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Annie Wofford, Ph.D.

@anniewoff.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education | Research: equity in #STEM, #mentoring, & #gradschool | Coffee connoisseur | Views my own | She/her | www.anniewofford.com

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Erica Harbatkin @harbatkat.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Our amazing colleague Danny Moraguez died last month: lnkd.in/eYag-N6q Danny was a brilliant scholar who was committed to social justice and educational equity. @anniewoff.bsky.social, @waltecton.bsky.social, and I couldn't have been luckier to have Danny in our hiring cohort. 1/3
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The semester started yesterday, and my first day of teaching is today! Here’s to Year 4 on the tenure track at the FSU Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and to creating more joy every day. #FacultyLife #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
A white woman with medium length brown hair and brown eyes standing in front of a bookcase and a poster that says, “Joy is a form of resistance.” She has a big smile that emulates this phrase.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/07/2025
How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge? I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help. tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
The Human Toll

The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change. 

If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story!

To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco

Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US

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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Our article, "'Do I Even Belong?': Internships as Gendered Career Socialization Experiences in Engineering," was just assigned a volume/issue with the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education! It's always exciting to see "Online First" work move to a permanent home. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
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Jennifer Blaney @jenniferblaney.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New publication out today! @dffeldon.bsky.social, @anniewoff.bsky.social, Kaylee Litson, and I developed and tested a brief intervention to transfer orientation/advising that significantly increases transfer students' beliefs about the value of earning PhDs in CS doi.org/10.1007/s111...
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Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design - Research in Higher Education
Community college transfer students represent a diverse and talented group to recruit to PhD and other graduate programs. Yet, little is known about practical strategies to support community college t...
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New pub! "'We Can Change the Culture Through Those Individual Engagements': Social Exchange and Equity-Mindedness in STEMM Doctoral Students' Roles as Mentors," is newly out with Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Find it here (and DM if you don’t have access): doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
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Just Education Policy Institute @justedpolicy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Just Education Policy is coming back! We’re excited to announce that we are planning for an *in-person* Just Education Policy Institute this Fall 2025. Applications & more details will be released in early May. For more info. about the Just Education Policy Institute, visit justeducationpolicy.org.
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
What an incredible honor to hood Dr. Denise Gonzalez McHale yesterday! Thank you for trusting me from the beginning—a then brand-new faculty member—and allowing me to be part of your journey. You’ll always be part of mine and will forever be the first person I hooded! #graduation #facultylife
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Stay safe, FSU community. Active shooter report near the Student Union.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 09/04/2025
This is the literal destruction of knowledge. Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
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Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
As a born and raised Kansan, I will never get over the fact that I now live in a place that gets tornado warnings but A) has nearly zero basements, and B) has no city-wide tornado sirens. 😩
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come by Erica Frankenberg & @maithgopalan.bsky.social theconversation.com/big-cuts-at-...
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
	•	Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
	•	Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
	•	A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
	•	The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I'm super excited to share this short brief on who has power over the Department of Education, what the ED Sec can do, and what Executive Orders can do. There's a lot of info (and links!) packed into one place. I hope it's helpful. Please share. drive.google.com/file/d/1QpeK...
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Rogue SSA @alt-ssa.altgov.info · 06/03/2025
Collect 'em all! go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social via @nature.com "Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists." #GoScience!
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US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 28/02/2025
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.” www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
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Beth Tipton @statstipton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
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The National Science Foundation - this is not business as usual
The National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Crucial research halted as DOGE abruptly terminates Education Department contracts by @kalynbelsha.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/e...
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DOGE is ‘gutting’ key education research efforts. Here’s how that affects students.
The Trump administration canceled dozens of contracts held by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The president is looking to significantly scale back the size and work of the Educat...
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callie lowenstein @callielowenstein.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Teachers, edu folks, allies: We will not let them destroy our Dept of Ed & its vital research, programs, & funding for our kids. Join us for an all-hands-on-deck organizing call this Sun, 2/16 at 7pm ET to plan actions to fight for our Ss, Ts, & schools. sparkstreetdigital.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: All Hands On Deck: Defending Edu Research, Defending Our Schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: All Hands On Deck: Defending Edu Research, Defending Our Schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Republicans 2002: “We need evidence-based education policy” Republicans 2025: “Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Screenshot of the article that reads: The Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, appears to be the latest agency in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency office.

Dozens of researchers and contractors received notices Feb. 10, directing them to immediately stop work on research projects and program evaluations financed by IES, a federal agency with a roughly $800 million budget, sources say.

It was not immediately clear which—or how many—of IES’ hundreds of contracts are affected, though one source estimated roughly 170.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 06/02/2025
- racist DOGE guy (redundant) canned - federal judge upholds birthright citizenship - another judge blocks voluntary resignation - NY state going to court over treasury business - patel put on ice for at least a week
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In trying times for our educational communities, it’s going to be vital to support the students in our spheres of influence. In this new paper, @jenniferblaney.bsky.social and I focus on supporting transfer Students of Color in computer science. 50 free downloads here: tinyurl.com/WoffordBlane...
Screenshot of the title and abstract from a new article called, “Community College Pathways to Graduate Study: Examining Community Cultural Wealth Among Transfer Students of Color.” This article can be found at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9YCVU5WWJPGVTCE4AQ3F/full?target=10.1080/10668926.2025.2453466
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/02/2025
*this is illegal* FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/01/2025
The goal here isn't to make public schools more conservative-friendly. The goal is to dismantle public schooling by driving families and teachers away.
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
EXECUTIVE ORDER
January 29, 2025
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Trump’s plan has always been to announce legally questionable executive orders that pressure people to acquiesce in the hopes that they will be left alone. It is disheartening to see how many universities are falling into this trap instead of fighting to save higher education from a fascist takeover
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 29/01/2025
They knew this was an illegal and chaotic power grab, and their attempt failed because people said no—in the courts, at work, in the streets, and beyond. This is our reminder: Our outrage matters, and it works. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants
The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.
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Max Jordan Nguemeni @maxjordan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Yall read @victorerikray.bsky.social’s OpEd. “Behind MAGA movement’s assault on DEI is a push to resegregate America.” This moment is dizzying. theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
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Eliminating DEI isn't just racist — it's segregationist
New segregationists’ need to use euphemisms shows the weakness of their intellectual position and the Civil Rights Movement’s moral clarity.
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Aaron - Thorgi's Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend 😌 @craigweekends.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Excited to read this piece! STEM is not a monolith, and it’s important to examine students’ movement across STEM fields.
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A snowy/icy morning in Tallahassee, Florida…so, you know, anything can happen, kids.
Picture of a backyard with a light covering of snow on the grass and on the fire pit with Adirondack chairs. There is ice on hanging lights, but the trees are still green because it’s Florida.
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Time to go back to our respective libraries, y’all. Tech is gonna tech.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
OH SO ENROLLMENT INCREASED THIS PAST FALL INTERESTING WHERE ARE THE NEWS ARTICLES WITH THIS UPDATE (I'm going to go workout my annoyance)
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I left a lot of my heart in LA after the PhD, and that part of my heart has been breaking this past week. 💔
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
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