Excitedly on my way to UT Arlington for the 2026 Hermanns Lecture Series: The Global Middle Ages. And joyously whiling away my flight with Learning to Talk Shop from Susie Phillips and @pennpress.bsky.social .
Cord J. Whitaker
@profcwhit.bsky.social
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Professor and author at Wellesley. Substacker at DIVERSITY DIFFERENTLY: diversitydifferently.substack.com; Consultant at sagelycreative.com.
![Poem: “Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat” (Caitlin Seida)
Hope is not the thing with feathers That comes home to roost
When you need it most. [Poem continues from here and can be found in its entirety in accessible formats online]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwrnh5ba4mn4asymciojk367/bafkreicr57xuq3dn4oi5yhhqvmaji6cuwbkrs4gjson75yf46qaske3l3y)