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Laura Sanchez

@lauraponystrong.bsky.social
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family sociologist, feminist demographer, methodologist, horsewoman, gardener, reader, pilgrim, yogi, teacher!

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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind.
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Steinem’s N.Y.C. Brownstone Will Continue to Be a Sanctuary for Feminism www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/n...
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Steinem’s N.Y.C. Brownstone Will Continue to Be a Sanctuary for Feminism
Following Ms. Steinem’s death on Wednesday, her foundation said her Upper East Side home would become a permanent space for organizing and activism.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
U.S. Announces Colorado River Cuts for 3 States Amid Drought www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/c...
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U.S. Cuts Colorado River Water for Arizona, California and Nevada
Arizona’s share of the river will shrink by a third, likely increasing reliance on groundwater and raising pressure on agriculture.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I like to grow some of my own food.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
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Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m proud of this research based on interviews with the twenty years of graduate students I was honored to teach. My time with these scholars was the most significant part of my career. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“Hey Prof, I Saw This and Thought of Our Class”: A Generation of Sociology Teachers Reflect on the Rewards and Challenges of Teaching - Laura Sanchez, Meredith Gilbertson, 2026
This study examines narratives about rewarding and difficult teaching experiences of former students from our graduate teaching program. We interviewed former s...
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Princeton Changes Its 133-Year-Old Honor Code Over AI Cheating Fears
Faculty voted to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing a policy set in place in 1893.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Today I attended our BGSU Teaching and Learning Summit to present my research on Ohio’s SB1 and to serve as a community partner for the Institute of Culture Studies.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My research was featured in my favorite equestrian news magazine. www.facebook.com/share/p/173T...
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Today I enjoyed an Honors defense in which the talented young scholar, Theo, brought together a Theater and Film project steeped in the sociological imagination.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I’m reading a great academic book on pedagogy which is making a strong case for how conflict-avoidant, anti-intellectual, non-critical Niceness serves neoliberal capitalist white supremacist patriarchy.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Today I presented a talk from my project on the meaning of horses in the lives of older equestrian women at our BGSU Firelands ElderCollege campus. My friend and sister horsewomen joined me!
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Check out my latest article, "Holy Smokes! You're Brave Girls!" with Graduate student Brooke Wollett about parents' and daughters' perceptions about the benefits of horse sports. doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Bart Stykes has a wonderful new Ted Talk about the challenges facing student parents. youtu.be/JDmiv_kbpSc?...
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Seeing Invisible Student Parents | J. Bart Stykes | TEDxSHSU
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Check out my latest article, "They Ease Your Mind" (2024) about equestrian girls' and young women's development of self-gaze through their relationships with horses. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“They Ease Your Mind:” Horses as Co-Agents in Supernurturers’ Self-Care
This study fits within calls for research on the experiences of children who care deeply about animals and whose intensity of empathy could typify them as supernurturers. This study had a two-part ...
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Laura Sanchez @lauraponystrong.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Check out my latest article, "Lace Up Your Boots and Do Something" (2024) about young equestrian girls' and women's athletic resilience. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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“Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic‐Interactionist Analysis of Girls and Young Women Equestrian Athletes' Resilience
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