Stephanie DeGooyer
@stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social
prof at UNC
⚽️getting REALLY into professional women's soccer ⚽️
⚽️getting REALLY into professional women's soccer ⚽️
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Joint and Adjunct Faculty - The Curriculum in Global Studies
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This announcement has been a little bit in the making. I'm delighted to tell you that I have joined Global Studies at UNC as a joint faculty member:
globalstudies.unc.edu/people/joint...
globalstudies.unc.edu/people/joint...
As Summers fills my feed…
Surprised to not see much discussion of Chomsky’s involvement with Epstein. He’s elderly and not really active, but his legacy/career has to be just as upset by knowledge of his involvement with Epstein as Summers?
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As Summers fills my feed…
A family member, who works at a hospital, told me about young girl who was admitted: she was contemplating suicide over fears of losing her undocumented parents. The fear and terror is everywhere right now. Let it sink in and don’t look away.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A family member, who works at a hospital, told me about young girl who was admitted: she was contemplating suicide over fears of losing her undocumented parents. The fear and terror is everywhere right now. Let it sink in and don’t look away.
Surprised to not see much discussion of Chomsky’s involvement with Epstein. He’s elderly and not really active, but his legacy/career has to be just as upset by knowledge of his involvement with Epstein as Summers?
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Surprised to not see much discussion of Chomsky’s involvement with Epstein. He’s elderly and not really active, but his legacy/career has to be just as upset by knowledge of his involvement with Epstein as Summers?
Thank you, Rebecca. There is no finer gift than that having one’s work read with critical attention. Can’t wait to read this -
New issue of The Shandean is out: @livunipress.bsky.social inc. an essay on 43 unpublished letters of Sarah Scott & Lady Barbara Montagu and my review @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social's compelling Before Borders. #18thcentury @bsecs.bsky.social www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/shandean...
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thank you, Rebecca. There is no finer gift than that having one’s work read with critical attention. Can’t wait to read this -
Why don’t lit fields use the workshop model like law and history? I get so much more, and I think the audience does as well, from the workshop experience than from talking for 45 minutes and taking 10 minutes of random questions. Just had a fantastic experience at Duke Law and want to replicate.
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why don’t lit fields use the workshop model like law and history? I get so much more, and I think the audience does as well, from the workshop experience than from talking for 45 minutes and taking 10 minutes of random questions. Just had a fantastic experience at Duke Law and want to replicate.
I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
You can only pick one. I’m sorry.
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
My new project is on the history of a concept rather than the law per se, but nonetheless delighted (nervous, too) to workshop some of it with a very legal crowd.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My new project is on the history of a concept rather than the law per se, but nonetheless delighted (nervous, too) to workshop some of it with a very legal crowd.
lol, I guess folks i follow on here haven‘t read much in this way. Fair enough!
Poll: best book on Thomas Jefferson, in your opinion? Research on him is consuming my days, and I’ve read plenty of the scholarly stuff, but I’m genuinely curious which books people most enjoyed, academic or popular alike.
Drop your pick below ⬇️
Drop your pick below ⬇️
a cartoon of thomas jefferson is standing in front of a door
ALT: a cartoon of thomas jefferson is standing in front of a door
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
lol, I guess folks i follow on here haven‘t read much in this way. Fair enough!
Poll: best book on Thomas Jefferson, in your opinion? Research on him is consuming my days, and I’ve read plenty of the scholarly stuff, but I’m genuinely curious which books people most enjoyed, academic or popular alike.
Drop your pick below ⬇️
Drop your pick below ⬇️
a cartoon of thomas jefferson is standing in front of a door
ALT: a cartoon of thomas jefferson is standing in front of a door
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Poll: best book on Thomas Jefferson, in your opinion? Research on him is consuming my days, and I’ve read plenty of the scholarly stuff, but I’m genuinely curious which books people most enjoyed, academic or popular alike.
Drop your pick below ⬇️
Drop your pick below ⬇️
You can get pumpkin beverages, pecan beverages, protein cold foam beverages (???), but no black tea…
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You can get pumpkin beverages, pecan beverages, protein cold foam beverages (???), but no black tea…
Thank you, Minnesota Law, for hosting me during my (very unlikely) founding father era. I came to talk about my new book and ended up in great conversations with brilliant history and law students. Also: a basement coffee bar and a rare legal books library…Peak academic midlife crisis fantasy!
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thank you, Minnesota Law, for hosting me during my (very unlikely) founding father era. I came to talk about my new book and ended up in great conversations with brilliant history and law students. Also: a basement coffee bar and a rare legal books library…Peak academic midlife crisis fantasy!
The refugee caps have been very low for a long time. What is happening here is of a more ideological nature. The humanitarian world post-1967 is over:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The refugee caps have been very low for a long time. What is happening here is of a more ideological nature. The humanitarian world post-1967 is over:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.
Wonderful to see my colleague (and occasional bus stop companion) as a finalist for the poetry section of National Book Award!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wonderful to see my colleague (and occasional bus stop companion) as a finalist for the poetry section of National Book Award!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
Saw that thing about how much critics read and how they can do it upside down, anywhere and then saw this, which is really truly where our game is heading:
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels
Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive
www.thetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Saw that thing about how much critics read and how they can do it upside down, anywhere and then saw this, which is really truly where our game is heading:
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
And just like that we return the word "refugee" to its original meaning: White European Protestant www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
And just like that we return the word "refugee" to its original meaning: White European Protestant www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
This is correct. Klein is wrong. Liberal & left parties in the US & Europe have not been reacted by defending immigration. This is an area they are willing to let go. The leader of the social democrat party in Denmark, for ex, has called on European leaders to veer right on immigration for years…
Am I losing my mind or am I the only person who remembers Dems first negotiating a brutally punitive immigration bill and then passing the Lakan Riley Act as a bonus peace offering to the nativists, all for a political benefit of precisely zilch?
Ezra Klein explains why he is against the “oppositional” approach of Dems. One example he gives is blatantly false: immigration.
But more important: Klein shows how folks like him almost always casually throw vulnerable people under the bus in the name of “practicality.”
But more important: Klein shows how folks like him almost always casually throw vulnerable people under the bus in the name of “practicality.”
September 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is correct. Klein is wrong. Liberal & left parties in the US & Europe have not been reacted by defending immigration. This is an area they are willing to let go. The leader of the social democrat party in Denmark, for ex, has called on European leaders to veer right on immigration for years…
Reposted by Stephanie DeGooyer
My institution had 43 faculty H-1B visas approved in 2024.
"To maintain the current level of hiring of foreign talent under new Trump administration policies, the institution must pay an H-1B fee equivalent to 2.85% of its annual federally funded research and development expenditures."
"To maintain the current level of hiring of foreign talent under new Trump administration policies, the institution must pay an H-1B fee equivalent to 2.85% of its annual federally funded research and development expenditures."
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…
www.thexylom.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
My institution had 43 faculty H-1B visas approved in 2024.
"To maintain the current level of hiring of foreign talent under new Trump administration policies, the institution must pay an H-1B fee equivalent to 2.85% of its annual federally funded research and development expenditures."
"To maintain the current level of hiring of foreign talent under new Trump administration policies, the institution must pay an H-1B fee equivalent to 2.85% of its annual federally funded research and development expenditures."
Reposted by Stephanie DeGooyer
Awful news: someone appears to have shot up the Dallas ICE Field Office. The shooter is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot and three other people are "critically wounded."
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
3 people critically wounded at Dallas ICE facility, 1 shooter found dead as police search for possible sniper, sources say
Three people were critically wounded at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, sources say.
www.wfaa.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Awful news: someone appears to have shot up the Dallas ICE Field Office. The shooter is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot and three other people are "critically wounded."
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Reposted by Stephanie DeGooyer
Oh my GOD. This is the first official confirmation that the new H-1B entry ban does not apply to people with current visas (despite the text not containing ANY exception for people with current visas), and it’s not even something on an official website, it’s a passive aggressive tweet!
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Oh my GOD. This is the first official confirmation that the new H-1B entry ban does not apply to people with current visas (despite the text not containing ANY exception for people with current visas), and it’s not even something on an official website, it’s a passive aggressive tweet!
Reposted by Stephanie DeGooyer
To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!
An absolute clown show.
Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul
The president announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but a U.S. official said it will only apply to new visa applicants.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!
Reposted by Stephanie DeGooyer
The Trump Administration has announced measures to gut longstanding pathways based on exceptional ability, national interest, & merit in favor of pay-to-play immigration. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social
This sends a signal to the world’s top talent that the U.S. is closing its doors. bit.ly/4nz1XBE
This sends a signal to the world’s top talent that the U.S. is closing its doors. bit.ly/4nz1XBE
AILA: Trump Administration H-1B Crackdown and “Gold Card” Visa Imperil Jobs, Innovation, and Rural Healthcare
AILA President Jeff Joseph and ED Ben Johnson responded to the Trump Administration attempting to apply a new $100,000 fee to H-1Bs and supplant existing visa programs with a “Gold Card” visa, noting ...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Trump Administration has announced measures to gut longstanding pathways based on exceptional ability, national interest, & merit in favor of pay-to-play immigration. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social
This sends a signal to the world’s top talent that the U.S. is closing its doors. bit.ly/4nz1XBE
This sends a signal to the world’s top talent that the U.S. is closing its doors. bit.ly/4nz1XBE