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Jessica Tinklenberg

@drtink.bsky.social
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Executive Director, Pima Community College Teaching and Learning Center. Former Director, University of the Pacific CTL and Claremont Colleges CTL. Mama and Wife and Dog Wrangler.

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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s publication day! @writandrhet.bsky.social and I are excited to announce that this five year labor of love (and sweat and tears) is now out in the world!! Grateful for the many institutions and colleagues who supported us. Hooray! www.routledge.com/Transdiscipl...
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Transdisciplinary Approaches to Problems in Higher Education: Before the Next Crisis Comes
This book focuses on the role of transdisciplinarity in addressing crises and other complex problems inside higher education institutions. It argues for enacting transdisciplinary practices in adminis...
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Minnesota is my home and my heart, and I love my people. There are many ways to support them right now, but here is one I hope you will consider. My SIL Sara is an early childhood admin in Robbinsdale, and helped organize this support for her families. givebutter.com/rdaleearlyle...
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Support Robbinsdale Early Learning Families
By Friends of Robbinsdale Early Learning Families
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Laura Locke Estes @lblestes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Also relevant for specific populations: there are lactation rooms at the conference center and on-site childcare (at additional cost, must be reserved ahead of time). I will ooh and aah over your babies!
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Absolutely fantastic keynote from @sarosecav.bsky.social this morning at our sixth annual Pima Online Educators Conference. Thank you for helping us find the joy!!!
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Jeremy Zoss @jzossmpls.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The most Minnesotan protest sign. #NoKings
A sign reading "No Kings Just Prince"
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
WE DID IT! Look for this, coming soon!!!!!
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So proud of this incredible person! (And so excited to taste all the homework!) Watch out for Chef Schnieder, PhD!
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
My aunt sent this to me, apparently from an old coloring book she had that I used when I was nine. Look at that last line. I’ve been educationally ungovernable since 1982.
A workbook page for practicing writing. The prompt line is followed by an empty line for the student write the same sentence over again on their own. On the final two lines, the prompt line is followed by”This is fun to do.” But I wrote “This is NOT fun to do” below it because you can not tell nine year old Jessica what to do, workbook page!
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Mo Goldman For Congress @mogoldman4congress.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Just a heads up: Was in Tucson Immigration court. My clients had followed the proper procedures to enter the U.S. when they arrived and requested asylum. ICE attorney attempted to get my client's asylum claims terminated, like we saw in multiple immigration courts around the country last week. 1/4
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Grateful to share that @writandrhet.bsky.social and I will be leading a session titled “Transdiscipinarity as a Means of Creating Sustainable Resistance in Higher Ed” on June 25 at 2:30 EDT / 11:30 PDT at this amazing, FREE conference. Sign up today! bit.ly/VirtualGathe...
A color block graphic with blue and beige rectangles. The text reads: Leading with Our Values: Community as Resistance. I’m presenting! June 23-25. via Zoom #Gather2Resist25. Register now! http://bit.ly/VirtualGathering25-register
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is eye-opening and absolutely horrifying. We can choose differently, though. We really, really can. This future is not inevitable. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The best teaching change I’ve made recently is ending the semester with time for gratitude. I share what I am grateful for from our time & they share what they appreciate about each other as colleagues in the course. It’s joy. I will never go back to exams or turning in papers as a last class again.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If I hear one more higher ed “innovator” (who is clearly not from a farming background) use the word “incubator,” I am going to 1) scream and 2) send them hundreds of pictures of what poultry incubators look like during hatching. Trust me, this is not the vibe you want. Thank you for your attention.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Community and Technical College Educational Developers: I’m honored to serve, alongside Stephanie Whalen of Harper College, as an incoming co-chair for the new Community and Technical College Special Interest Group for The POD Network. 1/3
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” Kennedy declared. “They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize we are doing this to our children.”
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It was Esther day in my virtual Intro to OT class. I love that day, because I wear my tiara and (usually) students make tons of noise. Sadly, I learned this year that Zoom cancels the sound of all but the most robust noisemakers, so one busy student had to blot out the name of Haman for us all :-)
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David Buck @dbuckedu.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
There is no ethical use of GenAI tools. They are extractive—of the environment, of human labor, of the friction that characterizes human learning. AI takes—it does not give. It’s based on a compromised ethical framework. It’s no surprise it’s being used by those who are dismantling our government.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Huge congrats to @writandrhet.bsky.social , winner of Pima College’s Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award! I can’t think of anyone more deserving. You really are the best teacher I know.
Jeremy Schnieder holding his teaching award. Jeremy accepting his award from a member of the Board of Directors.Jeremy standing with the other award winners at Pima College’s All Faculty Day.
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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Investing in students isn't buying expensive third party AI add-ons for the LMS. It's hiring more faculty and staff so we can lower class sizes and devote more individual time to our students. College is education and WE are the educators.
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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
After #POD24, I'm really curious about this: to those who are active users of AI and, particularly, those who are promoting AI in the classroom, how are you accounting for the environmental impact of AI? Shouldn't we address the harms before we widely embrace this in education?
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Is there a starter pack of Higher Ed Teaching and Learning Centers out there, by chance? My TLC, @pimatlc.bsky.social , is just getting started over here and looking for accounts to follow. #POD24 #edusky
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five points ahead in Arizona?” Wow, sometimes McSweeny’s is a little too on the nose.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Hey #POD network people attending the Chicago conference: The Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago has a new space & a new exhibition, co-curated by my daughter Grace!! If you want to see it let me know! We’re planning to go Tuesday Nov 12. www.fahschicagomuseum.com
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HOME | Filipino American Hi
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/10/2024
"Should I trust the Dark Lord who attempted to topple the White City of Gondor? Or do I trust the Elf Queen representing the coalition of Men and Elves who defeated Sauron when he tried to enslave the Free Peoples, but could maybe do more meet-and-greets?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
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I’m an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About
I’m a well-informed Hobbit—a Boffin from Overhill, thank you very much—who is in a kerfuffle about whom to throw my Hobbit-sized support behind. Fo...
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
NYT: Kamala needs more PLANS KH: OK here's tax credits for small businesses NYT: Can't hear you KH: How about down $25k in down payment assistance for 1st time homeowners NYT: Sorry connection bad! Repeat KH: Expanding elder home care via Medicaid for middle class NYT: New phone who dis?
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
My favorite CTL work is the internal mission, vision, & values work. Without it we do not know who we are, we risk becoming irrelevant or over-committed, & we can’t show our value or celebrate our success. Grateful that the TLC team at Pima gets this & are willing to put in the work to realize it. ❤️
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 28/07/2024
Finally got to meet @effinbirds.com ! #SDCC
Signed playing cards that say “Jessica: maybe tomorrow you will be less of a dipshit.”
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Excited to share that I have accepted the role of Executive Director for the Teaching & Learning Center at Pima CC! It’s just the most incredible, humbling opportunity. I am so grateful to @writandrhet.bsky.social, our daughters, families, and friends for their support across these 8 long months. ❤️
Email: I am delighted to announce that Dr. Jessica Tinklenberg will serve as our new Executive Director for the Teaching & Learning Center. Dr. Tinklenberg has directed the Teaching & Learning Centers at the University of the Pacific and at Claremont Colleges, supporting 1000s of faculty and instructional staff as they improve outcomes for students by intentional shifts in teaching practices. Throughout her career, Jessica has published and presented nationally and internationally on transdisciplinary approaches to higher education, active learning, student-centered course design, anti-racist pedagogies, reflection, first-year writing, and equity-minded assessment. Jessica has a Bachelor’s Degree in Religion and Education from Eckerd College (FL), a Master of Divinity from United Seminary (OH), and a Ph.D. from Florida State University.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
Happy birthday to my incredible partner and best friend. You are the love of my life, and I hope this next trip around the sun is everything you need and want and more. I love you @writandrhet.bsky.social
Jeremy and Jessica at the beach in San Diego, loving each other and loving the sunset.
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Drew Lewis @drew-lewis.com · 18/04/2024
If you are a university administrator that ever feels the need to send in police to arrest groups of your students for demonstrating, then you are completely unqualified to lead a campus.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/04/2024
“Teachers are turning to AI tools and platforms — such as ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly and EssayGrader — to assist with grading papers, writing feedback, developing lesson plans and creating assignments.” 💀
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Teachers are using AI to grade essays. Students are using AI to write them | CNN Business
teaching ChatGPT best practices in her writing workshop class at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, said she sees the advantages for teachers using AI tools but takes issue with how it can be us...
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Sarah Shulist (she/her) @sarahling.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
I also find it really egregious that universities essentially require students to opt in to allowing TurnItIn to a) profit from adding their work to their database and b) use their assignments to reinforce cop shit in classrooms.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
If you work in education, please please please educate your colleagues that "AI detectors" like TurnItIn are all scams and none of them can reliably detect AI-generated content. www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/c...
Reddit post on r/Teachers, a teacher fails their entire class solely because TurnItIn says they used AI.A teacher comments that TurnItIn deemed their own writing to be 94% AI written.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Excited to share that this book is out now! Lots of great ideas for faculty developers, and @writandrhet.bsky.social and I have a chapter on partnering with student life / student services to better address diverse student needs. Check it out! www.infoagepub.com/products/Fac...
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IAP || Book || Faculty Development on a Shoestring
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
I visit a lot of schools to facilitate faculty development, and the most asked-for topics (often requested by admin!) are fostering belonging, relationships, and trust w/ students. Yet many of them refuse to invest in those goals, and instead blow $$ on AI shit that actively works against them.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
Faculty developer / CTL friends: this great book, with tons great ideas for development with limited resources, is coming very soon from IAP. @writandrhet.bsky.social and I are honored to have contributed a chapter. www.infoagepub.com/products/Fac...
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IAP || Book || Faculty Development on a Shoestring
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Just got the proofs for our chapter in Faculty Development on a Shoestring, coming out soon from Information Age Publishing! Always exciting to see what we look like “in print,” and so grateful I got to write this with the best co-author EVER @writandrhet.bsky.social
Chapter title “What your students want you to know” and subtitle “collaborating with student services partners and organizations to improve equitable education outcomes for students” followed by our names, Jessica L. Tinklenberg and Jeremy L. Schnieder on a proofs page for a chapter in a new book.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
The manuscript is in! There are lots of steps ahead, but this feels like a very big one that is now behind us, and we are feeling relieved. Whew! Thanks @writandrhet.bsky.social for being the best co-author EVER.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Oh boy, does this resonate.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
I’ve been processing this for a bit, but now I want to share that my position was eliminated as part of a restructuring in the University of the Pacific library and I am out of work. If you know of opportunities, preferably in NorCal or remote, pls email tinklenbergjessica@gmail.com. Thanks friends!
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Dr Erika’s (spookily) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 13/11/2023
Can confirm, ask me sometime about how (1) it’s actually “octopodes” and (2) genuinely, fuck anyone who says that, it’s “octopuses” and (3) but who am I to stomp on the “octopi” people, they can have their fun
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Why does the Chronicle think the Humanities is best represented by a stack of books randomly placed in nature?
Two separate electronic articles about the humanities. The article click boxes include photos of the same stack of books — one in water and one in a field.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Not just a pipeline issue: “women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career age. Women are more likely to feel pushed from their jobs, and women leave because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance” (US data but certainly fits with my anecdotal experience)
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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
One of my first-year, developmental writing students asked me to come & be recognized at her next volleyball match because she appreciates how I have contributed to her successful start in college. Many things suck at work right now, but that was undeniably a very good thing and I am grateful
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Our beautiful Chloe died yesterday morning. She was my constant, faithful companion through some huge changes in my life. I will miss her more than I can say.
My sweet Chloe dog, resting in her chair and looking at the camera.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
Ok, I deleted a previous post b/c it asked people in precarious positions to attest to their precarity. Instead I will say that I have, across 20+ years in higher ed & academic admin, consistently been asked to violate my ethical principles. I don’t know how to make it change. I’m sad.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 08/09/2023
My beloved made me coconut salmon with green beans, corn, and tomatoes for my 50th birthday. I love him. I love my children, I almost always love my work, and I always, always love being alive. I am so glad I never gave up on this life and made it here. I am overwhelmed by the goodness of right now.
Grilled salmon covered in green beans, tomatoes, and corn and surrounded by a coconut mustard sauce on a white serving plate.
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Jessica Tinklenberg @drtink.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Looking forward to migrating permanently from the X. Hoping this is the right place to reconnect with some great ed dev folx!
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