Vaughn Z-N
@vzn11.bsky.social
PhD candidate | Teacher, weather, art, rural. Books are neat.
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#ResearchAdvent Day 8. Challenge = Getting a PhD/research while juggling being a parent, a partner, and now back into full-time teaching (grades 9-12), especially as someone who has struggled with mental health most of my adult life. It has been hard on me. I won't sugarcoat it. #phdsky
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
#ResearchAdvent Day 8. Challenge = Getting a PhD/research while juggling being a parent, a partner, and now back into full-time teaching (grades 9-12), especially as someone who has struggled with mental health most of my adult life. It has been hard on me. I won't sugarcoat it. #phdsky
Day 6 Joy, Day 7 Read (haha.. ha)
Joy - I have found a lot of joy in hearing ways others care about the same topics and issues I care about as well.
Read - I've been reading a ton involving rural higher education but I'm excited to get into this one at some point. (see pic) 💙 #ResearchAdvent
Joy - I have found a lot of joy in hearing ways others care about the same topics and issues I care about as well.
Read - I've been reading a ton involving rural higher education but I'm excited to get into this one at some point. (see pic) 💙 #ResearchAdvent
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Day 6 Joy, Day 7 Read (haha.. ha)
Joy - I have found a lot of joy in hearing ways others care about the same topics and issues I care about as well.
Read - I've been reading a ton involving rural higher education but I'm excited to get into this one at some point. (see pic) 💙 #ResearchAdvent
Joy - I have found a lot of joy in hearing ways others care about the same topics and issues I care about as well.
Read - I've been reading a ton involving rural higher education but I'm excited to get into this one at some point. (see pic) 💙 #ResearchAdvent
I had a post for yesterday but forgot to hit send I guess. Oops.
Day 4 - Hope. I can see the end of the tunnel. Almost there. Defending my diss in Feb.
Day 5 - Engagement. I've loved being able to engage researchers and activists via BlueSky/IG. It helps me feel less isolated. 💙 #ResearchAdvent
Day 4 - Hope. I can see the end of the tunnel. Almost there. Defending my diss in Feb.
Day 5 - Engagement. I've loved being able to engage researchers and activists via BlueSky/IG. It helps me feel less isolated. 💙 #ResearchAdvent
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I had a post for yesterday but forgot to hit send I guess. Oops.
Day 4 - Hope. I can see the end of the tunnel. Almost there. Defending my diss in Feb.
Day 5 - Engagement. I've loved being able to engage researchers and activists via BlueSky/IG. It helps me feel less isolated. 💙 #ResearchAdvent
Day 4 - Hope. I can see the end of the tunnel. Almost there. Defending my diss in Feb.
Day 5 - Engagement. I've loved being able to engage researchers and activists via BlueSky/IG. It helps me feel less isolated. 💙 #ResearchAdvent
Day 3 - Appreciation.
My support circles. The academic community I've found online & OU ed dept's support as I finish my dissertation. 📚
Then - my partner, my friends, my son, and my pups for all the different ways they support & love me. 💚 #ResearchAdvent #phdsky
My support circles. The academic community I've found online & OU ed dept's support as I finish my dissertation. 📚
Then - my partner, my friends, my son, and my pups for all the different ways they support & love me. 💚 #ResearchAdvent #phdsky
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Day 3 - Appreciation.
My support circles. The academic community I've found online & OU ed dept's support as I finish my dissertation. 📚
Then - my partner, my friends, my son, and my pups for all the different ways they support & love me. 💚 #ResearchAdvent #phdsky
My support circles. The academic community I've found online & OU ed dept's support as I finish my dissertation. 📚
Then - my partner, my friends, my son, and my pups for all the different ways they support & love me. 💚 #ResearchAdvent #phdsky
Day 2- Values & Ethics.
Transparency, community, justice, and quality work. And with quality, not just in my work or research but caring for others, their time, their stories, and using my position and privilege for equity and change.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
Transparency, community, justice, and quality work. And with quality, not just in my work or research but caring for others, their time, their stories, and using my position and privilege for equity and change.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
Day 1!
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Here we go!
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Day 2- Values & Ethics.
Transparency, community, justice, and quality work. And with quality, not just in my work or research but caring for others, their time, their stories, and using my position and privilege for equity and change.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
Transparency, community, justice, and quality work. And with quality, not just in my work or research but caring for others, their time, their stories, and using my position and privilege for equity and change.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
Day 1!
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Here we go!
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Day 1!
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Last year of PhD (just finished my 2nd to last chapter today!) 2SLGBTQ+ and Rural Education. Interest in rural/queer narratives, policies, & history.
#ResearchAdvent #phdsky
❤️📚
Reposted by Vaughn Z-N
Here we go!
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Here we go!
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Oh this looks like a good time... Excited to share and see shared responses. 💕📚
Here we go!
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
Are you ready?
2025’s #ResearchAdvent
A prompt each day. Respond using the hashtag so that I can find you! #ResearchAdvent
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oh this looks like a good time... Excited to share and see shared responses. 💕📚
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please check out my friend's kickass work and consider supporting her patron. Seriously. 🎨 🖌️ 💜
This is a ploy to get neo-n*zis to out themselves and hold them accountable, right?
....Right??
Guys??
....Right??
Guys??
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is a ploy to get neo-n*zis to out themselves and hold them accountable, right?
....Right??
Guys??
....Right??
Guys??
The fact that this is even a question from anyone, the idea one should sacrifice human rights or shield predators to keep political power, is asinine.. Being on a "side" isn't worth any of that. How is that so hard to understand?
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The fact that this is even a question from anyone, the idea one should sacrifice human rights or shield predators to keep political power, is asinine.. Being on a "side" isn't worth any of that. How is that so hard to understand?
Just when I was about to have a mental breakdown, nature sends a lil thunderstorm to cheer me up at bedtime. Thanks girllll 😘😍⛈️
a cat is laying on a bed with its arms outstretched and the words bedtime written on the bottom .
Alt: Kitten is laying on a bed with its arms outstretched and the words bedtime written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Just when I was about to have a mental breakdown, nature sends a lil thunderstorm to cheer me up at bedtime. Thanks girllll 😘😍⛈️
Nerd alert. ⚠️ I love it when I (an almost PhD, edu/lgbtq+) see research or memes related to my partner's field (PhD, cognitive psy/memory), and then immediately forwarding it, just cause I hope he finds it interesting/cool/funny/useful for his students.
Sorry not sorry, I can't be stopped.
Sorry not sorry, I can't be stopped.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Nerd alert. ⚠️ I love it when I (an almost PhD, edu/lgbtq+) see research or memes related to my partner's field (PhD, cognitive psy/memory), and then immediately forwarding it, just cause I hope he finds it interesting/cool/funny/useful for his students.
Sorry not sorry, I can't be stopped.
Sorry not sorry, I can't be stopped.
I am so damn happy, I might cry. This is so beautiful. I could see this with my naked eye (just not quite as bright).
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I am so damn happy, I might cry. This is so beautiful. I could see this with my naked eye (just not quite as bright).
I am freaking out so hard. You can see faint pink and light green (it looks white without the camera) with the naked eye! I am in love. South central KS, 8pm.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I am freaking out so hard. You can see faint pink and light green (it looks white without the camera) with the naked eye! I am in love. South central KS, 8pm.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Not sure if anyone I know has... but since we are near the KS one, figured I'd share.
If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Not sure if anyone I know has... but since we are near the KS one, figured I'd share.
The only cool thing that came out of that Sunday night game was a scorigami (40-40) tie.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The only cool thing that came out of that Sunday night game was a scorigami (40-40) tie.
I know teaching is hard.. but it's extra disheartening when you spend time grading essays and giving feedback just to realize SEVERAL students cheated (from one another or AI). My last week was already tough, so this icing on the cake is really getting to me..
a man is carrying a suitcase through a living room in a house .
Alt: Man walks into a room then falls to the floor to his knees then onto his face, representing how I feel mentally and physically right now.
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I know teaching is hard.. but it's extra disheartening when you spend time grading essays and giving feedback just to realize SEVERAL students cheated (from one another or AI). My last week was already tough, so this icing on the cake is really getting to me..
Note to self: Before returning student papers via Google docs, I need to turn off notifications for resolving comments or edit next time.
I'm glad they are working on revisions but the notifications are... a lot... Oops.
I'm glad they are working on revisions but the notifications are... a lot... Oops.
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Note to self: Before returning student papers via Google docs, I need to turn off notifications for resolving comments or edit next time.
I'm glad they are working on revisions but the notifications are... a lot... Oops.
I'm glad they are working on revisions but the notifications are... a lot... Oops.
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
It is interesting to me that, while I was trying to search through my own posts on fb (like enter a keyword, sort by post by me/my friends, by year, etc) that you can no longer search/sort via posts at all. Interesting....
September 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It is interesting to me that, while I was trying to search through my own posts on fb (like enter a keyword, sort by post by me/my friends, by year, etc) that you can no longer search/sort via posts at all. Interesting....