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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · 7d

My interview w/the Top Hat podcast is out today! I ❤️ the title they chose, "Snafu Happens: A Love Letter to Imperfect Teaching." So cool to be in a lineup with @michellemillerphd.bsky.social, @toddzakrajsek.bsky.social, @derekbruff.bsky.social, @flowerdarby.bsky.social.
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Top Hat Podcast | Higher Listenings | Top Hat

Dive into the Top Hat higher education podcast, where thought leaders, authors, and educators shape the future of higher learning. Tune in now!

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn-themed decor (scored from the thrift store) at the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence.🍂 Coming up next: Getting Halloween-y. 🎃 👻🧟

A pumpkin shaped dish and two pumpkin shaped containers with assorted candy. Also a "Hello Fall" sign depicting fall leaves and a "Welcome" sign with a pumpkin design.

Two dishes shaped like leaves holding gum, a pumpkin shaped container, and a sign saying "Happy Fall."

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Super proud of our Center's very first Course Redesign Institute cohort! Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success & to @lindsaymasland.bsky.social for her words of wisdom during the planning stages.

news.syr.edu/blog/2025/08...

Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) recently hosted the Course Redesign Institute (CRI), guiding 20 faculty members in best practices to ...

news.syr.edu

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 28

💯 That's exactly what I'm hearing from friends & colleagues who are having in-depth discussions *with* their students about GenAI.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 28

I always appreciate @cjdenial.bsky.social's insights on editorials! I also noticed that the author describes talking *to* students about GenAI but not *with* students. No easy answers here obvi but a students-as-partners approach could yield strategies beyond "more blue book exams."

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Aug 26

Blue books and oral exams etc are definitely one way to respond to GenAI. I find it telling, however, that the OP here does not address disability at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

www.nytimes.com

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Stack 'o reading! On my own, for informal book clubs & as part of CTLE programs. @kellyhogan.bsky.social @vijisathy.bsky.social @drkevinrmcclure.com @agilefacultyrpr.bsky.social @drtolunoah.bsky.social @oupress.bsky.social @katiepryal.bsky.social @cjdenial.bsky.social

A stack of books: Inclusive Teaching; The Caring University; Of Many Minds; The Opposite of Cheating; Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Join me tonight at 7pm CT as I guest host Historians at the Movies #HATM
We’re watching THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT on Prime. 🗃️

Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · Aug 18

This week Historians At The Movies talks about trans rights, Australia, and the late, great Terence Stamp. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, August 24 at 8pm eastern for THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT with guest host @phdrachel.bsky.social.

Share #HATM with all of your friends

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Updated my @syracuseu.bsky.social Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence thrifted office decorations & snack dispensers with a back-to-school / apple-for-the-teacher theme. 🍎✏️🔔

Decorative items such as ceramic apples and a woven basket with school -themed pictures on it such as pencils and a chalkboard.

A small metal container with school-related items on it, such as pencils and a calculator. A plastic apple with "#1 teacher" written on it.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Legit LOL 😂

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 21

A real hot teaching take in the NYT today by a professor who banned phones & laptops in class. He explained to students why phones are distracting, so of course everyone complied! They "loved it" & praised him to the skies in their evals! Just ban phones, why didn’t we think of that??

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Dr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗃️ Variation of this: I gave students one of my chapters w/no footnotes, asked where they thought footnotes should go: What type of source was used? What makes you think that? They have to consider how writing shows evidence vs. context vs. author’s voice. They liked it a lot and had great questions!

roxanne panchasi @rpanchasi.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just sharing the “Xtreme endnotes” assignment @parisnoire.bsky.social mentions here in case anyone else finds it helpful as we begin a new academic year.

FWIW, it’s a purely analog exercise in an AI-freaky world & my students have never not had fun doing it.✌🏽

www.historians.org/perspectives...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Aug 19

This could fix me.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'll be keynoting at SUNY Oswego's Academic Affairs Retreat tomorrow & excited to be talking about Snafu Edu
(@oupress.bsky.social). Plus celebrating my friend @johnkane.bsky.social's promotion to SUNY Distinguished Service Professor! 👏 🎉 🙌

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm really looking forward to visiting the UM CETL in October! Gonna talk about Snafu Edu & hang out with #SoTL superstars like @josheyler.bsky.social, @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social & @liznorell.bsky.social.

Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · Aug 14

Plus a visit from @geekypedagogy.bsky.social to talk about her new book *SNAFU EDU*!

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 11

More shoutouts to super-smart scholars quoted/cited in #SnafuEdu! 2/2 @thetattooedprof.bsky.social @roberttalbert.bsky.social @susandblum.bsky.social @toddzakrajsek.bsky.social @liznorell.bsky.social @brocansky.bsky.social @thomasjtobin.bsky.social @harrietschwartz.bsky.social @dccmath.bsky.social

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Shoutout to these super-smart scholars quoted/cited in #SnafuEdu! 1/2 @drtnt3.bsky.social @traciemaddy.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social @sarosecav.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social @niyamirandabond.bsky.social @meblenzayas.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social

jessamynneuhaus.com/books

Books by Jessamyn Neuhaus — Jessamyn Neuhaus

Scholarship of teaching and learning...with a side of snark

jessamynneuhaus.com

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Aug 11

My copy of the wonderful -Of Many Minds: Neurodiversity and Mental Health Among University Faculty and Staff- arrived! I'm honored to have the first essay in this collection; it's far past time for us to talk about all the minds that work (sometimes idiosyncratically, always creatively) in higher ed

A photograph of the cover of the book Of Many Minds. The main title is in bright blue, green, and red, and down the edges of the page you see a multitude of different pens, pencils, and highlighters, no two the same

A photograph of the first page of an essay, by me, called "For Those Who Do Not Love the Archives."

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 11

🎉!

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you, @jlgittinger.bsky.social!

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sometimes the Universe enjoys underlining a life lesson I need. I wrote a whole-a** book about things going wrong and I was still beside myself when something went wrong.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you, @profpatch.bsky.social! That means so much to me. 🙏

Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you, my friend!

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

It arrived way late -- I kid you not -- after two big shipping snafus. #ThingsGoingWrongInTheMail #SnafuEdu

Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 9

Hello beautiful. 👀 #SnafuEdu

@oupress.bsky.social
@derekkrissoff.bsky.social @michellemillerphd.bsky.social @jamesmlang.bsky.social @liznorell.bsky.social
@cjdenial.bsky.social @cyndik.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thomasjtobin.bsky.social
@profcannibal.bsky.social

Box of books, copies of Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom by Jessamyn Neuhaus. Cover is bright blue with an image of an inside out pink umbrella.

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Celebrating (wooooohoooo!) the release of my new book, Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom (@oupress.bsky.social) with a refreshed website. Find info & bonus open access materials on the Books page:

jessamynneuhaus.com/books

Books by Jessamyn Neuhaus — Jessamyn Neuhaus

Scholarship of teaching and learning...with a side of snark

jessamynneuhaus.com

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Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 10

*starts writing a panel proposal for "The Umbrella as Symbol in Teaching and Learning"* ☂️

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