The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
Posts by Michelle Vasquez Ruiz
From the amazing Professor Carolina Valdivida (UC Irvine): How Faculty and Staff can Support Undocumented and DACAmented Students:
mydocumentedlife.org/2025/01/29/h...
I'm trying to stay calm. This, plus the Laken Riley legislation, will criminalize migrants for the most minor infractions and put them in a legal grey area. Twenty years of invisible human rights abuses, committed with impunity. No one will see what is happening to them there.
Truly honored to receive this award. I’m grateful to the award committee and to all the folks that have supported my research.
And congratulations to @verognzlz.bsky.social for also winning this award!
Congratulations @verognzlz.bsky.social!!
Application deadline extended! Are you passionate about accessibility in your professional organizations or experience navigating access needs? Consider applying as a Discussant for a virtual Working Group on Accessibility, Disability, and #PublicHistory. Submit at ncph.org/conference/o... by 12/15.
I feel you. I have a running document of “orphan sentences,” where I place all my sentences that are too beautiful to be deleted.
Ah, yes, it’s those pesky grad students making less than $50k a year in one of the most expensive metropolitan areas in the country who are to blame for austerity and the collapse of the humanities.
Thanks for sharing more names to this starter pack. There are now 123 or so scholars who work on Latina/o/x studies included in this list. Please share and also send also send more recommendations of folks to include! ¡Entre más mejor!
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Thanks for putting this together Jorge! Your social media skills are unmatched.