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Stephanie DeGooyer

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · Jan 7

This announcement has been a little bit in the making. I'm delighted to tell you that I have joined Global Studies at UNC as a joint faculty member:

globalstudies.unc.edu/people/joint...

Joint and Adjunct Faculty - The Curriculum in Global Studies

Learn all about Global Studies Joint and Adjunct Faculty, including primary departments of each faculty member and contact information.

globalstudies.unc.edu

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 8h

nothing is too niche for me. If anything, I’m drawn to writing that can make me want to stay with an obscure (to me) topic.

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 8h

I like cover on this one…

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 8h

Oooh, had not seen this!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you!!!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 10h

Ooh, perfect October reading. Thanks!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you!!!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely, the gold standard!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 10h

Oh excellent, yes. Had not thought of this. Also hi Hannah!

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 10h

Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful to see my colleague (and occasional bus stop companion) as a finalist for the poetry section of National Book Award!!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

www.nytimes.com

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 6d

Ha!

Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 6d

Saw that thing about how much critics read and how they can do it upside down, anywhere and then saw this, which is really truly where our game is heading:

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

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

www.thetimes.com

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 6d

And just like that we return the word "refugee" to its original meaning: White European Protestant www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 13d

This is correct. Klein is wrong. Liberal & left parties in the US & Europe have not been reacted by defending immigration. This is an area they are willing to let go. The leader of the social democrat party in Denmark, for ex, has called on European leaders to veer right on immigration for years…

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13d

Am I losing my mind or am I the only person who remembers Dems first negotiating a brutally punitive immigration bill and then passing the Lakan Riley Act as a bonus peace offering to the nativists, all for a political benefit of precisely zilch?

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 14d

Ezra Klein explains why he is against the “oppositional” approach of Dems. One example he gives is blatantly false: immigration.

But more important: Klein shows how folks like him almost always casually throw vulnerable people under the bus in the name of “practicality.”

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 14d

My institution had 43 faculty H-1B visas approved in 2024.

"To maintain the current level of hiring of foreign talent under new Trump administration policies, the institution must pay an H-1B fee equivalent to 2.85% of its annual federally funded research and development expenditures."

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 15d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

www.thexylom.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16d

Awful news: someone appears to have shot up the Dallas ICE Field Office. The shooter is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot and three other people are "critically wounded."

www.wfaa.com/article/news...

3 people critically wounded at Dallas ICE facility, 1 shooter found dead as police search for possible sniper, sources say

Three people were critically wounded at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, sources say.

www.wfaa.com

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 17d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

Jamaican Citizen Deported to African Prison by U.S. Returns Home

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

Oh my GOD. This is the first official confirmation that the new H-1B entry ban does not apply to people with current visas (despite the text not containing ANY exception for people with current visas), and it’s not even something on an official website, it’s a passive aggressive tweet!

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Corporate lawyers and others with agendas are creating a lot of FAKE NEWS around President Trump's H-1B Proclamation, but these are
FACTS:
1. The Proclamation does not apply to anyone who has a current visa.
2. The Proclamation only applies to future applicants in the February lottery who are currently outside the U.S. It does not apply to anyone who participated in the 2025 lottery.
3. The Proclamation does not impact the ability of any current visa holder to travel to/from the U.S.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20d

An absolute clown show.

Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul

The president announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but a U.S. official said it will only apply to new visa applicants.

www.politico.com

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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 20d

The Trump Administration has announced measures to gut longstanding pathways based on exceptional ability, national interest, & merit in favor of pay-to-play immigration. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social

This sends a signal to the world’s top talent that the U.S. is closing its doors. bit.ly/4nz1XBE

AILA: Trump Administration H-1B Crackdown and “Gold Card” Visa Imperil Jobs, Innovation, and Rural Healthcare

AILA President Jeff Joseph and ED Ben Johnson responded to the Trump Administration attempting to apply a new $100,000 fee to H-1Bs and supplant existing visa programs with a “Gold Card” visa, noting ...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

I have started just outright blocking people who respond to “that’s illegal” with nihilism.

It is not helpful, it is not useful, it is not productive.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20d

One thing that's absolutely f---ing unbearable on this site is that if you dare to point out that Trump is not actually successfully oppressing all of us on every conceivable front, that not *all* is irretrievably lost, a parade of doomers materializes to denounce you. It's counterproductive. Stop.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20d

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 20d

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 20d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 20d

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apnews.com/article/h1b-...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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