Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026☕ Great article to prompt class discussion on generational social changes over time. 🏫 And linguistic Narrative! 🐢Chat, plastic straws are so 2017. 100
Reposted by Jacqueline Messingalmag2.bsky.social @almag2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New interview up on my blog with fellow anthropologist, Anand Pandian, about his brilliant new book, "Something between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and how to Take Them down." The book is a must-read for every American. almagottlieb.com/.../courageo...almagottlieb.comCourageous EthnographyA conversation between cultural anthropologists Alma Gottlieb, Claudia Strauss, & Anand Pandian about Pandian's new book, "Something between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and How to Take The... 032
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingLauren Hall-Lew (she/her) @lhlew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32, aka #LavLang32, starts tomorrow!!! Check out our 5 awesome keynotes: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=2 and 4 parallel sessions of talks: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=389 #linguistics #sociolinguistics #queer #queerstudies #academia #conferences #Edinburghlavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.ukLavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 322-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging 0156
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingJournal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social · 21/05/2026And from the Singaporean context, Velda Khoo looks at how pro-Singlish activists challenge characterisations of Singlish as a “deficient” English, asking how their reasoning can inadvertently reinforce linguistic hierarchies 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.com“Singlish Has Grammar Too!”: Colonial Recursivity in the Construction of Multilingualism in SingaporeStakeholders often conceptualize Singlish as emblematic of the hybrid Singaporean condition, deploying it as a subversive linguistic symbol against an English-speaking leadership. This discourse anal... 053
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026#UMDLangIDRacism www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comWhat happens when we lose a language?A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake 020
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 11/05/2026📣 Earn 3 credits this summer ☑️ exst.umd.edu/current-inco... 010
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Summer Credit courses in ✴️Educational Anthropology and ✴️Language & Racism, University of Maryland-CP. Online available. #UMDLangIDRacism @univofmaryland.bsky.social @soclinganth.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @langscistation.bsky.social 020
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Post-doctoral Fellowships open at the amazing Kluge Center for Scholars, Library of Congress in DC. This is a truly wonderful place! www.loc.gov/programs/joh...loc.govFellowships | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of CongressThe following four fellowship programs are currently accepting applications with a deadline of September 15, 2026: The Kluge Fellowship, Fellowship in Digital Studies, David B. Larson Fellowship in He... 000
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingDumbarton Oaks @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026We’re excited to announce our newest publication, BLACK ATLANTIC WORLDS! 141
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingAnand Pandian @anandian.bsky.social · 28/10/2025A 10/29 AAA panel on public engagement with anthropology, “strategies for connecting with audiences beyond academia, from museum exhibitions to national media.” I’ll be there with the terrific scholars Barbara King and Tracie Canada. Join us! americananthro.org/event/promot...americananthro.orgPromoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological AssociationJoin acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ... 072
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 14/07/2025I'm excited to teach #UMDLangIDRacism for the first time with readings from the new volume and companion site. 020
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 06/06/2025📣Happy to announce I'm teaching my Language & Racism course again 💻online later this Summer @univofmaryland.bsky.social. Content is shaped by former students (undergrad/grad) & input from folks over on the other platform in past. @umd-arhu.bsky.social ✅ exst.umd.edu/current-inco... Please share 📣 1122
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Good article w/link to Prof. Vanessa Diaz' Bad Bunny Syllabus for those interested in race, discourse, music, Puerto Rico, pop culture #UMDLangIDRacism2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...nytimes.comBad Bunny (the College Course) Heads to the Ivy League 060
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Add to summer course ✅ #UMDLangIDRacism2025 (HT @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social) 030
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination 485308927269
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 19/03/2025And for some good news from Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla over on LinkedIn and @amyfou.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingCam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Amidst all the chaos and upheaval in the education policy world, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social will be hiring several senior research associates in the coming months. Hopefully this helps some of the stellar education policy people find their footing again! 02120
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingSociety for Linguistic Anthropology @soclinganth.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Check out SLA's brand-new Starter Pack and join the conversation! go.bsky.app/66Z6QWb 5289
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Well it's too late for this timely workshop but back over on the other platform I had found these posts by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social to be inspirational. 100
Reposted by Jacqueline Messinganthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Glad to see that this classic has been updated -- will have to check it out! 073
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingGrace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025#AWP IS COMING SOON and I’m thrilled to be joining this panel called Beyond Tiger Moms and Model Minorities: Imagining the Asian American Family w/ @salesses.bsky.social @kirstinchen.bsky.social @kimlet.bsky.social @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social!! Come see us on Thursday afternoon, 3/27!😎 1204
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Today's news. This new edition. Connect the dots. www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Ev... 0347
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 21/02/2025So I've been (continually) reading the news, the country & world are a %&*+ mess with more suffering than ever. I'm going to hide out, grateful for work & other sustenance, drink my petit café & read, write, and edit, edit, edit from this little corner of my sociolinguistics/anthropology universe🕊️ 080
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingRaul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Several scholars of color and marginalized academics have said this several times on Twitter and here, but many people remain there because that’s where their communities reside and there are huge exit costs. Not everyone has the PRIVILEGE to leave a community behind. 23810
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingAAUP @aaup.org · 19/02/2025In the face of these assaults on education & civil rights, students & faculty nationwide are organizing in their communities. Join us. The way to confront those intent on dismantling our democracy is to join together in mass action. Full statement here: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr... 12/12aaup.orgAAUP President: ED's Office of Civil Rights Has Declared War on American Civil Rights in EducationA new statement by AAUP President Todd Wolfson speaks out against the potential elimination of federal funding for schools that support and celebrate students from diverse backgrounds, the latest blat... 516384
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingNPR @npr.org · 19/02/2025NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.npr.orgNational Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforceNSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research. 681550445
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingSiva @sivav.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA. The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness. 32780032062
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingTed Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The app deadline for the Assistant Teaching Professor opening in my department (Media Studies, U of CO Boulder) is less than 2 weeks away! This is a contracted/renewable, non-tenure-track faculty line. Read on for additional information about the position: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...jobs.colorado.eduAssistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies 155
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingReDICo @redico.eu · 03/02/2025📢 #CfP "Digital Pasts and Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality and Reimagining Digitality" - Online Conference Join us 23-24 June 2025 Submit by 28 Feb 2025 Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan hub.redico.eu/call-for-pap... 03320
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Hi! NVIVO can also do this but I haven’t tried it for this task yet. 000
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingThe Journal of Language and Pop Culture (JLPop) @jlpopculture.bsky.social · 03/02/2025The first issue of the Journal of Language and Pop Culture is now live, and available open access at www.benjamins.com/catalog/jlpop. See below for the contents, which cover pop music, film, video games, and social media discourse 02312
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 14/02/2025folklife.si.eduInDigital Conference Examines Indigenous Media in the AmericasTaking place February 19 and 20, 2025, InDigital V: Indigenous Media across Abya Yala will bring together Indigenous media makers, trainers, and specialists. 120
Jacqueline Messing @jacqmessing.bsky.social · 14/02/2025New article "Constructing cancel culture: Strategic scaling in stories of 'cancellation'" by @elisekramer.bsky.social will be great in a class. In a special issue of Discourse Studies ed. by @mkoven66.bsky.social @sabyperri.bsky.socialclaa.in 140
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It’s official. My university who told me for all of the years I have been a faculty person they it valued diversity all of a sudden decided it no longer does without even attempting to resist a legally questionable executive order. www.thedp.com/article/2025...thedp.comPenn to introduce changes to University discrimination policies, remove term ‘diversity’The changes include the renaming of several statements, offices, and policies, and the elimination of terms including “diversity.” 813942
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingDCMediaGroup @dcmediagroup.us · 12/02/2025The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...guides.lib.virginia.eduLibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: HomeA guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data 682129893
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingGavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 11/02/2025Interesting initiative! "IB Language & Culture Speakers' Bureau" -a list of people who would be willing to speak to a high school Language & Culture class about their experiences as academic researchers..."docs.google.comIB Language & Culture Speakers' BureauFilling out this form will add you to the "IB Language & Culture Speakers' Bureau" -- a list of people who would be willing to speak to a high school Language & Culture class about their experiences a... 042
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingUMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Tomayto, Tomahto #podcast: Education, Anthropology, and Schoolishness with Susan Blum open.spotify.com/epi...open.spotify.comLinguistic Anthropology w/ Dr. Susan BlumTomayto Tomahto · Episode 022
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingLaurent Bègue Shankland @lbegueshankland.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Yesterday in Nature. A new place for science 👌 8523149
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingUMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Words Unravelled #Podcast: Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS podcasts.apple.com/u...podcasts.apple.comWho was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINSPodcast Episode · Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris · 01/29/2025 · 48m 044
Reposted by Jacqueline MessingAntoinette Jackson, Ph.D. @antoinettejax.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Black Cemeteries are Black History is American History! What a beautiful gathering of community and honoring of the ancestors at Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery in Groveland,FL. 111