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Jason Rhody

@jasonrhody.bsky.social
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Senior Director of Engagement Strategy (@modernlanguage.bsky.social). #HuMetricsHSS. Former: @SSRC_mtp, @NEH_ODH, @UMD_MITH, PhD English (UMD), #altac. Opinions mine.

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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exactly. "Writing is thinking" doesn't mean ONLY writing is thinking. Classrooms are full of debate, discussion, and dialogue. What an odd article.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) and Dean Jackson published a new paper explaining how the "censorship industrial complex" propaganda campaign took shape & was eventually used to dismantle election information resilience infrastructure in the U.S. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper examines how a propaganda frame alleging the existence of a “Censorship Industrial Complex” was institutionalized and then helped justify the dismantling of US election information resilie...
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This program starts this evening -- share with your graduate students & early career faculty who might be interested in pursuing a career at a community college or other access-oriented institution. Open to all humanities disciplines.
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“The [ @humetricshss.bsky.social] institute reminded me that values become meaningful when they shape ordinary decisions. A value has to survive the meeting invitation…the budget conversation…the follow-up email…the person quietly doing the labor that makes everyone else’s brilliance possible”
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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Submit by 10 November for a special issue of PMLA. Mapping Indigenous Literatures asks how the field of Indigenous humanities criticism has influenced the broader field of Indigenous studies. Learn more about the special issue and how to submit an essay at mla.org/PMLA-Submissions
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
And here we go—kicking off the 2026 @humetricshss.bsky.social Values-Enacted Leadership Institute!
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
That way you can't hold us to our expressed ideals!
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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Reminder: our strategy session for NEH grantees is coming up today at 2:00 p.m. ET. If you were notified that your grant would be reinstated and want tips on navigating the reinstatement process, join @jasonrhody.bsky.social and @paulakrebs.bsky.social for this free event.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/07/2026
If the proposed OMB rules pass, the Trump admin could strip funding for scientific researchers at any time if they decide a project no longer fits the "national interest.” Have you filed a comment yet? The deadline is Monday, July 13. #AcademicSky
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Stand up for Science
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
For the evening crowd.
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Questions about how to reinstate your terminated NEH grant? Join us for a free MLA strategy session tomorrow (Thursday, 9 July) at 2pm ET where we'll review the process & answer questions. Register at the link below, and please share with others who are trying to get their grant reinstated.
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Questions about how to reinstate your terminated NEH grant? Join us for a free MLA strategy session tomorrow (Thursday, 9 July) at 2pm ET where we'll review the process & answer questions. Register at the link below, and please share with others who are trying to get their grant reinstated.
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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In a win for the 1st Amendment, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has struck down the higher education provisions of Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act, and called the law a "breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse": www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida’s Unconstitutional Classroom Censorship Law | American Civil Liberties Union
The “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act was signed into law in 2022 and prohibited teachers and professors from discussing topics related to race and gender in the...
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Amazing fellowship opportunity for PhD students in MLA-related disciplines. Deadline July 9!
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Weizenbaum does not mince words! He describes as "obscene," "an attack on life itself," "all projects that propose to substitute a computer system for a human function that involves interpersonal respect, understanding, and love" ...
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Still time to comment on the proposed OMB rule.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
wanna learn more about myths and lies, and truths and numbers, on lifetime employment opportunities for english majors and other humanists? we've got (free) merch! humanitiesworks.org
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HUMANITIES WORKS – posters, postcards, and handouts to support the humanities
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Regulating monsters. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert of a scene dominated by the feet and lower legs of half a dozen monstrous humanoid robots, so large that the bulk of them is out of frame. Golden and platinum in colour, they stand before and among a mountain of gold and wealth so large that the bulk of it is also mostly out of frame. On the horizon is a city of data centre buildings of various sizes. Standing before the robotic giants, and holding an old-timey megaphone, is a tiny suited man (in this case intended to be Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, but it could equally be any politician attempting to regulate the tech sector). Looking up at the giants, he yells through the megaphone, hoping to be heard, "...And should you choose not to comply, I must warn you: there will be fines!"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.
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Felicia Steele @feliciajsteele.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
MLA Chairs' workshops are an amazing resource for current --and aspiring-- departmental leaders, and the virtual seminar provides an accessible option for faculty without summer travel support. I benefited tremendously and look forward to participating again.
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For those looking at their NEH grant reinstatement, highly recommend looking at the Award Reinstatement Instructions, which are much more specific about what is/isn't a change of scope, what budget changes need approval (nothing w/in 25% of total award), & what staffing needs approval.
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Dear Recipient, Your terminated NEH award is eligible for reinstatement pursuant to the rulings issued on May 7, 2026, in the consolidated cases ACLS, et al ..." 🤘
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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
NEH grant recipients who received notification that a terminated award is eligible for reinstatement can find more information about initiating the restatement process here: shorturl.at/0GwBc
Information for NEH grantees on reinstatement of awards
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Dear Recipient, Your terminated NEH award is eligible for reinstatement pursuant to the rulings issued on May 7, 2026, in the consolidated cases ACLS, et al ..." 🤘
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Plenaries include: + Creating & Sustaining Enrollment Growth in the Humanities + Navigating the New Funding Landscape + Reimagining Credentials: From Certificates to Majors + Generative AI & the Humanities: Bridging Enthusiasm & Refusal + Recruitment, Retention, & Career Readiness in the Humanities
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Deeply appreciate this careful dissection of the "evidence" underpinning the State of Scholarship report. With a special shout-out at the end for the World Humanities Report that included the perspectives of "over two hundred participants in thirty countries."
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When asked if they will released the AI-generated reports that fueled their claims: "Wilentz: I do find a certain irony in this. People who rail against objectivity, say that there’s no such thing as objectivity, suddenly want more evidence." So much to unpack there www.chronicle.com/article/insi...
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Is a New Report About the Humanities ‘Diabolically Evil’? We Questioned Its Authors.
K. Anthony Appiah, Paul Boghossian, Katherine Fleming, and Sean Wilentz on what’s gone wrong in the humanities.
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Michael Bérubé @michael-berube.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I *so* wish that awesome World Humanities Report had gotten even one percent of the attention it deserved. Kudos to Sara Guyer and CHCI for putting it together-- over six years! worldhumanitiesreport.org
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Home - The World Humanities Report
The World Humanities Report Demonstrating the vitality of the humanities throughout the world
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
english lit and culture studies people from the last 10 years, favorite standalone articles, or book intros/chapters, that open new ways of reading / new areas of study / new paradigms and thus usefully show new grads range in the field?
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Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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404 Media @404media.co · 11/06/2026
When you ask ChatGPT or any popular LLM to tell you a story, one name keeps coming up: "Elias Thorne." Depending which chatbot you ask, he's a lighthousekeeper, clockmaker or explorer. His stories are also flooding Amazon's AI-generated book market, YouTube slop, and fake news. Who is he?
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Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why
LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon bo...
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Plenaries include: + Creating & Sustaining Enrollment Growth in the Humanities + Navigating the New Funding Landscape + Reimagining Credentials: From Certificates to Majors + Generative AI & the Humanities: Bridging Enthusiasm & Refusal + Recruitment, Retention, & Career Readiness in the Humanities
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Research funding opportunity -- share with your graduate students!
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
More on the Vanderbilt report. In “The Nature of the Problem” section, the authors claim that “liberal skew in the professoriat” plays a role in “discouraging full participation in academia on the part of students who find themselves culturally and politically alienated from their professors.”
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy to say this article is now published as part of an overall fantastic special issue on Writing in the 21st Century. Just look at those contributors! (Plus me.) If you don’t have institutional access, would like a copy, and we are mutuals, please DM me an email address. muse.jhu.edu/issue/57010
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Project MUSE - Social Research: An International Quarterly-Volume 93, Number 2, Summer 2026
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Lisa Marie Rhody @lmrhody.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Working with the MLA AI and Research Working Group was the highlight if this past year for me. I can’t overstate the care, thoughtfulness & commitment each member brought to the process. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...
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AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship – MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Reading the State of Scholarship Report left me with the same feeling I had when leading disinformation work at SSRC and people said "I love democracy but I'm really worried about voter fraud." This report is "I love the humanities but I'm really worried about scholarly standards.”
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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A thoughtful, essential framework to help scholars consider the implications of using generative AI in humanities research.
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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Make your case for why we need humanities research using this tool kit from @acls1919.bsky.social: acls.org/TalkAboutHumanities/ #Talkabouthumanities For AI guidance from the MLA, check out our AI Resources page on the MLA Style Center: style.mla.org/ai-resources/
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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to @modernlanguage.bsky.social Friday morning plenary about #ai & humanities around leadership 🍵🫖 2nd photo lists 8 provocations from @laurenfklein.bsky.social et al Talk gleaned from a previous blog post triproftri.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/s...
Kathy Harris in fly red suit with slide behind in blue with title of talk, The Romance with Innovation Slide with provocations from Lauren Klein et al with Kathy Harris in foreground presenting
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/05/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Joe Dator and Kevin Maher.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...
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Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool
Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A federal judge has ordered White House personnel to continue complying with the Presidential Records Act after the Trump Justice Department argued in a legal opinion last month that the law was "unconstitutional" and that Trump has the authority to destroy presidential records from his term.
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Judge orders White House staff to comply with Presidential Records Act after DOJ calls it ‘unconstitutional’
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are among several White House officials excluded from the ruling.
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Only about 12 percent of trustees at American colleges & universities have professional experience in higher education. If it seems odd to imagine 88% of the directors at, say, investment banks having no particular expertise in investment banking, that is the situation in the field of higher ed."
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵
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A civic grammar for AI rights
Earlier this year, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude, published a document it calls “Claude’s Constitution,” described by the company as ...
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
it is crucial that the MLA, the AHA, and the ACLS joined forces to fight the illegal theft of federal research and programming funds i donated to support these efforts, and if you can, in any amount, you should too
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"Elon Musk’s AI company abruptly stopped work on a water reuse facility meant to alleviate strain on the Memphis-area water supply. Caught in the confusion are residents and their fragile drinking water source" politi.co/4n7k3M4
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Musk promised his data center would reuse water. That's now stalled.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company abruptly stopped work on a water reuse facility meant to alleviate strain on the Memphis-area water supply. Nobody’s saying why.
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