM doing some stuff.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
Note that MN Rep Hortman was “killed,” not assassinated.
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Bullet point two literally means that I, a Holocaust historian, could not present any of my work ever.
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Bullet point two literally means that I, a Holocaust historian, could not present any of my work ever.
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Im in FL; the governor and state legislature forbids state spending for anything they deem "DEI" which includes anything remotely mentioning race/gender, including conferences and org memberships. Faculty are free to pay their own way, but often have to take vacation to attend.
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Im in FL; the governor and state legislature forbids state spending for anything they deem "DEI" which includes anything remotely mentioning race/gender, including conferences and org memberships. Faculty are free to pay their own way, but often have to take vacation to attend.
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FSU's policy refusing to fund presentations about structural racism is an example of structural racism. It will disproportionately impact marginalized scholars and deny them resources their colleagues can still access.
Found the publicly-available version on the FSU website: provost.fsu.edu/sites/g/file...
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
FSU's policy refusing to fund presentations about structural racism is an example of structural racism. It will disproportionately impact marginalized scholars and deny them resources their colleagues can still access.
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Third bullet point would restrict access to any conservative, "heterodox" or explicitly ideologically diverse conference, too--though we know that's not how it will be deployed in practice.
Found the publicly-available version on the FSU website: provost.fsu.edu/sites/g/file...
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Third bullet point would restrict access to any conservative, "heterodox" or explicitly ideologically diverse conference, too--though we know that's not how it will be deployed in practice.
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the third bullet seems like it could prevent travel to a ton of conferences
Found the publicly-available version on the FSU website: provost.fsu.edu/sites/g/file...
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
the third bullet seems like it could prevent travel to a ton of conferences