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Faculty at @NYUniversity shouldn’t be punished for delivering an education worthy of “a private university in the public service.” /1
In a letter to #NYU protesting the due process-free firing of chemistry professor Maitland Jones, Jr. after students complained his #orgo class was too hard, @thefireorg addresses the implications for students, faculty, and society at large. /2
thefire.org/fire-letter-to…
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NYU senior lecturer @MoleListon summed up the “many significant issues” raised by Jones’ case: “student-driven faculty dismissal, demands for grade inflation, the value of organic chemistry in undergraduate pre-health education, and the precarity of contract faculty”... /3
Yesterday, at the conclusion of my #NYU class discussing #Governance of #Bitcoin and #Cryptocurrencies, I posted this slide, summarizing my thoughts about what the #US can do to improve its #law and #policy related to #Crypto. A #thread on what we can and should fix: 
First, establish an government wide-policy. What do we want? Are we pro -innovation? Do want to protecting consumers? Do we want to strike a balance in the middle?Do we want to facilitate experimentation? How much control will the govt take over these experiments? /2
Do we want to make it easier or harder to launch businesses/reach consumers? To make an effective policy, we either need an interagency group, or a new freestanding group focused on the subject. Whoever tackles it, step 1, what do we want? /3
New #review of #BodymindsReimagined by @DrVKPatton is out in Modern Fiction Studies! Patton concludes “Schalk’s bridging of black
feminist theory and disability studies will have a long-lasting impact” 🥰 #bookreview
muse.jhu.edu/article/734329
feminist theory and disability studies will have a long-lasting impact” 🥰 #bookreview
muse.jhu.edu/article/734329
As always, Bodyminds Reimagined is available for purchase from all major booksellers as well as directly from @DukePress. Use code E18BODYM for 30% off the paperback when you buy from Duke! #buybooks #citeblackwomen
dukeupress.edu/bodyminds-reim…
dukeupress.edu/bodyminds-reim…
I’ll also be taking about the book this Friday night at @nyuniversity with @cdsNYU! #booktalk #nyu #authorsigning
disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/event/bodymind…
disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/event/bodymind…
