Rosemary Johnsen
@johnsenrm.bsky.social
Academic Affairs admin || Lit prof: crime fiction, 20/21c Irish lit, public scholarship || NW Minnesota || http://www.rosemaryj.com || #GoGreen #SpartansWill
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Rosemary Johnsen
@johnsenrm.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Reading on the Dark Side: Or, the Productive Pleasures of the Scholarly Administrator
ABSTRACT. This article builds on the models of the teacher-scholar and the public scholar to delineate the role of the scholarly administrator. Literary studies faculty members who transition to the a...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
A publication that is scholarly yet personal: part intellectual history, part tribute to literary study, and an appeal to academic affairs administrators rooted in shared, community values in higher ed. (PDF available at rosemaryj.com)
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They should go ahead and change the name from Purdue University to Purdue Vocational Training Center
December 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
They should go ahead and change the name from Purdue University to Purdue Vocational Training Center
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Still extremely funny that the University of Minnesota has buildings called both Anderson and Andersen and they were nordicpilled enough to think that people should intuitively understand the difference.
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Still extremely funny that the University of Minnesota has buildings called both Anderson and Andersen and they were nordicpilled enough to think that people should intuitively understand the difference.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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It /is/ a problem that the right has articulated a reactionary vision for the humanities and the left has pushed ROI analysis to boost tech and marketing degrees.
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It /is/ a problem that the right has articulated a reactionary vision for the humanities and the left has pushed ROI analysis to boost tech and marketing degrees.
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As former humanities dean, I learned "ROI"/"data" matter if they serve the larger narrative, which is set by not just admin and trustees, but by the public. The narrative is that (a) humanities is irrelevant and (b) costs are too high. So, sacrifice hum to serve costs, even if data show otherwise.
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As former humanities dean, I learned "ROI"/"data" matter if they serve the larger narrative, which is set by not just admin and trustees, but by the public. The narrative is that (a) humanities is irrelevant and (b) costs are too high. So, sacrifice hum to serve costs, even if data show otherwise.
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And the actor who played him, Carol O’Connor, summed up Archie Bunker so damn well, so long ago. Incredible foresight by Rob Reiner 💔…the Archies have nearly destroyed America 50 years later
It’s really profound
It’s really profound
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And the actor who played him, Carol O’Connor, summed up Archie Bunker so damn well, so long ago. Incredible foresight by Rob Reiner 💔…the Archies have nearly destroyed America 50 years later
It’s really profound
It’s really profound
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The mayor-elect's decision not to point out the identity of the hero who saved Jewish lives in Sydney today was a leap of faith that we Jews would do so, and we will:
Ahmed al Ahmed shone his light in the darkness. May he be quickly and fully healed.
To save one life is to save the world.
Ahmed al Ahmed shone his light in the darkness. May he be quickly and fully healed.
To save one life is to save the world.
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The mayor-elect's decision not to point out the identity of the hero who saved Jewish lives in Sydney today was a leap of faith that we Jews would do so, and we will:
Ahmed al Ahmed shone his light in the darkness. May he be quickly and fully healed.
To save one life is to save the world.
Ahmed al Ahmed shone his light in the darkness. May he be quickly and fully healed.
To save one life is to save the world.
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tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
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Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
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Yep. Because the obvious thing to do in Amerikkka in response to one of the daily mass shootings to help lessen the trauma for innocent kids is to storm the joint with war weapons, tactical gear & camouflage
Aggro men with penile compensatory big guns all auditioning for a Stallone film
Fucked up
Aggro men with penile compensatory big guns all auditioning for a Stallone film
Fucked up
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Yep. Because the obvious thing to do in Amerikkka in response to one of the daily mass shootings to help lessen the trauma for innocent kids is to storm the joint with war weapons, tactical gear & camouflage
Aggro men with penile compensatory big guns all auditioning for a Stallone film
Fucked up
Aggro men with penile compensatory big guns all auditioning for a Stallone film
Fucked up
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After hiding in fear from a gunman while simply trying to learn, the final challenge of their quest to stay alive is to do everything the men with guns say.
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
After hiding in fear from a gunman while simply trying to learn, the final challenge of their quest to stay alive is to do everything the men with guns say.
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Here he is taking the photo.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Here he is taking the photo.
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
@Mercado Media video credit #minnesota #illinois #louisiana #america
TikTok video by June Osborne
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
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I'm only at the university for salt mining skills! I have no interest in topics outside of salt mining.
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm only at the university for salt mining skills! I have no interest in topics outside of salt mining.
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For me it was an art appreciation class. I have no talent in making art, but it taught me a new way of looking at aesthetic and also made reading that referenced art much more rich. Pound-for-pound, I probably learned more in that class than a lot of my journalism classes.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
For me it was an art appreciation class. I have no talent in making art, but it taught me a new way of looking at aesthetic and also made reading that referenced art much more rich. Pound-for-pound, I probably learned more in that class than a lot of my journalism classes.
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God I can't wait. And Notre Dame's loss.
a bag of pop candy is sitting on a field
ALT: a bag of pop candy is sitting on a field
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
God I can't wait. And Notre Dame's loss.
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The People’s National Championship is set!
Georgia Tech will face BYU on December 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl!
🎟️: PopTartsBowl.com/Tickets
Georgia Tech will face BYU on December 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl!
🎟️: PopTartsBowl.com/Tickets
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The People’s National Championship is set!
Georgia Tech will face BYU on December 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl!
🎟️: PopTartsBowl.com/Tickets
Georgia Tech will face BYU on December 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl!
🎟️: PopTartsBowl.com/Tickets
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"Are you a cognitive psychologist or a feminist techno-science researcher?"
Questions of this ilk are not complex. They should be answerable by a graduate-level researcher. (How do you see the world? What methods do you use? Who do you read?)
And yet, they are often stumped.
Questions of this ilk are not complex. They should be answerable by a graduate-level researcher. (How do you see the world? What methods do you use? Who do you read?)
And yet, they are often stumped.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Are you a cognitive psychologist or a feminist techno-science researcher?"
Questions of this ilk are not complex. They should be answerable by a graduate-level researcher. (How do you see the world? What methods do you use? Who do you read?)
And yet, they are often stumped.
Questions of this ilk are not complex. They should be answerable by a graduate-level researcher. (How do you see the world? What methods do you use? Who do you read?)
And yet, they are often stumped.
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Hope: Just want you to know how much we love and support you in this incredible, outrageous and unforgivable moment. We love you, we love Minnesota, we support you. We think your family is awesome. Best to Gus and to all of you. XO(Chicago)
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hope: Just want you to know how much we love and support you in this incredible, outrageous and unforgivable moment. We love you, we love Minnesota, we support you. We think your family is awesome. Best to Gus and to all of you. XO(Chicago)
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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (1930s)
1500 Stevens Ave. (Rapp); 3112 41st Ave. S (Gleason); 2916 Humboldt Ave. N (Johnston)
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Minnesota Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Minneapolis Camp Commander Johnston pins 50-year membership badges on ...
1500 Stevens Ave. (Rapp); 3112 41st Ave. S (Gleason); 2916 Humboldt Ave. N (Johnston)
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Minnesota Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Minneapolis Camp Commander Johnston pins 50-year membership badges on ...
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (1930s)
1500 Stevens Ave. (Rapp); 3112 41st Ave. S (Gleason); 2916 Humboldt Ave. N (Johnston)
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Minnesota Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Minneapolis Camp Commander Johnston pins 50-year membership badges on ...
1500 Stevens Ave. (Rapp); 3112 41st Ave. S (Gleason); 2916 Humboldt Ave. N (Johnston)
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Minnesota Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Minneapolis Camp Commander Johnston pins 50-year membership badges on ...
Heck yeah I’m pre-ordering the next Perveen Mistry book from Sujata Massey! I look forward to learning about India’s film industry in the 1920s and 1930s while enjoying Perveen’s sleuthing. #CrimeFiction #WomenWriters #Books
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Heck yeah I’m pre-ordering the next Perveen Mistry book from Sujata Massey! I look forward to learning about India’s film industry in the 1920s and 1930s while enjoying Perveen’s sleuthing. #CrimeFiction #WomenWriters #Books
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When I told people in California that I was moving back to Chicago they'd typically say something like: But what about the weather?
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When I told people in California that I was moving back to Chicago they'd typically say something like: But what about the weather?
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.