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Cruz Medina

@academiadecruz.bsky.social
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Rhetoric & Writing Studies, SCU, Bread Loaf School of English, bjj 🟪⬜️⬜️, 📖Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay (Ohio State UP 2024)

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UPColorado @upcolorado.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
More congrats are in order! Laura R. Micciche came to pose with her 2026 CCCC Outstanding Book Award winner REVISING MOVES 👏 Just sold the last display copy but come order it at the booth and we'll ship for FREE #4C26
Author Laura R. Micciche with her copy of the book REVISING MOVES
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Do better @spotify Not all money is good money.
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Feeling grateful 😇 and thankful to Katie Silvester for her review of my book Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence, and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay for the current issue of @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social compstudiesjournal.com/wp-content/u...
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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
My friend & colleague @jamescsanchez.bsky.social produces (excellent) documentary films and his newest is about the history of sexual assault at elite boarding schools. They need funding to put the finishing touches on this important, impactful film - please chip in if you're able!
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In Loco Parentis - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
Trigger Warning: This six-year-long investigation focuses on the survivors of sexual abuse in two elite boarding schools and the cover-up that hid these stories for decades. By supporting this project, you will ensure that these stories will be finally be heard for the first time.
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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I feel like the real problem the US has is 20 year old white male snipers who targets firemen; or middle aged white male religious zealots who assassinate Minnesota politicians and family. Yet our president and WH is talking about denaturalizing immigrant citizens “just because.”
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
For-profit prisons lobbied for local police to act as immigration enforcement in Arizona back in 2010. Racism/xenophobia are leveraged for corporate greed
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
When AI answers emails written by other AI or AI used to grade papers written by AI. AI: write like a concerned teacher who believes this paper might have been written by AI…
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
What happened to the party of “F—- your feelings”? I guess it was always about *my* feelings.
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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📣We're excited to share a new book review by Kyle Boggs, a dive into Sanctuary by @academiadecruz.bsky.social! 🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/seeking-refuge-through-decolonial-counterstories-a-review-of-cruz-medinas-sanctuary-exclusion-violence-and-indigenous-migrants-in-the-east-bay/
A colorful postcard advertising a new book review. The title and author of the review are listed, along with a quote: Seeking Refuge through Decolonial Counterstories: A Review of Cruz Medina’s  Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence, and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay. By Kyle Boggs. “Medina’s own background and experiences working with Indigenous migrants, which he details in his forward and throughout, provide a rich, humanized perspective on issues that are often discussed in abstract or policy-driven terms.” The book cover is featured, a blue background with the silhouette of bird sitting on barbed wire.
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Thank you to Kyle Boggs and the folks at @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social for their recent review of my book Sanctuary 🙏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽 constell8cr.com/book-reviews...
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Seeking Refuge through Decolonial Counterstories: A Review of Cruz Medina’s Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence, and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay - constellations
by Kyle Boggs "Medina’s own background and experiences working with Indigenous migrants, which he details in his forward and throughout, provide a rich, humanized perspective on issues that are often ...
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Dustin Edwards @dustinedwards.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Ready, take a deep breath and say it with me: synthetic texts and their infrastructures perpetuate bias, claim undue authority, make stuff up, sustain white language supremacy, pollute information ecosystems, contribute to environmental degradation, emit carbon,
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
First Gen A.I. student hired post-graduation:
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Every writing teacher seeing no revisions between drafts
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Spoiler: the answer is not Flaming Hot Cheetos…or is it?
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/04/2025
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
With #4C25 concluding, was wondering if the cfp for #4c26 is floating around yet🤔💭
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Victor del Hierro breaks down a graduate writing pedagogy with a “20 dots on a page” or writing 500-1000 words on each of the traditional sections of an academic paper, showing students “there’s not much space here” #4c25 H.27
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Doug Eyman @kairosdoug.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
H4 - from a large multi-institution survey: 14% of respondents reported being incorrectly accused of using genAI (mostly by Turnitin). That’s a lot of damage being done to students. #4C25
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Casie Cobos at #4c25 uses collaborative writing assignment with multimodal text composition with an emphasis on documenting process, individual justification & reflection👥💿Students reflect that process of documentation had them practicing writing structure for justification and reflection 📝 H.27
Slide with assignment elements in bullet points
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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If we teach technical writing as "prompt engineering," particularly to engage with tech as it stands right now--one specific platform and its imitators--we're not preparing students for how tech will evolve in the near future. (Sano-Franchini #4C25)
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It’s the first time I’ve ever known anyone running for Senate, and Robert O Smith is the kind of ethical person who I’d want taking on a leadership position rosmith4senate.com
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Rev. Robert O. Smith for U.S. Senate in Texas | Robert O. Smith for U.S. Senate
Join Rev. Robert O. Smith, PhD, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas. Advocate for sustainable policies and a brighter future. Support a candidate committed to environmental justice and prog...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Call it by its name: Trumpcession.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/02/2025
The U.S. has been the strongest supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of blunt comments, President Trump now sounds more aligned with Russia than Ukraine.
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Reversing U.S. policy, Trump attacks Zelenskyy, blames Ukraine for war with Russia
The U.S. has been the strongest supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of blunt comments, President Trump now sounds more aligned with Russia than Ukraine.
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José Manuel Cortez @notjose.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If you ski in #oregon, you should know that Hoodoo Ski Area owner Chuck Shepard is a Jan 6 denier and fascist sympathizer. Read about it on his blog on Hoodoo’s site. No fascists in Oregon. Boycott Hoodoo. skihoodoo.com/explore/chuck/
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Chuck's Page - Hoodoo Ski Area
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Heard a conservative opinion that political disagreements are only 10%, with most agreeing on 90% of things. This seems like a rationalization to assuage guilt about the dehumanization of millions of people, the attack on education, democracy, and so much more that MAGA voters want to ignore 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
My book “Sanctuary” came out in October 2024, discussing the period leading up to the Orange One’s first presidency while I taught English as a volunteer at a church with predominantly Indigenous Guatemalan migrants…*AND* it still feels daunting to mention in the onslaught of Executive Orders
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
We talk about not wanting students to use Gen AI in their assignments, but how many email interactions are we now getting from students that are Gen AI? A tip-off seems to be the increase in length.
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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Sharing two new pages on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies: - What Is GenAI Refusal? refusal.blog/what-is-refu... - OAQs (Occasionally Asked Questions) refusal.blog/oaqs/ ...more coming soon! @nobugsnous.bsky.social @rcmeg.bsky.social
Refusing GenAI
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
After these institutions already make you pay to park so you can work for them…
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Starting watching Netflix documentary “Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy” on Friday to wet blanket the Amazon deals at home, but haven’t seen too much discussion of it at the moment youtu.be/OVfZw_eqJW8?...
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Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Was asked if my book passed the Page 99 Test—here’s the result page99test.blogspot.com/2024/11/cruz...
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Cruz Medina's "Sanctuary"
Cruz Medina is an award-winning teacher-researcher and Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the English department at Santa C...
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Wondering which percentage of people who do not like to change labels for demographics would be the same as those who freak out if you say “global warming” and not “climate change?”
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Been thinking about whether folks who listen to podcasts and audiobooks are as addicted to their phones as those who stare at their screens?
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Cruz Medina @academiadecruz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Last week was my first meeting on the Educator Advisory committee for the ⚡️San Jose Tech Interactive⚡️ We saw early stages of the next exhibit & provided feedback on how students might engage. Also productive discussions around the topic of AI 🤖 [selfie from exhibit & older photo from past visit]
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