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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

On Thursday, Florida's Board of Governors removed sociology from the general education curriculum of every university in the state. Chancellor Ray Rodrigues attacked the @asanews.bsky.social as illegitimate. On behalf of sociologists everywhere, I respond to them in today's @miamiherald.com:

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

This is why I’m fighting so hard to defend the sociology curriculum and our discipline. My classes make a difference. FL students deserve a quality higher education, and our society benefits from a well-educated citizenry.

Email from a student:

Good morning Professor Lauteria,
I just wanted to send this email to say thank you for being such a wonderful professor for me over the last few years. This is my last semester here at UF and I don't think I could have
succeeded without you. I hope that we can keep in touch in the future as you have really helped me grow not just as a student, but as an individual as well.
Thank you for your time,
[redacted]

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Glad to see this getting more attention. Thanks, @ms.now. www.ms.now/opinion/flor... (P.S., I'm the professor who pointed out the typos last week. All that paper-grading finally paid off!)

ms.now

Opinion | It just became a lot harder to teach sociology in Florida

Robyn Autry: Florida's ultimate goal appears to be ending the teaching of sociology altogether

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“This textbook serves the ideological interests of the Florida state government[…]. [It] erases our field’s capacity to address social problems and sets a dangerous precedent for the state to impose its own definition of science well beyond sociology.” www.gainesville.com/story/news/e...

Newspaper clipping, covering a quotation from Evan Lauteria, an assistant instructional professor at the University of Florida. Text provided in post and article link.

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

This semester’s been very intense so far… and somehow, I don’t think it’s calming down any time soon. FL’s anti-“woke” witchhunt has been so wasteful, so misguided, and so disruptive. My students deserve a quality education, not this propagandized mess. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook

The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Hard to think of today as Independence Day under the current regime. As if we haven’t already seen terrible human rights violations, the deaths resulting from Medicaid cuts will be devastating. But… I’m more fearful for folks trapped in the Florida concentration camp when hurricanes roll in… 😢

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Thomas @hermitsmirror.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I hope you’ll be participating in the economic blackout tomorrow, boycotting major retailers and only shopping small, local businesses if you need any emergency supplies, preferably with cash. CONSIDER “LEVEL UP” OPTIONS * Cancel Amazon Prime * Don’t Google anything * Use Duck Player for YouTube

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Had some frustrating experiences at work this week, but I’m feeling really good about being at UF in this capacity. I’ve managed to, in a fairly short amount of time, connect with and help a lot of undergrads expand their horizons (and I hope some pubs come out of it!).

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Moon Blight 🫀 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The idea that fairness and centrism in reporting are the same thing is a disease I don’t think these people are ever going to recover from.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A bipartisan special parliamentary inquiry in Australia today said big tech is “pillaging culture, data and creativity” to train AI, and must license and pay for training data. This is how all governments should respond to this technology. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Prof Matthew @profmatthew.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

With all the new #gamestudies folks that moved over it's a good time for me to post that submissions are open for the PCA/ACA conference in New Orleans in April. Why, yes, I am one of the Area Chairs. Deadline November 30. Submission for abstracts information here: pcaaca.org/page/submiss...

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Submission Guidelines - Popular Culture Association

If your area chair decides your abstract would fit better in another area, we will notify you. If we can’t find a way to help you find a home for your paper, we will refund your membership upon request.

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Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

First post? I hear self-promotion is important… I’m a Univ of FL sociologist, with interests in culture, globalization, science and technology, and gender and sexuality. Previous work on queer game studies; now exploring Japanese game industry. Thread of my pubs to follow~

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