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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · 1d

To follow up on my previous post, as it’s evident I’ll never get to teach it again at my former institution, I do a really great and wildly popular class on Aztecs, Incas and Mayas (I didn’t create the class or come up with the title, but I made it “mine”).

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for some online teaching for next semester! World history, any theme of LatAm history, I’m your girl!!

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · 17d

Completed my first half marathon in 2:22.25. I’m well pleased, it was windy and hilly at times, but I did it. And I loved it. And I raised over £400 for #rspcasuffolk! #ipswichhalf
Now back to job hunting…

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 6

The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:

Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social

180 3K 10K

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 6

But”the media” is mostly complicit in this madness, so why would they call him on this?

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have read Trump’s “war department” EO.

This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.

He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.

If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’ll keep trying until I have to return to the UK

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 5

And I don’t really have a relationship with a doctor in the US anymore, so the Rx part isn’t possible

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve tried that in Pennsylvania and I still can’t get one

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 5

UK based folks: does anyone know of agencies that specifically assist skilled workers or global talent in finding new roles? In the US they’re called headhunting firms, but I don’t know if that’s the right term in the UK? I’d consider Ireland as well

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.- William Shakespeare, The Tempest

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Teaching at a new university for the first time. I'm really excited to "meet" (virtually) my students at University of Louisiana. I've even taught myself Panopto!

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Aug 16

Half marathon training going well, even though I’m very slow. First #parkrun today and did a further three miles after

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Yep this was helpful.

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sneaker Pimps just came on my Spotify rotation lol

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 31

@rmclas-conference.bsky.social

Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 31

That’s a blast from the past song lol

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 31

Also, give a little love to the pups and kitties of Suffolk by donating to my Ipswich Half Marathon goal! You can donate in £ or $ and many thanks! www.justgiving.com/page/michele...

I'm running the Ipswich Half Marathon for RSPCA Suffolk Central branch!

Help Michele Marie raise money to support RSPCA Suffolk Central Branch

www.justgiving.com

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 31

Right-o, so I’m teaching the Colonial LatAm survey online for the first time in a few years. I’ve not taught a full semester online class in awhile, so I’m struggling a bit with final assignments. Any suggestions hivemind?

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 19

Trying to explain to a Brit why I can’t just up and switch to a better paying job, whilst on a visa in their country, is so goddamned exhausting that I just give up

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 17

A good post. I still teach online here and there, but as someone who left a tenured position in the US for the UK, moving abroad to a new academic position is available to a select few, to which the author alludes. UK higher ed is a mess and immigration policies restrictive. No academic post for me!

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you won't believe me, here's Paul

musgrave.substack.com/p/at-the-coa...

Screenshot from blog post that reads: Nor, especially, can they be addressed by American researchers moving abroad. When someone suggests that researchers just move abroad, I smile wanly, because I know that whoever is suggesting it has no idea of the scale of U.S. higher education relative to other markets nor of the difficulties other countries are facing. (What, just move to the many financially secure institutions of the United Kingdom? If you don’t keep up with UK higher ed news, then you may not recognize that’s a darkly bitter joke.) Some folks will find moving abroad attractive but it is simply not possible for the 1.4 million U.S. post-secondary instructors to just move to Canada.

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 17

Absolutely ☠️🤣

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 16

😬

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 17

Gov. Newsom is diabolical in his trolling and I’m here for it

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 15

Getting anything helpful in the UK is always a huge chore and my allergies here are atrocious (weirdly, I was actually prescribed it for panic attacks)

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Michele Stephens, PhD @michelemariephd.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hydroxyzine is amazing

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