Stephanie Mota Thurston, Ph.D.
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Stephanie Mota Thurston, Ph.D.
@smothurston.bsky.social
professor of ethics, religion, & politics. focus on democratic practices, citizenship, public schools, abolition, & borders | standard disclaimers

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Like so many who were unable to celebrate important milestones during COVID, my Ph.D. graduation was canceled. This summer, while visiting Princeton, my husband surprised me with a hooding ceremony!

It was such a gift for some local friends, and my advisor, to honor me with this little ceremony 🎉👩🏽‍🎓
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
With 72% reporting this is looking really good for Mamdani!
June 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Looking forward to @robertpjones.bsky.social joining us this week!
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Imagine converting to Catholicism and a little over 5 years later the vicar of Christ has called you out publicly in a letter to the U.S. Bishops!!!
February 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Glad to be in a small community standing in solidarity right now.

New mural on a downtown business window and sign at the local grocery store’s community bulletin board. 💕
January 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Should I be embarrassed or proud of this report from daycare?! 😬

I’m grateful beyond words for those who care for all our little ones.
December 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
The hardest edit I’m making today before sending this off for peer review…changing this from VP candidate to VP. 😭
December 7, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Students at my University are advocating for a new mascot. Since the 2007 retirement of the racist mascot, UIUC has been without one. I still see the old mascot pop up and I think actually having a new one will help, especially since we still use the phrase “fighting Illini”
December 4, 2024 at 8:21 PM
In Chicago today for this great conference! 🤓
September 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
how many burner phones does this man have? I swear I’ve blocked his texts at least a dozen times!
June 5, 2024 at 12:46 AM
So fun to get a pal’s new book in the mail! 📚 🎉
February 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
How will the kids even know that this means to “save” their PDF edits!!!
October 31, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Me liking every solar eclipse post!
October 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM