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Joseph M. Forte

@drjmf.bsky.social

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Philosophy prof, Specialist on Plato’s afterlife myths teaching a variety of intro ethics courses, author of Moral Issues and Movies…an ethics textbook published by Kendall Hunt, admin of FB group “Philosophy Books”

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Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Aug 13

Proud to report I’ll be starting this academic year with a promotion to Associate Professor

(non-TT, like all FT hires at my institution in the past 8 years or so)

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Aug 11

Loved returning to @tcddublin.bsky.social last week after 22yrs for many reasons, but their “wild” spaces stand out. I bet they’re great for reducing greenhouse emissions and also helping pollinator populations. Would love to see more of that on US campuses. #environment #highered #Ireland

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 31

The right wingers have him!? I didn’t realize!

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Lauren Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · Jul 24

E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...

The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology'

As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.

fortune.com

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Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks!

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congrats! How does one keep track of such metrics? I know how to track mentions, but nothing else.

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 17

So glad this work is being done. I teach so many female nursing students every year.

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 17

Plus the reading load in such programs often seems to fly in the face of accreditation guidelines for out-of-class hours, pushing students to breeze through life changing texts way too quickly to really be appreciated. Maybe things were different at Tulsa though.

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 17

There’s a lot of truth here, but even as a huge fan of liberal ed and book reading, I’m skeptical of the great books model as the sole approach. I prefer a mix of Socratic style seminar sessions with other class formats, since short lectures, in-class writing, etc are often pedagogically valuable

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 17

I’d say to contact an editor who’s higher up. I don’t think I was ever ghosted for that long but there have definitely been times when weeks would go by after I sent an email, then more weeks after a follow-up, after which I’d start asking others who work with the person what’s going on.

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is awful

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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · Jun 27

80 professional and state-based medical associations with a shared statement.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jun 27

This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines

Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies reaffirming support for vaccination to protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV.

www.ama-assn.org

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Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jun 25

Interesting and hopeful, Provides insight into why my Republican leaning district in Maine keeps rejecting the MAGAs who want to slash and burn public education

Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · Jun 25

Across party lines, voters overwhelmingly support a strong federal role in education generally and in research and development (R&D) specifically.

Additional findings from the poll can be found here: media.the-learning-agency.com/wp-content/u...

Americans overwhelmingly support Education R&D

75% want the federal government to fund research that identifies effective teaching strategies

72% want to increase federal education spending. (Even among Republicans, 54% support spending more.)

62% oppose Trump’s attempt to eliminate the federal Department of Education

Thanks to the Learning Agency and Renaissance Philanthropy for this polling, conducted May 2025

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jun 23

Like: Requiem for a Dream, Idiocracy, Moneyball, Django, American Psycho, The Royal Tenenbaums

Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jun 23

My NYT ballot for the best films of the 21st Century. I’m sure I forgot a few great ones!