Know a student who had their offer from a top US PhD program rescinded - or a student from a top US school who is looking globally for their PhD?
Check out this fantastic new program at Western University, where I work. Amazing funding packages available.

news.westernu.ca/2025/07/phd-...

Spanish readers: here’s a short, accessible piece about mine and Giada Ferrucci’s research in El Salvador: revistaelementos.net/palestra/can...

Are academic conferences in the US a thing of the past?

Hey Jim! I wrote a piece about this lovely song and others like it for The Conversation. Thought you might enjoy reading it. theconversation.com/elbows-up-ca...

I wrote a piece about all those patriotic anti-Trump songs that us Canadians keep seeing on our socials. theconversation.com/elbows-up-ca...

It seems the Ontario government has saved up all their spending announcements (new schools, new homelessness hubs) to announce the day before they call for an election. How about some money for the most under-funded universities in Canada, Mr. Ford, while you're at it?

Apologies to JSAM subscribers who just received 3 issues at once. It turns out CUP only just now received our 2023 members list so only just shipped these issues. 17/4 is also now out online-my last issue as EIC. Handing the reins to Jacky Avila. It’s been fun, JSAM!

to work in the humanities in a university now is to live a constant dissonance between:

-the quotidian JOY, excitement, new ideas of researchers and students

-but in context of absolute abject cultural vandalism from 40+ years of rightwing ideological assaults on learning+corporate capture of HE

Start digging into something new that really excites you.

And read her amazing book.