Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner
@perezfelkner.bsky.social
Higher Education Professor at Florida State University. Focus: enhancing & sustaining inclusive pathways to and through college and career w/ focus on STEM, computing, & engineering. Translational science, partnerships, collaboration, policy, mentoring = 🤓
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | @science.org | @aaas.org
Women-led papers ... appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Women-led papers ... appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds
www.science.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | @science.org | @aaas.org
Women-led papers ... appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Women-led papers ... appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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“Like their four-year counterparts, community colleges are grappling with disappearing federal grants, shuttered D.E.I. offices, eliminated programs… many of the grants that fund financial aid for low-income students and the staff that support them have been eliminated or threatened”
Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“Like their four-year counterparts, community colleges are grappling with disappearing federal grants, shuttered D.E.I. offices, eliminated programs… many of the grants that fund financial aid for low-income students and the staff that support them have been eliminated or threatened”
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Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
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doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
What did we find? 🧵
Key Points #1:
Strategic public investment in #STEM education has enhanced national competitiveness and broadened student access, especially in the U.S.
Cc @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @fabbs.org @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social
Key Points #1:
Strategic public investment in #STEM education has enhanced national competitiveness and broadened student access, especially in the U.S.
Cc @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @fabbs.org @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What did we find? 🧵
Key Points #1:
Strategic public investment in #STEM education has enhanced national competitiveness and broadened student access, especially in the U.S.
Cc @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @fabbs.org @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social
Key Points #1:
Strategic public investment in #STEM education has enhanced national competitiveness and broadened student access, especially in the U.S.
Cc @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @fabbs.org @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social
Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
doi.org/10.1177/2372...
Looking forward to #ASEE2025 in Montreal next week with valued community. Presenting in two sessions, one of which caps our #AAHHE award winning book's debut year. Join our Wednesday session - we'll have book copies to sign and sell, and look forward to conversation. @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Our Latin* Engineering Students book won its first award— Edited Book of the Year! Looking forward to AAHHE next month. Thanks to them and especially my co-editors @srod-vt.bsky.social & Ciera Fluker + our incredible collaborators & reviewers. Appreciate you all & @rutgersupress.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking forward to #ASEE2025 in Montreal next week with valued community. Presenting in two sessions, one of which caps our #AAHHE award winning book's debut year. Join our Wednesday session - we'll have book copies to sign and sell, and look forward to conversation. @rutgersupress.bsky.social
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🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
a man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
Alt: A man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
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🚨🚨🚨🚨 NOT A FUCKING DRILL!!!
NSF just announced slashing its indirect rate down to 15%, using the same previous fuckery at NIH.
Applies to new awards made to institutions of higher education on or after May 5 or after.
Demand to talk with your rep about reversing these cuts!!
NSF just announced slashing its indirect rate down to 15%, using the same previous fuckery at NIH.
Applies to new awards made to institutions of higher education on or after May 5 or after.
Demand to talk with your rep about reversing these cuts!!
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
www.nsf.gov
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨 NOT A FUCKING DRILL!!!
NSF just announced slashing its indirect rate down to 15%, using the same previous fuckery at NIH.
Applies to new awards made to institutions of higher education on or after May 5 or after.
Demand to talk with your rep about reversing these cuts!!
NSF just announced slashing its indirect rate down to 15%, using the same previous fuckery at NIH.
Applies to new awards made to institutions of higher education on or after May 5 or after.
Demand to talk with your rep about reversing these cuts!!
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🔔BREAKING🔔
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🔔BREAKING🔔
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner
3. Fewer physics educators and programs.
4. Students wouldn’t have great science courses at uni.
5. Research community would not exist.
6. Would lose a generations of scientists.
Masterclass in connecting the personal to the political!!!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
4. Students wouldn’t have great science courses at uni.
5. Research community would not exist.
6. Would lose a generations of scientists.
Masterclass in connecting the personal to the political!!!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
3. Fewer physics educators and programs.
4. Students wouldn’t have great science courses at uni.
5. Research community would not exist.
6. Would lose a generations of scientists.
Masterclass in connecting the personal to the political!!!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
4. Students wouldn’t have great science courses at uni.
5. Research community would not exist.
6. Would lose a generations of scientists.
Masterclass in connecting the personal to the political!!!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Sending lots of support to the NSF and NIH program officers who have been serving the science community in so many ways. Thank you 🙏
April 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sending lots of support to the NSF and NIH program officers who have been serving the science community in so many ways. Thank you 🙏
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UPDATE: After DOGE/NSF froze making any new NSF awards last week, it has now resumed.
Of course, this is amid the NSF director resigning yesterday, more terminations of active awards expected today, etc.
But an interesting tidbit nevertheless...
Of course, this is amid the NSF director resigning yesterday, more terminations of active awards expected today, etc.
But an interesting tidbit nevertheless...
April 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
UPDATE: After DOGE/NSF froze making any new NSF awards last week, it has now resumed.
Of course, this is amid the NSF director resigning yesterday, more terminations of active awards expected today, etc.
But an interesting tidbit nevertheless...
Of course, this is amid the NSF director resigning yesterday, more terminations of active awards expected today, etc.
But an interesting tidbit nevertheless...
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“As far as I can tell, no one (including and especially Congress so far) voted for the dismantling of the NSF.
If you think the present trajectory is wrong, contact your legislators and make your voices heard.” 🧪
If you think the present trajectory is wrong, contact your legislators and make your voices heard.” 🧪
🧪⚛️ Where is the NSF going? Right now, it doesn't look like it's on a good trajectory. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/04/nsf-...
NSF, quo vadis?
There is a lot going on. Today, some words about NSF. Yesterday Sethuraman Panchanathan , the director of the National Science Foundation, ...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“As far as I can tell, no one (including and especially Congress so far) voted for the dismantling of the NSF.
If you think the present trajectory is wrong, contact your legislators and make your voices heard.” 🧪
If you think the present trajectory is wrong, contact your legislators and make your voices heard.” 🧪
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Pell is facing a funding shortfall of $2.7 billion unless congress acts to shore up the programs funding.
The last time this happened, post Great Recession, the cuts were devastating and some of them have never been rolled back.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
The last time this happened, post Great Recession, the cuts were devastating and some of them have never been rolled back.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
How Will The $2.7 Billion Pell Grant Funding Gap Impact Students?
The Pell Grant program is facing a funding gap. Cuts to the program would likely put college out of reach for many low-income students.
www.forbes.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pell is facing a funding shortfall of $2.7 billion unless congress acts to shore up the programs funding.
The last time this happened, post Great Recession, the cuts were devastating and some of them have never been rolled back.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
The last time this happened, post Great Recession, the cuts were devastating and some of them have never been rolled back.
#EduSky
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
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Also related: we have run dept level job searches for the last several years. Any time we don’t hire a white male, all of our notes get FOIA’d by a think tank. It’s absolutely an effort to intimidate and make people feel threatened when making hiring decisions.
February 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also related: we have run dept level job searches for the last several years. Any time we don’t hire a white male, all of our notes get FOIA’d by a think tank. It’s absolutely an effort to intimidate and make people feel threatened when making hiring decisions.
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“Ironically, some of those history books on civil rights might reference the deployment of the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to protect Black students during the desegregation of a high school, a pivotal moment in civil rights history.”
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Ironically, some of those history books on civil rights might reference the deployment of the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to protect Black students during the desegregation of a high school, a pivotal moment in civil rights history.”
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This is something I'd like to give more dedicated attention in my writing coming up. (This is from The Chronicle's recent survey of 4,000 higher ed workers.) I've touched on workload in several parts of my writing, but mainly as a problem. Next is to think about solutions.
February 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is something I'd like to give more dedicated attention in my writing coming up. (This is from The Chronicle's recent survey of 4,000 higher ed workers.) I've touched on workload in several parts of my writing, but mainly as a problem. Next is to think about solutions.
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So proud of our book being named one of #AAHHE's Books of the Year! Makes it even more special to share the category honor with José Del Real Viramontes and Marissa Vasquez, too, for their work on #comm_colleges!!
Our Latin* Engineering Students book won its first award— Edited Book of the Year! Looking forward to AAHHE next month. Thanks to them and especially my co-editors @srod-vt.bsky.social & Ciera Fluker + our incredible collaborators & reviewers. Appreciate you all & @rutgersupress.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So proud of our book being named one of #AAHHE's Books of the Year! Makes it even more special to share the category honor with José Del Real Viramontes and Marissa Vasquez, too, for their work on #comm_colleges!!
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Come out to our San Antonio #CoNECD2025 Book Signing and Meet-N-Greet! Mon, 2/10, 10AM, The Westin Riverwalk. Would love to see you there and have your support for the book! #Texas #Latine #engineering #SanAntonio #students #highered #identity
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @perezfelkner.bsky.social
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @perezfelkner.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Come out to our San Antonio #CoNECD2025 Book Signing and Meet-N-Greet! Mon, 2/10, 10AM, The Westin Riverwalk. Would love to see you there and have your support for the book! #Texas #Latine #engineering #SanAntonio #students #highered #identity
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @perezfelkner.bsky.social
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @perezfelkner.bsky.social
Our Latin* Engineering Students book won its first award— Edited Book of the Year! Looking forward to AAHHE next month. Thanks to them and especially my co-editors @srod-vt.bsky.social & Ciera Fluker + our incredible collaborators & reviewers. Appreciate you all & @rutgersupress.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Our Latin* Engineering Students book won its first award— Edited Book of the Year! Looking forward to AAHHE next month. Thanks to them and especially my co-editors @srod-vt.bsky.social & Ciera Fluker + our incredible collaborators & reviewers. Appreciate you all & @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Additional great news -- former doctoral student and rising educational leader Dr. Marcus Nicolas and I have a forthcoming publication coming soon in
@ JAAME journal. Looking forward to sharing more and seeing it officially published.
@ JAAME journal. Looking forward to sharing more and seeing it officially published.
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Additional great news -- former doctoral student and rising educational leader Dr. Marcus Nicolas and I have a forthcoming publication coming soon in
@ JAAME journal. Looking forward to sharing more and seeing it officially published.
@ JAAME journal. Looking forward to sharing more and seeing it officially published.
I am bringing my LAST copy of the #ASHE2024 to receptions tonight with my card reader and looking forward to officially selling out! Sarah Rodriguez has copies too, and we look forward to seeing you tonight.
Ready.
November 23, 2024 at 1:57 AM
I am bringing my LAST copy of the #ASHE2024 to receptions tonight with my card reader and looking forward to officially selling out! Sarah Rodriguez has copies too, and we look forward to seeing you tonight.
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3 days left to apply! We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in #HigherEducation at Florida State.
@perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social
#faculty #EduSky
@perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social
#faculty #EduSky
Come work with me! We are hiring a #TenureTrack Assistant/Associate Professor in Higher Education at FSU. Deadline 11/25.
tinyurl.com/ytnyx698
Please join us to continue the important work we are doing in the southeast!
#HigherEd #Faculty #EduSky #AcademicSky
tinyurl.com/ytnyx698
Please join us to continue the important work we are doing in the southeast!
#HigherEd #Faculty #EduSky #AcademicSky
November 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM
3 days left to apply! We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in #HigherEducation at Florida State.
@perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social
#faculty #EduSky
@perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social
#faculty #EduSky
Presentation and book signing day at #ASHE2024. Will otherwise be working from the lobby and happy to chat about our program, students, and faculty search.
November 22, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Presentation and book signing day at #ASHE2024. Will otherwise be working from the lobby and happy to chat about our program, students, and faculty search.
