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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · 3d

My new outdoor wok burner and the result. Serious wok hei! 🍽️ #ettp

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · 12d

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In Light of AI, a Creative Alternative to Essays (opinion)

With the rise of AI-enabled cheating, a creative assignment can be a powerful alternative to the traditional term paper, Peter C. Herman writes.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Another reason why kids hate Shakespeare.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Years ago, I was put in such a terrible classroom that a student came in a little late, looked around, looked at me, and said "who did you piss off?"

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 17

FYI: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education

College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

timesofsandiego.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." doi.org/10.1111/milt...

Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance LiteraturePeter C. Herman. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. 164pp. ISBN 13: 9781032293660. $49.99 (paper).

Click on the article title to read more.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Very grateful to Patrick J. McGrath for his review of Early Modern Others in Milton Quarterly. "his is a valuable and timely work, one that offers a perspective on early modern literature and society rarely discussed..." onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/doi/10.1111/...

Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 8

Good point. My guess is that Trump has in mind only the top-tier schools. From what I can tell, there's very little interest in colleges and universities farther down the academic ladder.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 8

How is the Department of Education supposed to examine admissions if it's supposed to be dissolved?

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Exactly right. We're not sliding into autocracy; we're there.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 5

FYI: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education

College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

timesofsandiego.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 4

timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education

College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

timesofsandiego.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Aug 3

On AI and the imminent end of higher (and lower) education: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence and the end of college education

College is not just about learning content, it’s also about learning how to think about content. AI undermines both by doing your work for you.

timesofsandiego.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Jul 21

Conservatives say all profs mindlessly parrot "settler colonialism" slogans. That's not true. My book that shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...

Early Modern Others

Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Was Shakespeare racist? or anti-racist? Was he an antisemite? Or did he criticize antisemitism? Early Modern Others answers those questions, and shows how early modern authors challenged the biases and prejudices of their age. www.amazon.com/Early-Modern...

Early Modern Others

Amazon.com: Early Modern Others: 9781032293660: Herman, Peter C.: Books

www.amazon.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Jul 8

I wrote about this last May: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon

Trump has shown that he can, and will, ignore the law when it suits him. That's the definition of an autocrat.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Jun 21

my sympathies. Let's hope the AC works.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · May 30

Chickpea flour?

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · May 9

Porcini Ragu: 🍽️ #ettp

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · May 5

On Trump crossing the legal Rubicon into tyranny: timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon

Trump has shown that he can, and will, ignore the law when it suits him. That's the definition of an autocrat.

timesofsandiego.com

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Apr 22

Poppy seed tea cake! 🍽️ #ettp

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Apr 12

Oh? how so?

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Apr 12

"Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal." From Trump's Executive Order on Showerheads.

With this sentence, we have crossed the Rubicon. We are now an authoritarian country where Trump's word is law.

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Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Apr 5

Signs from today's "Hands Off!" rally in San Diego

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Peter C. Herman @pherman.bsky.social · Apr 5

Grateful for this review of Early Modern Others!
"an ambitious book that makes us conscious of the perils of a univocal reading of literature, . . . provides a very different voice [on] racism, identity, prejudice, and discrimination."https://spenserreview.org/article/id/121/

Peter Herman, <em> Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature </em>

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