Torrie C
@drtcropps.bsky.social
Education researcher & educator in Agricultural + STEM Education
#NCAT alum 💙💛
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#NCAT alum 💙💛
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Torrie C
@drtcropps.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Ok since I’m sitting at the airport, let me take a second to introduce myself.
I’m Torrie, a critical qual postdoc in STEM education. I research equitable hiring practices in STEM.
I’m Torrie, a critical qual postdoc in STEM education. I research equitable hiring practices in STEM.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
July 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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This #BlackSpaceWeek, we’re #SharingTheUniverse by telling stories that demand justice. Journalism, especially by Black and marginalized voices, is essential for truth and liberation. Silence protects power. Truth challenges it. 🧵
June 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This #BlackSpaceWeek, we’re #SharingTheUniverse by telling stories that demand justice. Journalism, especially by Black and marginalized voices, is essential for truth and liberation. Silence protects power. Truth challenges it. 🧵
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The Florida Board of Governors has voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono as the University of Florida's next president
Florida Board of Governors rejects Santa Ono as University of Florida president
The selection of the former UM president faced backlash from GOP leaders over his handling of pro-Palestine encampments and his past support of DEI.
www.gainesville.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Florida Board of Governors has voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono as the University of Florida's next president
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Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak
The comments 😂
The comments on this post about 2 teachers fighting at school say a lot about what's going on in schools.
www.facebook.com/share/p/16C1...
#eduSky
www.facebook.com/share/p/16C1...
#eduSky
April 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The comments 😂
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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satire is dying because real life is too obviously absurd.
April 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
satire is dying because real life is too obviously absurd.
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AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations
In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...
www.aaup.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
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My latest for #Essence
#TamarBraxton Is Taking #PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women 🩷
Read the piece and tap in below with your perspectives on #HIV prevention.
#IAmHIVPossible
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
#TamarBraxton Is Taking #PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women 🩷
Read the piece and tap in below with your perspectives on #HIV prevention.
#IAmHIVPossible
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
Op-Ed: Tamar Braxton Is Taking PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women | Essence
A professor reflects on her decision to take PrEP and encourages other Black women to do the same.
www.essence.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My latest for #Essence
#TamarBraxton Is Taking #PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women 🩷
Read the piece and tap in below with your perspectives on #HIV prevention.
#IAmHIVPossible
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
#TamarBraxton Is Taking #PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women 🩷
Read the piece and tap in below with your perspectives on #HIV prevention.
#IAmHIVPossible
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
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Everyday cannot be historic. We need regular days.
April 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Everyday cannot be historic. We need regular days.
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"How can you make a joke at a time like this?"
Me: It's always "a time like this" now
Me: It's always "a time like this" now
March 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"How can you make a joke at a time like this?"
Me: It's always "a time like this" now
Me: It's always "a time like this" now
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None of us (Black and Brown women and girls) should ever, EVER, walk in imposter syndrome ever again.
Don't let me catch you.
Don't let me catch you.
lol never ever think that you are unqualified to do something ever again
March 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
None of us (Black and Brown women and girls) should ever, EVER, walk in imposter syndrome ever again.
Don't let me catch you.
Don't let me catch you.
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A must read from @hfdavis.bsky.social
“What colleges and universities do next, in the courts and on their campuses, may very well determine whether higher education and the American democratic project will survive long enough to pursue a redeemable future.”
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
“What colleges and universities do next, in the courts and on their campuses, may very well determine whether higher education and the American democratic project will survive long enough to pursue a redeemable future.”
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
Universities buckle to authoritarian demands
Accepting government orders is a losing strategy.
electronicintifada.net
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A must read from @hfdavis.bsky.social
“What colleges and universities do next, in the courts and on their campuses, may very well determine whether higher education and the American democratic project will survive long enough to pursue a redeemable future.”
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
“What colleges and universities do next, in the courts and on their campuses, may very well determine whether higher education and the American democratic project will survive long enough to pursue a redeemable future.”
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
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*Yells for the 1 millionth time*
The states already control K12 education. The federal government finacially supports all states with additional funding and support for all students because the states alone don't have enough money to function.
Hope that helps.
The states already control K12 education. The federal government finacially supports all states with additional funding and support for all students because the states alone don't have enough money to function.
Hope that helps.
March 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
*Yells for the 1 millionth time*
The states already control K12 education. The federal government finacially supports all states with additional funding and support for all students because the states alone don't have enough money to function.
Hope that helps.
The states already control K12 education. The federal government finacially supports all states with additional funding and support for all students because the states alone don't have enough money to function.
Hope that helps.
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I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
March 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
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ICYMI: Today a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, blocking Trump from “cutting hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training
A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at address...
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
ICYMI: Today a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, blocking Trump from “cutting hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Hey, I am guest-editing an issue on student loans.
RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.
If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!
Requote and share widely.
#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
ojed.org/hepe/announc...
*Link works now
RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.
If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!
Requote and share widely.
#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
ojed.org/hepe/announc...
*Link works now
March 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hey, I am guest-editing an issue on student loans.
RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.
If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!
Requote and share widely.
#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
ojed.org/hepe/announc...
*Link works now
RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.
If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!
Requote and share widely.
#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
ojed.org/hepe/announc...
*Link works now
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I’m thrilled to share that I’m co-editing a special issue for the Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education journal titled Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training (Abstracts due May 1). CFP: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training
This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m thrilled to share that I’m co-editing a special issue for the Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education journal titled Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training (Abstracts due May 1). CFP: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
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A federal court reaffirmed its nation-wide injunction against Trump's anti-DEIA policy, clarifying it applies to every agency in the executive branch, protecting universities, workplaces, cities and communities to continue fostering diversity and inclusion without fear of retaliation. bit.ly/43BOSkd
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A federal court reaffirmed its nation-wide injunction against Trump's anti-DEIA policy, clarifying it applies to every agency in the executive branch, protecting universities, workplaces, cities and communities to continue fostering diversity and inclusion without fear of retaliation. bit.ly/43BOSkd
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Anyways, if y'all are interested in buying from and supporting Black Farmers, this is a great source
blackfarmersindex.com
blackfarmersindex.com
Black Farmers Index
blackfarmersindex.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Anyways, if y'all are interested in buying from and supporting Black Farmers, this is a great source
blackfarmersindex.com
blackfarmersindex.com
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Love to 15 Attorneys General (including in Illinois!) for this legal memo/guidance reminding higher ed that "Fear of the “Dear Colleague” letter or the loss of federal funding is not a justification to impose or reimpose discriminatory practices."
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov
March 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Love to 15 Attorneys General (including in Illinois!) for this legal memo/guidance reminding higher ed that "Fear of the “Dear Colleague” letter or the loss of federal funding is not a justification to impose or reimpose discriminatory practices."
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
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Last week, FEMA removed an interactive mapping tool from its website showing in local detail how climate change could affect the risk of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other hazards across the country. Two data scientist rebuilt it within a week. 🧪
US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site
When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency removed a map of future climate hazards from its website, researchers built their own version
www.newscientist.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Last week, FEMA removed an interactive mapping tool from its website showing in local detail how climate change could affect the risk of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other hazards across the country. Two data scientist rebuilt it within a week. 🧪