Johanna Mellis
@johannamellis.bsky.social
Ex-D1 swimmer, historian. @endofsportpod.bsky.social. Writing on Hungarian sportspeople, state socialism, & IOC’s imperialism in the Cold War. she/her. Anti-DeSantis. IG jojomellis for outfits
Trying to maintain my health & work boundaries so that my adhd & back/hip pain don’t make me collapse (the latter was awful Aug) feels damn near impossible.
there’s other stuff that I don’t feel like I can talk about openly, too.
It feels like a horrendous time to be an educator tbh.
there’s other stuff that I don’t feel like I can talk about openly, too.
It feels like a horrendous time to be an educator tbh.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trying to maintain my health & work boundaries so that my adhd & back/hip pain don’t make me collapse (the latter was awful Aug) feels damn near impossible.
there’s other stuff that I don’t feel like I can talk about openly, too.
It feels like a horrendous time to be an educator tbh.
there’s other stuff that I don’t feel like I can talk about openly, too.
It feels like a horrendous time to be an educator tbh.
This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Re: Ursinus—faculty will learn in a few weeks who is being laid off, just a few weeks after they announced the cuts smh
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Re: Ursinus—faculty will learn in a few weeks who is being laid off, just a few weeks after they announced the cuts smh
Just awful. Solidarity.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Just awful. Solidarity.
So much of this going around 😭
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So much of this going around 😭
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i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
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Bullet point two literally means that I, a Holocaust historian, could not present any of my work ever.
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Bullet point two literally means that I, a Holocaust historian, could not present any of my work ever.
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Im in FL; the governor and state legislature forbids state spending for anything they deem "DEI" which includes anything remotely mentioning race/gender, including conferences and org memberships. Faculty are free to pay their own way, but often have to take vacation to attend.
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Im in FL; the governor and state legislature forbids state spending for anything they deem "DEI" which includes anything remotely mentioning race/gender, including conferences and org memberships. Faculty are free to pay their own way, but often have to take vacation to attend.