historian of early christianity, scholar of magic & heresy, critic of empires, neurospicy, bleeding heart
books: magic and heresy (https://bit.ly/4mo1fY4) and smoke & mirrors (https://bit.ly/43ygshX). now writing about teleology, epistemicide, and empire.
Shaily Patel
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"Depending on sector and institutional type, presidential compensation ranged from roughly three times to more than five times the average salary of a full professor. That ratio remains one of the clearest illustrations of the widening gap between executive compensation and faculty pay."
if your whole flex is acting like you’re smarter than everyone else, i have a hard time taking you seriously as an academic.
why are you here if not for the conversation? surely not for the working conditions.
"If you imagine that every single academic field has the same identical ideological problem, the most logical explanation is that the ideological bias is coming from you."
Don't miss your chance to apply for one of the three teaching workshops SBL is offering this year with the generous support of the Wabash Center later this year. The deadline for applications is June 21. buff.ly/LWhLEd5
I thought the main discovery of academia is that being smart isn't all that - it's ten-a-penny. Seriously yes we need people who are clever, but that's almost never the most important thing about a person.
i'm very tempted to get this game and do a livestream filled with controller fails and four-letter words.
if only i didn't have other things to finish first...
let me know if you want a copy!
on contingent pay: "Average pay for a standard three-credit course section was $4,093 in 2024–25 across 428 reporting institutions."
