Russell T. McCutcheon

@mccutcheonsays.bsky.social

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I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.

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Russell Tracey McCutcheon is a Canadian religion scholar who earned a PhD in religious studies from the University of Toronto in 1995.

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Political science 38%

Philosophy 26%

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

If ChatGPT was really as useful as its proponents claim, OpenAI would not be spending nearly this much money on prime-time NFL ads.

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 7d

Meet an REL alum who works as a Senior IT Systems Engineer at the
Wikipedia Foundation. #RELfutures

religion.ua.edu/blog/2026/01...

Religious Studies Major works in IT, building solutions

Religious Studies training to larger for the larger context and problems helps graduate in IT job build solutions rather than simply troubleshooting

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Luna @lunalore.bsky.social · 7d

“The victim was identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Donna Ganger told the Minnesota Star Tribune that her daughter lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.”

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis

The mother of the deceased driver identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Video of the shooting shows agents near the vehicle as Good reversed and then accelerated. One agent appeared to fire m...

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North American Association for the Study of Religion @naasr.bsky.social · 8d

First NAASR Conversation of the New Year! Join us January 22nd at 1PM EST!

#naasr #naasr26 #religiousstudies #religion #criticalreligion #critical

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 12d

That simultaneous head/belly patting routine…?

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 12d

How else can professors prove "merit" besides SAT scores? Wrong answers only. I'll go first: ability to do sixth-grade geometry homework (two professors in my house fail)

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 12d

How else can professors prove "merit" besides SAT scores? Wrong answers only. I'll go first: ability to do sixth-grade geometry homework (two professors in my house fail)

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 16d

“There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack.”
www.chronicle.com/article/the-crisis-of-the-humanities-is-over-thats-not-a-good-thing

The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.

All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 16d

What’re you readin’?

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 16d

Don’t disagree but the sites from which the one can be implemented are disappearing quickly, hence my thoughts on a pivot at the degree/curriculum/research level is needed. The humanities model needs rethinking.

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 16d

Look forward to chatting if anything sparks a thought or two. Safe travels.

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 16d

On a train now, so forgive the terseness—although this is what I’m now reading so I no doubt will have more (& hopefully better) to say soon!

Cozy in Amtrak seat with book on lap = Russ McCutcheon’s Our Primary Expertise

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 16d

From where I sit it’s the wide presumption among scholars that religion is obviously special that holds us back from responding to the moment—we just cannot imagine why others don’t agree that it needs specialists to interpret its deep meaning. Meanwhile, wholesale liberal arts cuts proceed…

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 16d

I see a lack of inventiveness to pivot the field for these times. Instead, there seems a presumption that degree programs will remain a basis for action—but they’ve already disappeared in many places & even the so-called Ivies are clearly no longer safe. In fact, we needed new models decades ago.

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 17d

The field collectively hasn’t understood how, for various reasons & at least in its traditional humanistic form, its end as part of higher ed may be immanent. Whatever expertise its members have will therefore be diffuse or they’ll be unemployed in academia—not much of a resource to draw on…

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Stacy Crystals (Sixers 22-16) @bageltechno.bsky.social · 17d

my demands are simple, mr. bond

world-class chud tom brady wearing a single glove on his right hand and a big headset on his head while broadcasting the eagles vs bills game

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 18d

A few more?

Dr.; No, Not Mister.

Never Cite Yourself Again

License to Reprint

Quantum of Praise from the Provost

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Thanks For Sharing, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 18d

Pretty sure that some of the colleges playing in these weird-ass bowl games are made up

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 18d

Make a Bond movie academic

The Spy Who Reviewed My Submission

You Only Report Productivity Twice

Em Dash Another Day

Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 20d

Make a Bond Movie academic

Best, Russia

Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 20d

Make a Bond movie casual

From Russia with Best Wishes

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 20d

Make a Bond Movie academic

Best, Russia

Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 20d

Make a Bond movie casual

From Russia with Best Wishes

Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 20d

Make a Bond movie causal

The World is an Insufficient, but Necessary, Part of an Unnecessary, but Sufficient, Condition

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 20d

Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d

The star of A CHRISTMAS STORY remains this kid

I like the Wizard of Oz … I like the Tin Man

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26d

When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 29d

OK friends, time to turn it up to 11. Now watching:

a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .

ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · Dec 13

Who held the meeting to tell online cooks that their reels needed quick cuts and they should make a mess like they don’t care?

a man with a beard is mixing something in a bowl with the word trendizsst on the door behind him

ALT: a man with a beard is mixing something in a bowl with the word trendizsst on the door behind him

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Dec 13

How this Christmas will be different for single digit billionaires.

Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · Dec 13

The rhythm of the wording & the repetition suggests they were too.

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CHOAM Nomsky @samthielman.com · Dec 13

Oh wow, absolute power corrupted you absolutely? That’s so weird, I got absolute power last year and my subjects say I’ve only gotten wiser and more virtuous