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Bill Harder, PhD
@wlharder.bsky.social
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Director of #FacultyDev & Teaching Excellence & Political Science Prof. at Goucher College | critical & inclusive pedagogies | presidential/executive politics #highered #Faculty #EduSky #woodworking #cats | he/him
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Three-year anniversary or my greatest piece of short-form writing ever. I am no longer on the garbage fire of X, so please accept this screen shot in its memory. #Foucault #Chomsky
A screenshot of a retweet from the author which reads “my initial gut reaction was that Foucault should be played by @VinDiesel, but then I realized that Dominic Toretto would never advocate being critical of the innate and hidden political power of institutions like… FAMILY.” The original tweet the author is referencing says “Foucault and Chomsky debate movie needs to happen” with a photograph showing Henry Cavill cast as a hound Chomsky and Diesel cast as a young Foucault.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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So thrilled to celebrate these exciting new #GoucherCollege #faculty projects this afternoon. Really excited to hear about this wide ranging research. #scholarship #liberalarts
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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So lucky to have @sonjaardoin.bsky.social join us at Goucher College today to talk with Faculty and staff about supporting #FirstGen college students.
A full house of Goucher faculty and staff engaged in a discussion of first gen college students
August 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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A small example is the gift of woodworking books from a colleague preparing for retirement. It says something about the unique 3d space of a teaching & learning center that causes an artist to decide the best home for a few well-loved woodworking books is with the political scientist across campus
A stack of 4 worn books in front of some plants on an office windowsill. The books are: "The Woodworker's Bible", "Manual of Traditional Wood Carving", "The Complete Woodworker", and "The Encyclopedia of Woodworking Techniques"
June 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Today is the day: Goucher Symposium featuring more than 150 presentations of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative works. One of my favorite days of the year. Thanks to all of our excellent students for sharing their incredible work with us! #LiberalArts

blogs.goucher.edu/symposium.
The Goucher Symposium: A Celebration of Learning & Scholarship
May 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Prepping my #datavisualization slides tomorrow's class means it is once again time for my favorite annual activity: finding new awful charts to include. What a beauty!
A property map showing four buildings each labeled with a number 1 through 4. The legend reveals that the building labeled "1" is in fact "Building 4", "2" is "Building 3", "3" is "Building 1", and you guessed it "4" is "Building 2"
April 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Thrilled that 125+ people came out last night to talk about Trump, Musk, and the Constitutional Crisis. Massive thanks to my outstanding student Liz Hannaford who moderated the conversation with me as well as our expert panelists American University’s Chris Edelson and NPR’s (and AU’s) Ron Elving!
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Thrilled to welcome @chrisedelson.bsky.social and Ron Elving to Goucher College tonight for this important conversation.
A poster advertising the event "Wait, Can He Do This? A Teach-in on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Constitutional Crisis" featuring Ron Elving and Chris Edelson.
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Spring break hits different as a professor. This spring break I got real rowdy and built a new end table. #handtool #woodworking #academicsky
A wooden end table made completely with hand tools. It has a Purple Heart base with bridal and half lap joints and an ash top with a bow tie inlay. All in all, it looks pretty nice. A close up of the bow tie inlay stabilizing a crack in the top of the table. An in-progress shot of the joinery being cut in the bad. An outdoor workbench with calipers and Japanese hammer and chisel on it.
March 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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As a guy who grew up in eastern PA in the 90s and also spends a lot of time talking about critical #pedagogy, I want to formally apologize that I have never thought to make this meme before. Please know I will correct this going forward. Know better, do better. #Academicsky
The iconic Allen Iverson “we talking about practice?” meme which now reads “we talking about praxis?”
February 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I just keep thinking about this line from @mashagessen.bsky.social's recent piece in the @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
A screenshot that reads: "Life under autocracy can be terrifying, as it already is in the United States for immigrants and trans people. But those of us with experience can tell you that most of the time, for most people, it’s not frightening. It is stultifying. It’s boring. It feels like trying to see and breathe under water — because you are submerged in bad ideas, being discussed badly, being reflected in bad journalism and, eventually, in bad literature and bad movies."
February 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Thrilled to host @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social on campus today for a talk “Dawn’s Early Light or Twilight’s Last Gleaming?: How the Fight for Palestine is Changing America”

Last night was probably the first time in my life I went to bed hoping NOT to wake up to a snow day.
A copy of Moustafa Bayoumi’s award winning book “How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America.” In the background you can see a snow covered college campus.
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Last night was a good reminder that I needed to replace the Drake memes in my class slides. As always, thank you for your service @levarburton.bsky.social. #AcademicSky
A witty meme about using sources in academic writing using the problematic Drake. A better version of the meme about using sources in academic writing with the delightful Levar Burton as Geordi La Forge featured [Kendrick's "Not Like Us" plays in the background]
February 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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An absolute classic of the “Suburban Ring Alert” genre.

[chef’s kiss]
A screenshot of a Ring neighborhood alert which reads “Someone just stole the printer that was sitting next to my trash can.”
January 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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It’s been a week and it’s only Wednesday. There are few people I’d rather hear from more this week than @nhannahjones.bsky.social Well done @aacu.org #AACU2025
Two people on a stage. One of them is blocked by a podium the other is Nikole Hannah-Jones. The backdrop reads “AAC&U
January 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Looking forward to being part of the #AACU2025 panel "Disrupt Distrust: Fostering Well Being and Resilience through Democratic Engagement" tomorrow with my fellow Pericles Foundation Faculty Leaders. 2pm in Marquis Salon 14. #EduSky #HigherEd #CivicEngagement.
An image that reads "AAC&U annual meeting. I'm Presenting. January 22-24, 2025 > Washington, DC. Reaffirming Higher Education's Public Purpose
January 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Can’t thank @liznorell.bsky.social enough for joining our Goucher College faculty book club today to talk about her recent book The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching.

It’s an excellent read and an important addition to the #highered #pedagogy & #facdev literature.
A photo of the Liz Norell’s book “The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching” on a wooden table with a pad of paper, pen, laptop, and mug. All-in-all it looks like a pretty cozy afternoon.
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I hope every student who ever had a Presidential Politics seminar with me remembers just how much we talked about how terrified the founders were of a demagogue being elected to the office.

The "trailer" that plays when you go to the official White House website is ... wild.
A photo of President Trump from the front page of the White House website.
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Wonderful to host the Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Educational Developers at Goucher College this week! Thanks to the University System of MD's Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation & the Community College of Baltimore County for co-sponsoring #highered #EdDev #academicsky #teachingandlearning.
A room full of people sitting at round tables looking at a person speaking and a screen with a powerpoint presentation on it.
January 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Absolutely ridiculous to realize that we have been coming to AFI’s EU Film Showcase for 15 years and have never missed a year. One of our favorite holiday traditions. #EUfilmfest #AFIFilmEU
December 15, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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Got smart plugs for our Christmas lights this year mostly as an excuse for me to make this very niche 90s #hiphop joke. #DeLaSoul
An app showing three plugs called “Plug 1 aka Posdnuos” “Plug 2 aka Trugoy” “Plug 3 aka Maseo”
December 1, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Alright. Going to give BlueSky a real shot. Get ready for some #HigherEd/ #pedagogy/ #politicalscience/ #PremierLeague/ #woodworking/ #cat content.

Have this #ProofOfCat photo to show I'm for real.
The author (40ish white man in glasses with a beard) in the background, and the most beautiful black cat you have ever seen in the foreground. The cat wears an "Elizabethan collar" which makes her look dignified in a way I have never seen a cat look before.
November 22, 2024 at 8:57 PM