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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza

@dozandri.bsky.social
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asst. professor, sociocultural linguist & multimodal anthropologist, enthusiast of all things trans fabulosity. kiki/ballroom & drag culture. 007. miami cubarican. 🇵🇷🇨🇺 (they.she)

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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kareem Khubchandani’s work always inspires me to reflect on how my time on the stage and runway deeply informs and transforms my understanding of data and the process of research as a creative ethnographer. I want to teach the research chapter in a future seminar, it’s nothing short of fabulous.
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It was an honor to be invited to write the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics entry on Language Activism & Advocacy. I immediately asked some of the most brilliant scholars @dozandri.bsky.social , Jamaal Muwwakkil, & Mia Harris, to help round out the work. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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Language Activism and Advocacy
Abstract. This article gives an overview of linguistic advocacy and linguistic activism. The authors describe the varied approaches that scholars of langua
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Semester starts on Friday so I’m glad I got to get some sun and saltwater on my skin before I head back to NYC.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Trans ways of relating to the body and embodied practice are always a source of inspiration for me. Society fights so hard to sell the fiction of gender. The body has such a profound capacity for expression, much beyond what we’re told to allow/imagine.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
dozandri 007 performing in the field 🪭
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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I finally have physical copies of my book! If you are interested in how accent acts as a type of work in higher education, then you should read Workable Accents. 30% off if you buy from Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/workable-... @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social / @bloomsburyling.bsky.social
This is a photo of one copy of my book on top of three other copies, with their spines facing toward the camera. The top book shows the cover of the book.

Title: Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor
Author: Vijay A. Ramjattan
Cover Art: multi-patterned speech bubble with 4 arms of varying skin tones reaching toward it
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/08/2025
Breaking news: A federal judge is giving Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz. The ruling forbids state officials from moving any other migrants there.
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Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact
The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Love my new neighborhood 🫶🏼🇵🇷
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Survived the NY DMV ✅
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Writing, scheming, plotting, freedom dreaming — all in great company.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/08/2025
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
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Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
As part of the last cohort of SAPIENS fellows, it’s very sad to see the magazine shut down. Especially thinking about the incredible team behind it that is likely out of a job. Their commitment to the public dissemination of our work as anthropologists is crucial.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Moving from Puerto Rico to NYC is a logistical rollercoaster but I’m almost there — less than 2 weeks! If I’ve missed your email, please resend b/c life is a bit hectic right now 😅
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Impressively racist stuff from Andrew Cuomo's campaign here.
Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.

His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.

This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico ✊🏼
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Dance ethnography has profoundly shaped my approach to the study of language, embodiment, and semiotics. This is one of those texts that has lingered in my mind.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
A screenshot of a tweet by the official White House account. 

Text: “Fixed it for you, @NYTimes.
Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen - he's NOT coming back.”

There is also a screenshot of the front page of the NyT with a large headline and photo about Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. They have edited the headline with red ink handwriting to say “ Senator meets with deported ms-13 illegal alien in El Salvador who’s never coming back.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees. These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone. www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
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NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/04/2025
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
38. Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said "you need to take that thing off your head" and took off my hejab without asking my permission. I told her you can't take off my hejab and she said this is for your health. After a few minutes I put my hejab back on. But they did nothing to treat my asthma and gave me a few ibuprofen.
39. I had a third asthma attack at the Louisiana facility. Again, this happened in the cell and other woman knocked on the window to get the attention of the officers. I was told that the nurse would come to the cell to see me. She took me outside for a short bit and told me that it was all in my mind. She finally took me to the medical center but I was not treated for my difficulty breathing. The nurse left the room and didn't answer my questions
40.I had a fourth asthma attack on Wednesday March gth around noon. I used my inhaler and waited for it to pass. I was in pain and very scared but I didn't ask to go to the medical center because I don't feel that they address my medical needs.
41. I don't feel safe at the medical center because of my prior experiences there.
They complain when I go there and speak to me in an insulting and condescending manner. They also write information in my medical records that is not accurate. The doctor and nurses there are rude and uncaring.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/04/2025
BREAKING: A federal court declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the National Endowment for the Arts despite saying the NEA likely violated the First Amendment for blocking funding for projects that promote "gender ideology." We will continue to fight for the arts and free speech.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/04/2025
1. Trump has announced that transgender people are an "improper ideology," and has demanded that the Women's History Museum remove them or lose funding. It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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“Improper Ideology”—Trump Demands Women’s History Museum Remove Trans People or Lose Funding
The American Women’s History Museum must remove trans people from its exhibits and programming, or lose its federal funding, Trump says.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/04/2025
Major alert: Montana may be about to pass a major anti-trans bill that charges parents with felony endangerment of a child if their child is on trans youth care. It would apply to parents just passing through the state, visiting. Would be the first law of its kind to pass anywhere. Vote is TODAY.
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Montana SB164 | 2025 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2025-04-08) Revise offense of endangering the welfare of children [(H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading]
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Linguists: what are your favorite Intro to Linguistics textbooks? Particularly those that don’t relegate sociolinguistics to the sidelines and center perspectives on speech play/verbal art, race/gender, semiotic or contextual approaches, etc. — Thanks in advance ✨
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Soft launching the news ✨ I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics at Hunter College, City University of New York starting this Fall 2025. A lot is changing very rapidly but I’m excited for this new chapter.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/04/2025
1. In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared allowing transgender youth to transition "child abuse." He then called for swift punishment of "abuse," with transgender care being his main example. This is the latest escalation in attacks on trans youth. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Trump Declares Trans Youth "Child Abuse," Pledges "Punishment"
The declaration was made in Trump's designation of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thousands of Hungarians protest against law banning Pride: 'This is fascism'
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Thousands of Hungarians protest against law banning Pride
Thousands of Hungary protestors took to the streets of Budapest for the third major protest against a law banning Pride marches.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march. They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/04/2025
1. Incredible news for trans people in Montana. A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state's bathroom ban targeting trans adults in airports, colleges, and more. He ruled that the state showed no evidence bathroom bans protect women. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Montana Adult Trans Bathroom Ban Blocked In Court: "No Evidence" It Protects Women
The ruling is the first such ruling to block an adult transgender bathroom ban in the United States.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/04/2025
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Let me re-open my Russian imperial history readings from undergrad because look which two countries are conveniently left out of the retaliatory tariffs.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️
The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Giving you a glimpse of Dozandri walking face for Trans Day of Visibility. Ballroom has taught me so much about performing confidence. Ballroom comes from long-standing Black trans divestments from exterior validations about what gender is supposed to look like/be. Tap into the transcestral tools!
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Pen Fight @penfight.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
📚 Buy a trans person a book! 📚 It's Trans Day of Visibility on the 31st but trans people don't need just visibility, they need better human rights, and nice treats. Get someone a treat, and then fight alongside them. penfightdistro.com/product-cate... (please share 💗)
Reads: buy a trans person a book! For trans day of nice book
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Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚨 New Article! 🚨 How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍 📖 Read the full article here:
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Writing to Tchaikovsky and tapping into my Russian Studies training reading about Cuban and Russian ballet ✨
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Who’s writing about the Ariana Grande racial discourse on TikTok post-Dandelion release? 🤣
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I'm giving a virtual talk on Tuesday at 5 pm EDT for UMBC. If you want to join us, scan the QR code on the flyer here!
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New from Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer: Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful. Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
"Statement from Mahsa Khanbabai of Khanbabai Immigration Law, representing Rumeysa Ozturk 
March 27, 2025 
Masked DHS agents unlawfully arrested my client Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar and graduate student residing in Massachusetts on a valid student visa. It was only late Wednesday evening that I learned that she was sent to Louisiana, despite a federal court order that she not be removed from Massachusetts. 
Roughly 24 hours after her arrest, Rumeysa was processed at her final detention facility after being driven to multiple government offices in New England and flown to Louisiana on early Wednesday morning. Throughout that period of time, my client was not charged or given the opportunity to speak with a lawyer. I had the opportunity to speak with Rumeysa late Wednesday night and she was grateful to finally get an explanation of what was happening to her and to learn of all the community support she has.   
By now the public has seen video of the terrifying moments of when a group of DHS agents — wearing plain clothes and masks — surrounded Rumeysa on the street while she was on her way to meet friends to break her fast for Ramadan.
This appears to be a pattern: ICE stalking Muslim students as they are heading to or from iftar to break their fast. As you can see in the video, DHS agents grabbed at her clothes, her hands, and her backpack before detaining her and taking her to an unknown location, in an unmarked car.
Nothing in this video indicates that these are law enforcement agents and from which agency. This video should shake everyone to their core.  
Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and a gifted PhD student studying Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University, a stark contrast to the Trump administration’s baseless claims about Rumeysa.""Rumeysa, like all of us in America, is entitled to express her opinions freely. Now, she is being unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration simply because she co-authored an op-ed calling for Palestinians to have basic human rights.
Rumeysa has not been accused of committing any crime and DHS has not produced any evidence that she was engaged in any unlawful activities. Meanwhile, there is plenty of evidence of U.S. supplied bombs being dropped on Gaza killing over 1,000 people, including over 250 children in the last week. It appears the only thing Rumeysa is being targeted for is her right to free speech.
This case is just one piece of the puzzle in the Trump administration’s broader campaign to attack any student, green card holder, or human rights defender associated with the peaceful movement against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.  
We should all be horrified at the way DHS abducted Rumeysa in broad daylight. No person, regardless of their citizenship status, should be targeted over their views, especially in support of human rights.
The federal government’s blatant disregard for the court decision sets a dangerous precedent for us as a country and worldwide. If the U.S. president doesn’t have to listen to a federal court order, what does that mean for the rest of the world?
Over 2,000 people attended a rally in Somerville on Wednesday in support of Rumeysa, demonstrating the American people will not accept the dismantling of our Constitution. We are working urgently to secure Rumeysa’s immediate release and her safe return home."
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Columbia protest documentary narrated by Mahmoud Khalil has U.S. premiere Thursday
"The Encampments" was directed by Michael T. Workman and Kei Pritsker and executive-produced by the rapper Macklemore.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This message is for immigrants — everyone from naturalized citizens to the “undocumented”— you may decide to do some things differently and that’s ok, smart even. Be gentle to yourself & remember that fear is the authoritarian’s greatest weapon.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The targeting of the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC specifically calling out the wording that race is indeed not biological should alert you that we’re deep in the white supremacist fascist bullshit. History cannot be executive ordered out of existence.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Can confirm that the Parisian dolls are some of the cuntiest I’ve ever encountered.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/03/2025
So now they are arresting people accused of no crimes who are lawful residents of the United States. Wow.
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Dr. Dozandri Mendoza @dozandri.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Salsa caleña to bring joy to the face (and feet) 🎺🇨🇴
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
One of these bills that was successfully defeated was one that sought to ban pride parades which shows that the assault on trans people is always connected to assaults on all queer people, which is why we must stand together as a community more than ever.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 08/03/2025
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