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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A week ago, I shared our Strategic Communication line... Today I am sharing our Advertising Creative Strategy line! Job posting linked here, and I am happy to help answer any questions. Please consider applying to come and work with us! utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Advertising Creative Strategy, Department of Communication, Advertising & Public Relations

If you are a current University of Tampa student, please search for and apply to student jobs here via Workday. Job applications for current students will not be considered if submitted through the ex...

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Folks, it’s time to prep your submission to the Peter Lang - @AEJMC Scholarsourcing competition! The deadline is November 15. You can find the full call on the AEJMC website. If you have any questions that I would be able to answer, please feel free to reach out!

Flyer for the Peter Lang AEJMC scholar sourcing competition

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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#UTampa #AAUP supporters—join us for our first big event of the academic year! We’re going to watch the documentary First They Came For My College, which documents events at New College. Documentary opens 9/18 with Q&A with the filmmakers, and runs 9/19 too!

Flyer for First They Came For My College

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 22/04/2026

‘We Need a NATO for Universities’ Panelists at a @newamerica.org forum expressed real fears of the damage Trump has done to higher ed, as well as lofty hopes for a coordinated response to the ongoing attacks. bit.ly/41Nz108 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

Seated panelists (from left) Mike Gavin, Lee Bollinger, Dominique Baker, Kevin Carey

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just a reminder to spread the good research vibes and help a masters student out with their research survey!

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Share the good research mojo! My student & I would like to invite you to participate in a research study focused on AI chatbot use and impacts on relationships. utampa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The flyer includes a QR code to link to the survey.

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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

“The key to America’s economic growth is research and development. Removing or barring top researchers from the country would transfer that talent (and the research and development) to other countries.“ Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall! www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...

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Commentary: Block the governor’s plan to dumb down Florida universities

Ron DeSantis says he wants to “pull the plug” on H1-B visas, which allow immigrants with specialized knowledge to enter the country. This would do major harm to university faculty&#8217…

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Why yes, I AM rolling into the last day of class today with an excessive amount of caffeine, sugar, and 2000s rap…

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We're accepting applications for a new assistant teaching professor for a few more days! If you, or someone you know, has experience in creative digital media, please check out our job call and consider applying: tinyurl.com/FTcreative

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Fordham AAUP @fordhamaaup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”

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AAUP Protests Against Trump Admin’s Higher Ed Compact

Fordham faculty and students attend a protest against Marc Rowan and the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Come and work with us at UTampa! We're looking for someone to fill a TT role in Strategic Communication, with preference for science communication! utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...

An image of Plant Hall with the sun setting and storm clouds in the background

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I have a writing deadline coming up (an R&R) and I’ve been allowing other things distract me from getting it done. Today’s the day it gets done! So, please, feel free, ASK ME HOW THE WRITING IS GOING TODAY! 🤣😬🤣

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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!

Image of a crowd of people sitting on a beach in blue shirts.

Image taken from a drone overhead, showing people lined up on the beach, spelling out the words, unite and rise

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APHA @apha.org · 28/08/2025

Watch live now: Supporters cheer CDC staff as they walk out following firings by Trump administration: www.youtube.com/live/KZ7QvPH...

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LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I’m honored to have received the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Tampa this afternoon. What a blessing to have found my academic home!

Image of the outstanding faculty service award plaque, college of arts letters at the University of Tampa 2024-2025.

Image of Sarah Smith-Frigerio standing on the veranda of plant hall at the University Tampa.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, the university president announced www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We’re seeing #KillTheCuts flyers popping up on UTampa doors this morning! Please feel free to add yours in the replies!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/03/2025

“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks. Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats. Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so. We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”

insidehighered.com

Letter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)

In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

What a wonderful talk this evening! Thank you to @loriemerson.net for coming to @uoftampa.bsky.social to discuss your new book! #othernetworks

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I have to admit, watching universities cave, watching friends go quiet on some of the most egregious actions, and all because we’re supposed to be terrified of folks who can’t follow the PowerPoint on SCIFs & handling classified materials or check the random number in the group chat? Sigh.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hot take: This was piloted with New College (and others, to be sure) a couple years back and no one moved to stop it. The FL publics didn’t band together to fight it. Two years on, and we have a clear example of what will happen if we all don’t come together now. #dontcomplyinadvance

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My senior portfolio students called me out for not having updated my personal website in years. 😳 So I spent this morning updating my personal website a bit. Looks like I might have a larger summer project to add to the list! 😬 These young folks keeping me honest…

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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 10/03/2025

The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”

The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include:

American University
Arizona State University
Boston University
Brown University
California State University, Sacramento
Chapman University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Eastern Washington University
Emerson College
George Mason University
Harvard University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pomona College
Portland State University

Princeton University
Rutgers University
Rutgers University-Newark
Santa Monica College
Sarah Lawrence College
Stanford University
State University of New York Binghamton
State University of New York Rockland
State University of New York, Purchase
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The New School
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of California Davis
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of North Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wellesley College
Whitman College
Yale University

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.

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Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story

New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 26/02/2025

The NSF’s Higher Ed Research ‘Hit List’ Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic that... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Qxe0RH

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The NSF’s higher ed research "hit list"

Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push “a far-left ideology.” Free speech advocates and researchers say it’s a scare tactic tha...

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 24/02/2025

Weeks and Months After Natural Disaster, Colleges Stand By Their Students Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43brkCS

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After hurricane and wildfires, colleges continue aiding students

Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The last couple of days has just solidified my belief that I should never be in charge of a country. I would not have called and cajoled him. I would have just posted “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” on my socials and watched the tantrum. 😬

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Every time I hear news that overwhelms or enrages me now, my new thing is to do an act of self-care. Fired 1100 EPA agents? CDC data gone? Liter of water! Healthy homemade breakfast. Tried to break into a SCIF at USAID? Laundry done and put away! Stock market crash? Skincare and moisturize…

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Saw a TikTok from yesterday that the passport application system (website) is down (“for maintenance”) and fillable form is expired. Confirmed it myself this morning on the Travel State gov website.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Academics: Do you imagine you're in the clear b/c you've played it safe, avoided commenting on so-called "controversial" issues, and/or don't teach or write on one of "those" subjects? Think again. It may start with x, y, or z "issues" or subjects. But rest assured that will be just the beginning.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/02/2025

"A group of researchers and students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is gathered today for a data preservation marathon, scraping and downloading data related to health equity from U.S. government agency websites before they disappear." journalistsresource.org/home/researc...

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Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites

Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

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Maurice Meilleur @mauricemeilleur.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I won’t equate my or my colleagues’ experiences as academics* with the more vulnerable communities targeted by the Trump administration. But there are some developments I’d like to share as an academic in a red state working at a public university. 1/

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 29/01/2025

Thanks. This clarifies nothing.

Tweet from the White House Press Secretary: “This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.

It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo.

Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction.

The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented.”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/01/2025

“NSF has received an email from its director to ignore the judge's stay of Trump's order and implement the spending pause.” x.com/BBKogan/stat...

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NSF has received an email from its director to ignore the judge's stay of Trump's order and implement the spending pause.
Note the director does not take the limited interpretation the admin pushed publicly but instead takes the broad interpretation the admin pushed privately.
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(OMB) Memorandum M-25-13, issued on January 27, 2025, directs all Federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of their financial assistance programs to determine programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by the recent Executive Orders.
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posted at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions. In particular, this may include, but is not limited to conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks or violates Federal anti-discrimination laws. Please work with your institutional research office to assist you in complying with the Executive Orders. You can also direct your questions through the form on
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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Memorandum M-25-13, issued on January 27, 2025, directs all Federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of their financial assistance programs to determine programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by the recent Executive Orders.
Therefore, all review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis. NSF has created an Executive Order Implementation webpage to ensure the widest dissemination of information and

additional guidance.
All NSF grantees must comply with these Executive Orders, and any other relevant Executive Orders issued, by ceasing all non-compliant grant and award activities. Executive Orders are posted at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/. In particular, this may include, but is not limited to conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks or violates Federal anti-discrimination laws. Please work with your institutional research office to assist you in complying with the Executive Orders. You can also direct your questions through the form on this NSF webpage.
Thank you for your work advancing science, engineering, technology and innovation for our nation.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Scrolling through the full list of feder programs that are "under scrutiny" and possibly frozen but for a temporary judicial order, is ....well, it is something. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them.

The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.

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Eric Fernandez @ericopr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This was my experience yesterday with my youngest daughter. I prey that things can change at least a little come the midterms. We have to let our state reps and senators know that WE have the power, not them.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I see a lot of people across social and news media right now, telling folks to take a deep breath, touch grass, don’t crash out—that this is going to be a marathon and not a sprint. I understand what they’re saying, but at the same time I have been a federal employee (in research)…

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Marching orders from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It was a pleasure to present this morning about communication strategies that foster & augment resilience! Best thing about presenting 1st is now I can listen to the rest of the great speakers at the 2025 Resilience Conference held by the Association of Continuity Professionals- Greater Tampa Bay!

Image shows front of conference program and appreciation certificate for speaking at the ACP Tampa Bay conference

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23/01/2025

The “A” in DEIA stands for accessibility. Federal workers with disabilities, including many veterans, deserve respect and the opportunity to work in public service. A diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace makes public service better and makes everyone’s lives better.

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Sarah Smith-Frigerio @ssfrigerio.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I wake up early this morning (from a nightmare), and see that federal research grant funding is being halted, FEMA is on the chopping block, there’s no more civil rights in the workplace, and Musk will have access to classified information. So… I need someone to wake me up for real, please!?!

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SGrace @sgrace33.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hi. This is the shit you should be mad about. NIH work is critical.

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