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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski

@drjostojski.bsky.social
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Political Science | VAP at Colgate University | Thinking too much about EU integration and identity (and the fast and furious franchise) | EuropeNow | ALPSblog

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Active Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
An epic slides debate happening on the ALPS blog: Throwing down the gauntlet - @drpigeon.bsky.social: "My Hate/Hate relationship with Slides" - activelearningps.com/2024/06/19/m... The response by Jeremy Moulton: "In defense of slides" - activelearningps.com/2024/06/20/i... SoTLsky
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
I am looking for a few early-stage PhD students studying migration in Europe (pretty much any topic in poli sci/econ/soc) to present early ideas to interested undergraduates in late July. No travel budget but small cash (~€100) honorarium available + friendly audience!
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Dharing my students’ Spring 2024 podcasting project for our class “IR and Popular Culture”: Colgate at the Movies. 🎧 Each picked a movie, researched/analyzed for its history/making-of/political themes/real world impacts, wrote a script and recorded it. 🥳 open.spotify.com/show/4xnWhs1...
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Colgate at the Movies
Listen to Colgate at the Movies on Spotify. Colgate at the Movies is a podcast series developed in Colgate University’s course “International Relations and Popular Culture” with Prof. Jennifer Ostojsk...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
Thank you to everybody who recommend books about teaching (broadly)! Starting with Lang’s Distracted because I found it at my library’s book sale. 🥸 Recs are compiled in this google sheet (with credit given to recommenders): docs.google.com/spreadsheets... SoTL Happy Weekend!
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
I am looking for book recommendations about teaching in higher education(broadly). Anybody willing to share their favorite/most impactful/most mind-shifting reads they have encountered? No discipline limitations. And yes - please self-promote your work too! SoTLsky
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
We're all becoming desensitized. This is how it happens. The former US president is ***threatening another coup if he loses and it's not even news***.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
@proflupton.bsky.social and I curated the ultimate good authority taylor swift playlist, highlighting the political themes in her songs. 🎧🎧🎧 Polisky goodauthority.org/news/good-pl...
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Good Playlist: Taylor Swift embraces her political power ▶️
Happy listening! We've assembled a playlist of Taylor Swift songs with both explicit and implicit political themes.
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
I'll reiterate that I've been a college professor for 16 years, I make my living thinking about college students and interacting with them, and I still don't think about them as much as NYT and Atlantic writers seem to
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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 09/04/2024
Reminder that just because we have “non viable pregnancy” exceptions in Alabama doesn’t mean the hospital will allow them… www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fata...
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Fatal anomaly exception didn’t spare Alabama mom who needed an ab...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of an occasional States Newsroom series called When and Where: Abortion Access in America, profiling individuals who have needed abortion care in the U.S....
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
www.abortionfundofaz.org “On April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court struck a blow to our nationwide abortion crisis […]. THIS BAN WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. If you need an abortion in Arizona today, please contact a clinic and reach out to our helpline for financial support.”
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Arizona, are you okay?
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
🚨For an edit. volume on popular culture about the #EuropeanUnion/#EuropeanIdentity (under contract with R&L), I am looking for a scholar who has done work/is interested to contribute a chapter that somehow relates to/discusses #Brexit. Please share/reach out! EuSky Polisky
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Summer Marion @summermarion.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Challenged my students to 1) improve my taste in music & 2) help make IR more relevant to them. Excited to share their IR playlist @alpsblog.bsky.social! Shout out to Mike Tierney for original inspiration & @drjostojski.bsky.social for excellent editing. activelearningps.com/2024/01/26/a...
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A Crowdsourced IR Playlist
A new guest post by Dr. Summer Marion from Bentley University, Waltham, MA: Since Fall 2022, I have taught ten sections of Internationals Relations at Bentley University. Each semester, I experimen…
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Margot Robbie can still be nominated if Mike Pence has the courage
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Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Did you miss the @apsa.bsky.social workshop hosted by the Grad Status Committee about unpacking the hidden curriculum of conferences? Great news, you can catch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILtw...
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Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum of Conferences (Virtual Workshop)
APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession 2024 Virtual Workshop SeriesJoin the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students ...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
My favorite comment from my student evaluations was that “i wish the professor had office hours in a different office”. Happy New Year everyone!
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Ever managed to misspell a word so many times that you end up questioning whether you made it up in the first place 🙈
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Erica De Bruin @edebruin.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
I'm looking to hire a part-time grad student research assistant/lab manager this spring for the Policing Lab at Hamilton College. More details about the lab are here: www.hamiltonpolicinglab.com. Please help spread the word! cc polisky, intsec, dictatorsky
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
I went on The Europeans podcast @europeanspod.bsky.social and discussed Norwegian Christmas tree drama, the Icelandic Christmas book flood, Icelandic literature and The Night Guest, my first English translation that will be out in 2024.
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The Christmas Book Flood — The Europeans
In Iceland, the night of December 24 is traditionally spent curled up with a book. Why? Because you're very likely to have been gifted one, given the huge array of literary offerings that get publis...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Please all enjoy on Netflix “1670” - a new Polish TV show. If you ever want to learn about the Polish nobility in the 17th century but needed wanted Michael Scott to walk you through that history, then this is your show.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
🚨Call for Chapter🚨 “Pop Goes the EU: Framing European Identity in Popular Culture” Submission: jostojski@colgate.edu Deadline: January 7, 2024 Please share within your relevant networks! Polisky EUsky
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
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Active Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
A new post by @amandamrosen.bsky.social: "Lecture v. Active Learning: You Don’t Have to Choose" activelearningps.com/2023/12/04/l... SoTLsky
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Dr. Tolulope (Tolu) Noah @drtolunoah.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Exciting news! I just signed my first book contract with Routledge! The book is provisionally titled, Making Workshops Worth It: How to Design and Facilitate Engaging Professional Learning Experiences in Higher Education. Learn more here: www.tolunoah.com/book-contrac... #HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev
A young Black woman is seated in her home office, surrounded by lush green plants. In her hands, she holds a mini whiteboard that reads, "I just signed my first book contract!!!"
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Please share and apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: Jan. 22 politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app...
Apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute  (RBSI), an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
Really appreciated this post!
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 25/11/2023
Are the meme accounts coming for anyone else on this platform? 🤔
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/11/2023
🚨 BREAKING: Anti-Islam, euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders has won the Dutch election, according to an exit poll. His Freedom Party's victory puts the Netherlands on track — potentially — for a dramatic shift in direction.
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Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll
Wilders wants to ban mosques and leave the EU. ‘Voters are fed up,’ he says.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
This is the context: www.statesman.com/story/news/e...
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How will UT change under anti-DEI law? Document shows how students, faculty are affected
An internal document says sponsored student, faculty and staff groups will not receive funding from UT if they run afoul of Senate Bill 17.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 21/11/2023
New Mexico adopted a law this year that established Election Day as a state holiday. boltsmag.org/new-mexico-voting-righ…
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New Mexico Is Making It Easier to Vote - Bolts
Editor’s note (March 30): The governor signed House Bill 4 into law on March 30. Adam Griego, who has battled trauma and addiction for most of his life, felt he... Read More
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
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The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
This week we're joined by the sparklingly excellent @dovzhyk.bsky.social for a discussion about what is happening in Ukraine right now and her complicated feelings around the struggle for international attention. Not one to miss! europeanspodcast.com/episodes/thi...
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This Ukrainian Will Not Compete For Your Attention — The Europeans
Ukraine has seen an exodus of foreign journalists in the wake of the terrible conflict in the Middle East. But coverage of the war on this continent remains more crucial than ever. This week we talk...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Pub alert 🚨: Carl Cilke and I published ““Experiential Learning” Is What Faculty Makes of It: Creating New Models of Understanding for Experiencing and Interpreting on Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs” at Frontiers (Study Abroad). frontiersjournal.org/index.php/Fr... Polisky SoTLsky
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
When you grade 2 out of 50 papers and then take a 4 hour Gilmore Girls break.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
This is an awesome semester-long exercise. My brain is already churning on how I can implement that potentially in IR. 🤓
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Just a reminder that when abortion rights have been on the ballot they have not lost anywhere. Not in Michigan. Not in Kansas, Kentucky or Montana. Now, not in Ohio.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
My son’s third word (after dada and mama) is Polish (!). He has learned to say “koniec” (end) to let us know when he is done eating (after sooo much modeling 🙈). Consistency apparently works - who knew ?! This bilingual mama is over the moon!
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Friend, pre-orders for -A Pedagogy of Kindness- are now open! Pre-order at the link below, or at your favorite bookstore! www.oupress.com/978080619385...
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A Pedagogy of Kindness - University of Oklahoma Press
Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, highe...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
But why
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 04/11/2023
The pro-European attitude of Georgian youth: ideals, frustrations and the “European identity”
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The pro-European attitude of Georgian youth : ideals, frustrations and the “European identity” – Le Taurillon
The vast majority of young Georgians say they consider themselves Europeans and want their country to join the EU as soon as possible. But what is really behind this pro-EU attitude ? As I live…
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
Have you ever considered maybe you are reviewer 2? Join us for our professional development session ~How to Be a Journal Reviewer~ Monday, Nov 6, 12-1PM ET (9AM-10AM PT) with Profs Nadia Brown, @montoya_celeste, and @christiangrose ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
I did a thing about climate in class! Great interactive teaching tool from MIT/UMass Lowell! 🤓
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Active Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
A post by @drcathyelliott.bsky.social: "Is it in the assessment criteria?" activelearningps.com/2023/10/30/i... Polisky SoTLsky
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
My EU students and I spent October enjoying the company of amazing guest lecturers, sharing their expertise and passion for their work: Joanna Urbanek from the House of European History, Dr. Peo Hansen (talking about his book „Eurafrica“), and Vassilis Coutifaris from the EU delegation to the US! 💪🏻💪🏻
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
My brain fully comprehends that conferences take time to prep, set up, and schedule. But my heart refuses to type out abstracts 9-12 months prior to an event.
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Dr. Jennifer Ostojski @drjostojski.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
When your student realizes that an extra credit assignment requires cough cough extra work. 🤔
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
What a wonderful piece by @edebruin.bsky.social and Clara Harding on teaching undergraduates how to use archival documents educate.apsanet.org/teaching-und...
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Teaching Undergraduates to Work with Archival Documents - APSA
An essential part of helping students to think like political scientists is teaching them about how research is conducted—including the different sources of evidence scholars use, and the challenges...
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Now Open: Apply for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant for Indigenous Politics. The grant will support scholarly research on specific target areas. Please share and apply by November 3, 2023! View details and eligibility criteria: politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app...
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