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Karis Jones Ph.D.

@karismjones.bsky.social
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Educator acafan activist & Assistant Prof of ELA Education || Baylor University || Exec @writinglit #literacies 💫📚💻|| ttrpg & gaming || karisjonesphd.com

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#literacies folks-- New job posting alert! East TN State, Assistant English Professor and Director of English Ed. I can connect you to someone there and not on the search committee.
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Assistant Professor of Popular Literature and Director of English Secondary Education
Job Summary The Department of Literature and Language at East Tennessee State University invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor of Popular Literature and Director of English Second...
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join the conversation! We hope to capture the diversity of perspectives in our field. Shout out to our @ncte.org Mulitimodality and AI Cohort, who have been working to support teachers in the field with this topic and provided insights to craft this call!
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This, too, is Texas. Books matter. Readers have a right to read.
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Scott Storm @scottstorm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Call for Manuscripts! Navigating Media & AI: Critical Principles and Pedagogies @karismjones.bsky.social and I are editing a new book on AI in English Language Arts. We invite critical nuanced explorations of teaching with AI in ELA! #literacies #ELA #literacy #NCTE More info: tinyurl.com/hjw7v2ke
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Please join us in September for our next #literacies chat with @mgonzalezybarra.bsky.social on Mulitlingual Literacies Transcending Borders!
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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 26/08/2026
Fun to hang with you all tonight! And if you haven't yet checked out our podcast Pop & Play, give it a listen and let us know what you think tc.edu/popandplay We're super normal...ish. #literacies
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Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bonus: I love this set of pull-quotes
pull-quotes from article: These wearingly familiar, recycled reform efforts echo technological solutionism. Critically interrogating platform outputs is inseparable from the relational work teachers do. Teachers asserted their professional judgement through deleberate decisions to adapt, supplement, or replace lesson outputs that conflicted with their commitments to their students' learning. Recentering young writers as the heart of instructional planning involved another powerful and interconnected humanizing move that lesson generators could not provide. Importantly, a transformative activist stance refuses the notion that the future of writing instruction should be outsourced to platform logics.
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Check this out! Important work & I love the cover as well
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
As folks gear up for the new semester, a reminder if anyone needs it, my Ai statement is available for people to make use of in their own materials. It’s downloadable and printable from my site here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. 

https://spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-syllabi/
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Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So excited for the @civicsoftech.bsky.social conference this week! Especially excited to highlight “Voices from the Caregiver Resistance to Edtech.” Hope you can join us Thursday at 1pm EST!
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Scott Storm @scottstorm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Excited to share that I'm featured in NCTE's Council Chronicle. Check out Carly Berwick's fantastic article about how engaging with multimodal texts enhances students' literary understanding! #NCTE #Literacies Read the article here: publicationsncte.org/content/jour...
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We’d love to see you!!
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It’s Special Issue Summer for #HackYourStack at @cite-ela.bsky.social! First up is @mraleosays.bsky.social! In addition to his study, check out our video essay card on Notion for mentor texts, scholarship, and teaching resources for video essays. bit.ly/hackyourstack1
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National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org · 24/06/2026
The new NCTE Position Statement on Media Education identifies four content strands that should be a central part of ELA curriculum and instruction: 👂 Interpreting 🎙️ Composing 🧠 Evaluating 📺 Analyzing Read the statement and access instructional resources: bit.ly/4eIeVua #MediaLiteracy
A graphic titled "NCTE Position Statement on Media Education" lists four content strands for ELA curriculum: Interpreting (Multimodal Reading, Viewing, and Listening), Composing (Writing, Speaking, and Producing), Evaluating (Media Ethics, Relationships, and Well-Being), and Analyzing (Media, Technology, and Society). The NCTE logo is in the bottom right corner.
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Mark your calendars for Tuesday's chat: Play and Interaction in Literacy Learning at 6/30 8-9:00pm EST/ 6-7pm PST. We hope to see you there!
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Peter J Woods @awasteofredmeat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My @lsriuk.bsky.social colleagues and I wrote a book and we’re going to talk about the book next week! It’s a guide to using the learning sciences in your classroom as a teacher! We think it’s a good resource for teacher educators! And it’s online! Come hang! www.eventbrite.com/e/introducin...
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Introducing the Learning Sciences book launch- (HYBRID)
Introducing the Learning Sciences: Insights and implications for teaching
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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you can, please donate. ILSSA does amazing work for students, postdocs, and recently graduated students in learning sciences — including providing financial support to help people participate. If this society has nurtured you, please nurture it in return. #ISLS26
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 17/06/2026
WE DID IT! The Handbook of Research on Diversity in Children's and Young Adult Literature is officially at the publisher! Here's a look at the numbers... (1/2) #AcademicSky #literacies #kidlit #MGlit #YAlit
WE DID IT!!!
We submitted the Handbook of Research on Diversity in Children's and Young Adult Literature manuscript to Routledge! Thank you to our authors, artists, and graduate assistants!
With love, Patricia Enciso, Sarah Park Dahlen, and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Can confirm! 🤣
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New release: ETPC special issue "Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education”! Gather your teacher bffs, Discord server, or PSTs to play our *roleplaying game* for reading the issue together 🎮🎲👾 www.emerald.com/etpc/article... @virginiak.bsky.social
emerald.com
Guest editorial: Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education
Games proliferate in our modern world, ranging from online video games to board games and table-top roleplaying games, each with their unique communities and practices. Accordingly, it can be difficul...
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Many ways to engage with #ISLS2026 keynotes - check it out! 2026.isls.org/program-over...
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Program Overview | ISLS 2026
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Chloe Elliott @clowiththeflow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This game made me cry (in a nice good carthartic way!) and now you can read the cool research it helped out Also @natescottjones.bsky.social is the only GM to ever actually let me break stuff by saying "This statement is false" and yes I have tried that in multiple games 😁
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New chapter in the edited collection “Gaming in a Postdigital World! @virginiak.bsky.social and I were happy to think with writer Seth Price’s idea of “machine time” and McBride et al’s Humanizing Data Expression framework. Read to see how players disrupt dominant stories about ed tech and AI!
Chapter 10: ‘The World Needs to Adapt to Us’: Resisting the Hidden Curriculum of Schooling Through Postdigital Speculative Table-Top RoleplayingCast of Many Things Test Kitchen Episode card: Act 1: Convocation Cast of Many Things voice actors
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join us for next week’s chat on #literacies Summer Kickoff: Celebrating this Year and Looking Ahead”!
This slide reads: "Join us May 25-29 for a #Literacies Slow Chat! Celebrate the start of summer by participating in a week of #literacies conversations. Questions posted daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST."
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Pass this on to a #literacies recent grad!
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
As we debate the future of tech in schools, let's continue to both center the experiences and wisdom of youth as well as invite youth to shape tech policies. Listen to students - like those in the article - when they challenge surveillance, digital redlining, and the open embrace of GenAI products.
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Some parents don't want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back
Parents across the country who are worried about excessive screen time in schools are lobbying educators to go back to pencils and paper.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 25/04/2026
This chapter by Shaobo Xie (2000)'s my origin story. "If children's literature & the criticism of children's literature take upon themselves to decolonize the world, they will prove to be the most effective postcolonial project in the long run, for the world always ultimately belongs to children."
"If children's literature & the criticism of children's literature take upon themselves to decolonize the world, they will prove to be the most effective postcolonial project in the long run, for the world always ultimately belongs to children." 

Ending of Xie, Shaobo. "Rethinking the identity of cultural otherness: The discourse of difference as an unfinished project." Voices of the Other. Ed. Roderick McGillis. London: Routledge, 2013. pp. 1-16.
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hot off the press with JLR, we follow three 🔥 🔥 🔥 girls at anime and comic conventions. Yes this is the youth-collected Comic Con video data we’ve all been waiting for 😬🔥😎 So glad this joyful piece is out in the world and we’re happy to share it with you all! doi.org/10.1177/1086...
Screenshot of article, Girls of Color Transforming Media Spaces Through Critical Participation
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AERA Media, Culture & Learning SIG @mclsig.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thanks for joining us at the joint SIG business meeting with @writinglit.bsky.social ! #AERA2026 📲 A few snippets from the evening—CONGRATS to our award winners! 🥳
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out this amazing disciplinary #literacies special issue edited by @scottstorm.bsky.social! Perfect for an interdisciplinary jigsaw with pre- or in-service teachers 😘
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Writing and #Literacies and @mclsig.bsky.social co-sponsored business meeting happening this Friday at #AERA2026!
Writing & Literacies and Media, Culture & Learning Present: 
Imagining Just Educational Futures Through Media and Literacies Partnerships in Precarious Times | Co-sponsored Business Meeting 
Join us for an interactive dialogue with a panel of critical scholars guiding us to work toward just educational futures through partnerships in these precarious times.
Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:45–8:45 PM | JW Marriott 4th Floor, Diamond 10
Featured Panelists:
Tracey Terece Flores, University of Texas at Austin 
Kareem Edouard, Drexel University 
Tiera C. Tanksley, University of Colorado – Boulder 
Edward R. Curammeng, California State University-Dominguez Hills
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Community is an important part of #literacies scholarship. We hope you'll join us!
This flyer reads: 
Multi-SIG Literacies Social 
Join the Literature, Media, Culture & Learning, Writing & Literacies SIGS. 
April 11th from 7-9 pm at Prank Bar, 1100 S. Hope Street Los Angeles, CA
Open bar for the first 50 attendees! Appetizers available!
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Call your reps, don't let these cuts continue to decimate the social sciences 😠! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
What are you bringing to Crafting #Literacies at #AERA2026?
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Hosted by Writing & Literacies SIG
Crafting #Literacies Crafting Community
Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 1 South Lobby near Compass Cafe
Thursday, April 9, 2-4 pm
Come take a break, work on your craft, and connect with others!
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Calling all #Literacies grad students for a combined @writinglit.bsky.social and @lspsig.bsky.social social at #AERA2026!
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Graduate Student Social: Writing & Literacies and Language & Social Processes SIGS
Join fellow graduate students for a social gathering during AERA 2026! All are welcome!

Thursday, April 9th at 8 pm PST 

JW Marriott Los Angeles LA Live Hotel Bar
900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This chapter with @aleciamarie.bsky.social & @jaynelammers.bsky.social is out! These two are my fanfiction #literacies inspirations, so it was a pleasure to be looped into this project 😘 #literacies The Social Genres and Networked Practices of Fan Fiction Writing: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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The Social Genres and Networked Practices of Fan Fiction Writing
Abstract. Many fans who consume young adult literature (YAL) texts are passionately engaged with authors and their story worlds. They may gather for midnig
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Nicholas A. Emmanuele, PhD (he/him/his) @naemmanuele.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
On 4/11/26, #CEL is hosting our virtual, 3-hour #OnLeadership symposium. Talk about texts and literacy with other leaders (dept chairs, coaches, supervisors, etc.). Join for relaxed and conversational professional learning. Free for members (join today!). ncte.org/cel-symposiu...
On Leadership: A Virtual Literacy Leadership Symposium. Saturday, April 11. 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET. At this event, literacy leaders will engage with published scholarship—an article or book study—and discuss how those ideas can shape, impact, and inform leadership decisions within their individual teams or contexts;
participate in an interactive workshop to discuss pressing and persistent topics relevant to literacy leadership; and
network with peers who are addressing similar opportunities and challenges in different schools to find effective practices to empower English and literacy teams.
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sitesocialmediasig.bsky.social @sitesocialmediasig.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Welcome to the official account for the SITE Social Media SIG! 👋 We’re excited to create a space to share research, highlight our community, and continue conversations beyond the conference. Follow along for insights, opportunities, and collaboration. #EdTech #SITE2026 #SITESIG
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Amplifying this #SITESIG looking to grow community here on Bluesky!
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Since today is officially National AI Literacy Day, I think it might be helpful to share work that challenges “literacy” as the best framework for teaching about and against AI and other technologies. 🧵
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
◾ My colleague Betsy Davis outlines some potential longterm impacts of what defunding STEM education is going to look like in the years ahead. #STEMeducation #EduSky #AcademicSky www.eschoolnews.com/educational-...
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Why should we care about cuts to funding for science education?
Meaningful science education is crucial for improving all of our lives, from the lives of children and youth to future and current teachers.
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We’re happy to support crafting connections for researchers at #AERA2026 save the date!
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Clara Abbott @clarabbott.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Come craft with us at #AERA26! So excited for this 🎨
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Happening today! @elpatronhimself.bsky.social @virginiak.bsky.social
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
YES And one of the reasons I continue to appreciate, "Against 'Both Sides' Argumentation: Resisting Dehumanization in Intellectual Community" by @vea.bsky.social, @suraju.bsky.social, @learnsolidarity.bsky.social, and @aeolani.bsky.social. Read their paper at: repository.isls.org/bitstream/1/...
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Raúl Alberto Mora, Ph.D. (Dr. Berry) [él|he|han|ele|il|on] @elpatronhimself.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In our case, the very definition of victory has evolved, based on what every gamer that has entered our project brings to the table. So, just bring it to the Round Table and let your Knights decide with you! #literacies
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. 

https://spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-syllabi/
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
In today's @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog, I join @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social to reflect on what we've learned while writing about the Luddites over the last three years. We share thoughts about Luddism and education, collaboration, and writing for different audiences.
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Our Time Amongst the Luddites — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Upcoming Book Club: We’re reading Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heat...
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