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Dr. Liz Norell

@liznorell.bsky.social

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#ActuallyAutistic educator, writer, bibliophile who already loves your dog(s). Opinions are mine. Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thanks to @biblioracle.bsky.social for sharing lessons from my book, , in his @insidehighered.com column today! I hope others will find a supportive companion and purposeful encouragement in its pages. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

A professor’s presence is their biggest asset

The Present Professor may help you reflect on what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.

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Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this blog about how feeling like a killjoy whenever I talk about GenAI.
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On Being a GenAI Killjoy

Maggie Fernandes, University of Arkansas Photo by Maksim Romashkin on Pexels.com At a recent teaching talk about GenAI refusal, an audience member asked Megan, Jen, and me this question: how d…

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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 20h

I’m naming this a Type 3 error.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 1d

I am so grateful for this exact content on a Thursday morning. Thank you for your service, Madiba.

a young boy wearing a hat that says respect is sitting in a crowd of people

Alt: a young boy wearing a hat that says respect is sitting in a crowd of people

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 1d

This whole thread is amazing, but I especially appreciate @tedmccormick.bsky.social's observation here about humanity and its importance in the face of generative AI soullessness.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 1d

New on the UM CETL blog today: A recap of last week's workshop exploring when and why students choose to read for class. You can find lots of great resources, including the slides from the event, at Graduate Teaching Fellow Sarah Ligon's write-up! umcetl.ghost.io/recap-when-a...

Recap: When and Why Do Students Read for Class?

One possible hurdle preventing students from completing course reading assignments is the gap between the reading skills of students and those of their instructors.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing, @asv.bsky.social !!

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 2d

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

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Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 2d

So so so many things.

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 2d

Never saw it coming! 👀

a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch and says in shock

Alt: Ross Geller from Friends sits on his couch while wearing a suit and tie and appears to be in shock.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the era of “Kavanaugh Raids.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

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Dr Susan D Blum @susandblum.bsky.social · 4d

My student-led team, schoolstorylab.com, has just rec'd IRB approval for this yr’s project, an inquiry into READING. (We built on @liznorell.bsky.social's survey.) It will take less than 10 min. & is open to ANY STUDENT in ANY COUNTRY, 18 years or older. Plz share widely!
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School Story Lab

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 6d

I am so freaking tired of institutions breaking hearts. Hugs to you, sis! 🥰💜

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 6d

I've done a lottt of travel this year, and a big shout-out/major kudos goes to the AGLS organizers for offering a conference meal that was delicious and pretty darn inclusive! It's hard to do, and they did it well.

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 9d

Officially endorse. 😎

Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 9d

Yall please go watch @merriam-webster.com’s new AI ad😅

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YouTube video by Merriam-Webster

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 11d

Well said.
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If Men Tried to Understand Their Comfort, They’d See Who Paid Its Cost.

I’m a heterosexual, cisgender white man from a small rural community in Wisconsin.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 11d

@dahlialithwick.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social please join me in ragey eye rolls in the direction of 1 First Street. 🙄🙄

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 11d

Someone please alert the Chief Justice that courtrooms are failing to stop discriminating on the basis of race. 🙄
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Bryan Stevenson is the best of us, and I adore him to bits. I am angry on his behalf for the million tiny cuts he experiences doing heroic work.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 11d

So exhausting..

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 12d

This is great. Being a political scientist at the moment is a bit like being a climate scientist a few years back. You can see clearly catastrophe is coming, but most people seem blithely unaware of it

Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 12d

An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond.

Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16d

My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂

Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons

Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 19d

I'm listening to Anne Lamott read Bird By Bird. Why has nobody ever told me this book is delightful?!?! 🤣
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But seriously, I had no idea it would make me snort laugh on a nighttime flight.

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21d

For many years when teaching American Government to undergrads, I started the semester by reading Brene' Brown's chapter, "People are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In." We need that lesson now more than ever. Here's an excerpt. brenebrown.com/articles/201...

A Ministry of Presence

An experience of collective pain does not deliver us from grief or sadness; it is a ministry of presence. These moments remind us that we are not alone in our darkness and that our broken heart is con...

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21d

I'm not linking to the piece/naming the author intentionally, because it's a fraught time for anyone to speak--but especially those working in higher ed. But we must find ways to connect with one another, even imperfectly, because doing so is healing. Connection is the antidote to hate.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21d

I appreciated the piece I read yesterday and again this morning about the importance of talking to students about events unfolding around us. Especially the idea of "rigorous empathy": "to ask why people we disagree with believe what they do, and what fears and hopes animate their positions."

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 22d

Unacceptably empty dog food bowl.

Ginger, a tricolored basset hound, is out of food and unhappy about it.

Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 22d

Also having this day. But here's Ginger, aka: Ginger-roo, GinGin, Wigglebottom (her middle name), Gingey, G, and Baby G (in her puppy pics).

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 23d

#Disability advocate friends: I thought I bookmarked this site, but now I can't find it -- it was a tool for assessing the accessibility of physical spaces, and it was a checklist of sorts. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Anyone have a link you can share? Help me jog my memory!