Writer, observer, educator, anthropologist, sourdough baker, gardener, linguistic anthropologist. Obsessive about the planet, politics, justice, health. Fascinated by humans.
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Dr Susan D Blum
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I participated in an hour-long conversation titled “What is College for Today?”with Nicole Lynn Lewis and Paul LeBlanc, moderated by Anya Kamenetz, and hosted by Frederique Rigoulot, on the Cambridge Forum platform. You can listen to us here! cambridgeforum.org/what-is-coll... #HigherEd
Here's my latest Substack post, titled "The Polycrisis: How to Face Teaching in 2026." open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
#education
#pedagogy
#polycrisis
My latest Substack, about what college is for.
Battle of the Paradigms: What is College for in a Cynical Age? open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
I wrote a piece on Substack about the closing of Hampshire College. Such a sad end of an era.
open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
I had a great time talking with two Catholic theologians, Alessandro Rovati and Jason Heron, about ungrading and schoolishness and morality. I absolutely see education as a moral project. You can listen to us (and watch us) here!
open.substack.com/pub/catholic...
"A Priest, a Scientist, and a Humanist Walk into a Classroom"--or to least we had a conversation about learning! (I'm the humanist)
With Ji Son, Louis DelFra, and others at the U of Notre Dame, Inst for Educational Initiatives, Center for Educational Research and Action.
youtu.be/ec0LbZq4ChA?...
My latest Substack post, in response to the attempt by Harvard to limit the number of A grades
#HigherEd
#Assessment
#Grades
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Is pedagogy a moral project? Check out my latest Substack post! susandblum.substack.com/p/is-pedagog...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
