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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sad it's still relevant. Thanks for helping it make another round!

Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · 2d

It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs

jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S

jobs.uc.edu

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Sep 24

I had to run for the train this morning, which I feel is a Luxembourgish rite of passage. Also, indicative of my Sabbatical Life that I usually don't have anywhere to be at any particular time in the morning.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Sep 19

While I am happy to hear from him and help advise his capstone, that's not my favorite part.

Today I had the absolute privilege to tell him that teaching and learning go both ways -- that I, too, treasure what he taught me about being a teacher.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Sep 19

He recently emailed me with his interdisciplinary senior capstone proposal about teaching history through physical artifacts. He told me that my class was impactful and that he respected me for respecting him.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Sep 19

I sent him a private email explaining that I noticed the shift. I invited him to my office to chat about what we could do to turn it around. We found middle ground and both ended the semester feeling good about the outcome. I never saw him again, but I think of him when I prepare that syllabus.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Sep 19

Three years ago, a student entered my Public History class eager and excited. A month in he began disengaging. I watched his reactions to the material and the other students. It became increasingly clear that his stances were at odds with most students and that his joy history was diminishing.

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · Sep 18

I’m joining the starter pack train: here’s a bunch of historians of the American West here on Bluesky!

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Jun 14

As a reminder, the deadline for the WHA's Trennert-Iverson Scholarship is tomorrow (June 15th). There's still time to get those applications in! We'll award two $500 scholarships to MA & PhD students to help defray the cost of attending the conference in Oct.
www.westernhistory.org/awards/trenn...

Trennert-Iverson Conference Scholarship

www.westernhistory.org

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Apr 26

Remember dial up and how the internet would release a death wail every time it connected to the internet?

Now it's me. I release the death wail.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Apr 24

Disseminate is still one of my least favorite words, but academics love it. Do I start a Change.org or...?

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Feb 7

My students are stressed about getting a dream job directly out of college. So I tell them about how I got my first museum job bc I used to manage a cafe with a robust catering schedule & they needed someone to coordinate school tours. Not all jobs are dream jobs, but all jobs are skill-building.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Jan 24

Today I learned that modern American fair culture traces back to Elkanah Watson and the Berkshire Society’s “cow show” in 1810. The thing that distinguishes American fairs from European predecessors?

I'll give you one guess.

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Yeah you got it. Capitalism.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Jan 23

my colleague signed off on an email with
"yours, under water,"
and I feel this in my bones

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Jan 12

Today's Coffeeshop Chronicles include two women trying to get an older gentleman on their side in what they have dubbed "The Dog Park Fight."

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Jan 3

Me, on January 3rd, scheduling a meeting for June 21st.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 20

My sister was watching one of her favorite fashion historian YouTubers and lo and behold, she cited me. This might be the first time my sister has been excited about anything I've published.

Bet she still won't read it though. 🤣

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 18

We are fortunate at UC to have a generous endowment through the Taft Research Center. I was just awarded an additional release to extend my sabbatical a full year.

I should also announce that I will spend 2 months as a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's C2DH. AY 24-25 FTW!

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 15

I feel like this question says a lot about your screens.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 15

Forget hands -- are you right screened or left screened?

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 10

There's always a network if you tilt your head and squint just right. These are Crows farming cooperatively derived from 1915 & 1922 survey data.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Dec 4

Okay but why does DayQuil make their medicine so hard to open? I'm a weak, ill, history physician, not a marine with expertise in safecracking.

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Lindsey Wieck @lwieck.bsky.social · Nov 28

History friends: does anyone have any fun/interesting/unusual ways they teach a survey class? Looking for inspiration!

(Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Nov 28

Last night I had nightmares about a student pouring contact lenses full of blood into my eyes and stabbing me repeatedly in the left eye with a needle. Anyway, I'm doing fine, thanks for asking.

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Rebecca Wingo @rebeccawingo.bsky.social · Nov 27

Just revising some grad papers and imparting all my best wisdom.

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