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dsmilde.bsky.social
David Smilde
@dsmilde.bsky.social
Check out my Substack "Venezuela and the United States" https://davidsmilde.substack.com/ Opinions expressed are my own.
If you know of any students, activists or other professionals who might be interested, please bounce them this message (there is more information below), point them towards the webpage linked above. Thanks! 7/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We got final approval on this just last month, so the deadlines are tight. Applications are due by March 1. 6/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Finally, it will house Tulane’s program on Publicly Engaged Scholarship, which will train graduate students from across campus on community-engaged research methods as well as public facing scholarship. 5/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Second, our program will have embedded links to other programs on campus (such as Africana Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, and Political Science) as well as the School of Architecture and the School of Public Health. 4/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It is not an “applied” program, but one that will train students in the "evergreen" research skills that will be useful not just in the university setting, but in activism, government and industry as well. 3/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It will have three distinguishing characteristics.
First, while it will focus on the fundamentals of sociological theory and methods, it will be oriented both to those seeking academic and those seeking non-academic careers. 2/x
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by David Smilde
The paradox of Violence: Revolution, Crime, and Policing During Chavismo, edited by
@dsmilde.bsky.social

@beccahanson.bsky.social
and Verónica Zubillaga.

upittpress.org/books/978082...
January 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM