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Stalkers are not uncommon in the academic world unfortunately. I gave this interview a year ago and now it is out in @verge-poster.bsky.social As some of you know, a woman named Sara Hunter has been harassing me for years. This is a story about racism and police inaction.

The obsessive tormentor who made professors’ lives miserable

It didn’t matter if she knew you — if you were a professor and Asian American, you were a potential target.

New study measures vice-chancellors’ narcissism by the size of their signatures and finds the appointment of highly narcissistic VCs leads to poorer research and teaching performance, most likely due to financial risk taking and empire-building. #AcademicSky#EduSky#UCUdoi.org/10.1016/j.re...

Friends, we're looking to welcome a new colleague at Pitt Sociology. We are seeking someone to fill the Mellon Endowed Chair in Sociology.

higher ed*

things seem dismal in public higher generally right now but man, Florida...

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Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."

Florida rule would limit talk of ‘social issues’ at public universities

Critics say a proposed regulation is too broad and could inhibit free speech.

For Public Books, I reviewed a new book by Christina Dunbar-Hester that explores how the ports of LA and Long Beach have been a boon for imperialist capital accumulation—and a disaster for everyone and everything else. www.publicbooks.org/oil-and-inju...

Oil and Injury in Los Angeles

The city’s ports may be physically located in the imperial core—inside the barricades of the USA—but their tendrils span the globe.

THE ENERGY

How can a million people evacuate this cramped space in hours? www.axios.com/2023/10/13/i...

Breaking News: Israel told the United Nations that the entire population of northern Gaza — over 1 million people — should relocate within 24 hours.

The U.N. says the Israeli military told it that all of northern Gaza has 24 hours to move south.

A U.N. spokesman said such a movement would turn “what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation.”