Casey Schmitt
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Casey Schmitt
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Historian @ Cornell. Author of THE PREDATORY SEA: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CAPTIVITY IN THE 17TH-C CARIBBEAN (Penn Press, 2025) https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828146/the-predatory-sea/
Sure, and I do blue book exams in my lecture courses. But bluebooks are never going to be able to replicate the kind of thought that goes into crafting an essay. Writing and rewriting are crucial to thinking and a timed blue book only gets us halfway there.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yeah, mine too. It is really hard to describe how dispiriting it all is right now.

At least we have some solidarity! ❤️
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I know it's been going on for awhile, but I am just gutted today. I am grading really smart students who don't need to sell-out to AI but they did anyway. It's just depressing (and the essays are sooooo boring as a result).
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Haha! Well, now I know what book two will be about! 😆
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Congratulations!!! What well-deserved news!
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hahaha!!! Perfectly timed...
September 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thank you for sharing - this looks great!
September 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM