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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Dropping tomorrow! First episode of Season 3 of @spotlightonccs.bsky.social! As you are putting together your fall syllabi, I just wanna say, we make great teaching resources! Check us out at spotlightonccs.podbean.com or other podcast sites of your choice. #communitycollege #highered #podcast

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I will not be renewing my membership with @NCTE.

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J. Thomas Wright (he/him) @jthomaswright.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is the program from the first time I attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication. I then saw the CCCC as my disciplinary home, and felt that I'd just walked through the doors to meet people and find my way around. I did not dream of the day those doors would be locked.

1992 CCCC conference program. Worn, but still intact.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It is insane that @NCTE completely ambushed one of its professional councils and voted to dismiss it in less than 48 hours—all without input from the field or without clear explanations why. Just absorbing it into a college section of an already massive general conference is not the same.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social

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Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Seeing the news that NCTE is dissolving 4Cs, absorbing its membership, and possibly ending its journal is hard to stomach right now. Especially when all of this comes out with zero transparency.

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Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The CCCCs organization is the center of our discipline. Absolutely horrible decision by NCTE with no consideration or care for the community or anyone who has put their work into the organization, an org that is needed more than ever.

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Dr. Vytautas Malesh but Spooky for October @vytau.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I just learned that CCCCs has been completely dissolved - journal, conference, the academic / professional keystone / anchor / town square for my discipline...gone. #rhetoric #writing #academia #cccc #ncte

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you need a pick me up on Tax Day, might I suggest the latest episode of Spotlight on Community Colleges? We are talking about athletics, the NJCAA, representation of women’s sports, and the role CCs play in the transfer portal! spotlightonccs.podbean.com @spotlightonccs.bsky.social

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We have a belated Valentine's Day present for everyone! Next Wednesday, our latest episode on dual-career community college faculty couples drops, featuring Drs. Corina Gonzalez-Stout and Brian Stout!

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Multi-day music festivals are a young person’s game. I am not young. Shout-out to Liquid IV for being the real MVP this whole weekend.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I finally broke my iPhone’s spirit today. I was legit typing out ducking, and it autocorrected to f…

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Kevin Bazner and I contributed a piece to the latest issue of the American Historical Review on using digital archives to study the histories of HSIs. At a time when MSIs are losing hundreds of millions of $ in federal funds, looking to the past reminds me that history is never a straight line.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 12/09/2025

New Report Details Community College Student Parents’ Struggles bit.ly/4mcr3oW #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Adventures of living with my parents: they’re watching Highest 2 Lowest in the other room, and I hear my mom go, “that’s A-S-A-P Rocky. Do you know who he is? He’s a big rapper.” M’am, did you just spell out A$AP? 🤣

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I’m now at my third university as a professional, and I say with my whole chest: it is a truth universally acknowledged that doctoral students will wait until the absolute last minute to register for classes. 😆

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

El Paso, Texas: the only place I know of where you go to a Chinese buffet and find hot and sour soup, egg drop soup, and menudo.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My mother got suckered to be on the planning committee for her 60th HS reunion. Today, I hear her say, “All my high school boyfriends have died. I have no one to look forward to seeing.” 😆

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Public shoutout to my homie and fellow troublemaker @drcriss-salinas.bsky.social and the incredible work he’s doing with the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. I got a rejection this morning, but the feedback was really helpful and constructive! I appreciate his leadership in this venue!

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

There’s something very comforting in knowing that if I was Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise, even now in my 40s, I still would choose to get off the train in Vienna with Jesse.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Had a zoom with @dreasmith.bsky.social scheduled for an hour to talk about one project turned into an over three hour meeting where we decided on a whole ass research agenda. The conversation only ended because my laptop died. 😂 I am PUMPED.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Commencement rehearsal at the Don Haskins Center today at UTEP. I’m so looking forward to serving as a faculty marshal and congratulating all our new graduates this weekend! 💙🧡💙🧡🤙🏼⛏️🎓

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Dear Ticketmaster, bring back the print at home option for tickets. It’s a burden to use the phone sometimes. Signed, a millennial with Boomer parents who want to go to a concert she’s not going with them to.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

ERIC is due to run out of money this Wednesday the 23rd. Librarians, educators, spread the word!

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A preview of this episode, available now! Link in bio.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

My cat’s a whole mood today.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

@drsaguilarsmith.bsky.social and I have a new pub out in AERA Open. We analyzed 400 abstracts of community colleges who received grants under the Title V Developing HSI program. This manuscript was so much fun to work on, and SAS is a dream thought partner. #HSIs #HigherEd #AcademicBluesky

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Dropping tomorrow! Community colleges do the heavy lifting in providing access to postsecondary education for many minoritized and historically excluded groups. Yet these institutions are often left out of conversations of how national and state efforts to eliminate DEI programs and services.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This conversation left me thinking of the community college students I taught who were dealing with profound challenges while pursuing their associate’s degrees. I loved hearing Mandy and Tony talk about this topic and thinking how I can better support my students. 🧡

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Stephanie Aguilar-Smith @drsaguilarsmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🚨 NEW PUB ALERT 🚨 I believe in the power of grants to transform orgs & the field in powerful ways. Yet, competitive grantmaking can also recreate harm, regardless of funders’ good intentions. Cynthia Villarreal & I show this in our latest pub. Check it out. It’s open access👇🏽 lnkd.in/gE38UJn2

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My mother just told me I’m not junior league material, and I think that’s one of the nicest things she’s ever said to me.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Legit question: do you pay attention to the best by dates on dried spices? At what point will you throw away spices (assuming you haven’t used the whole bottle)?

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Is changing your email associated with your ORCID impossible or am I just a dumbass? I’ve deleted my previous institutional email address from my profile, but that’s still what keeps repopulating. This is making me grumpy.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 16/01/2025

The National Immigrant Justice Center created a know your rights sheet for immigrants specifically under the second Trump administration. Here are 5 key takeaways from that document. @NIJC immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Debuting in three days!! Find on the podcast platform of your choice. And then don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review to let us know what you think!

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Have you heard of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges? Our podcast is a project of CSCC, a research-focused professional association made up of university researchers and two-year college scholar-practitioners. We support research that uplifts the community college mission.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Serious question: why are contestants on Jeopardy seemingly allergic to using full names when answering questions? Is it really that much more effort to add “Mark” to “who is Twain?”

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My parents to my bulldog as they leave the house: “Stay warm, get a good nap, we will play when we get home! Love you!” To me: “See ya.”

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Spotlight on Community Colleges @spotlightonccs.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The Council for the Study of Community Colleges is launching a new podcast this month. We hope this will be a great resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the magic that is the community college. More information can be found at spotlightonccs.podbean.com.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My toxic trait this week is going to be laughing at my fellow Texans during this week’s cold front knowing damn well I drove my Iowa friends and colleagues bonkers all 8 years I was there bitching about the cold. For MONTHS.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

If you’re reading this, start the new year off right: descale your coffee machine, especially if you can’t remember the last time you did so.

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Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

@brownm.bsky.social and I have a new pub on two-year college faculty in the latest volume of the Higher Education Handbook. Yes, I know it says El Paso, IA. It is what it is. 😆

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