Education, social justice, feminist worldmaking, literature, pedagogy, technology | English Prof, SUNY Cortland | OPEN ADMISSIONS (Duke UP, 2024)https://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mj4aqt3ox22ySUNY Chancellor John B. King @sunychancellor.bsky.social announces SUNY's "absolute & unwavering commitment" to DEI: "Some are cowering & backing away. We cannot and will not. We will not retreat, we will not back down... DEI is in our DNA." Super grateful & proud to teach @ SUNY!10 Apr 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4aqt3ox22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mic3dsznss2fIt was windy 🤣🤣30 Mar 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic3dsznss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mi546degwc2iSashay away, Rump #nokings28 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi546degwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mi545by3gc2iAll SUNY & CUNY folks, please sign!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi545by3gc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mgqsz2wf3s2hI spoke w/ a reporter at The Guardian about AI & she used one of my quotes as the title of her article 😂. Thanks to Alice Speri & @theguardian.com for covering our Sisyphean struggle. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other11 Mar 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqsz2wf3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mfnnsen6gk2gI'm co-organizing an #MLA2027 panel on Public Humanities in the Undergraduate Classroom -- please submit & spread the word! Happy to answer questions. Abstracts due March 20 @modernlanguage.bsky.social https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Paper33579.html25 Feb 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfnnsen6gk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3meteut6ec22hColumbia’s dean of AI initiatives on the predatory nature of AI companies on college campuses https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/ai-companies-college-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share14 Feb 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3meteut6ec22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3meqnszyu222a@nhannahjones.bsky.social on the importance of white folks becoming race traitors https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/magazine/minneapolis-good-pretti-race-traitors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share13 Feb 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqnszyu222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3menzacxges2r“The air-brushed AI commercials spun out creepy fantasies of imitation life, decontextualized knowledge, robotic efficiency. Bad Bunny…—in contrast—gave life to the realities of work, history, struggle, community& joy that make us all human” @emdillon.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/emdillon/p/bad-bunny-in-the-sugar-cane-and-ice?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web12 Feb 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3menzacxges2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mee7jwtbv22wThe Rump administration fired half of the employees working to address discrimination in education & wasted 28-38 million in taxpayer dollars preventing investigators from doing their jobs. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5690188/cost-trump-layoffs-civil-rights-complaints-department-education-gao08 Feb 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mee7jwtbv22whttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3me62qyggvk2kA great blog by @cathyndavidson.bsky.social on Artificial Ignorance & Data Sycophancy! https://cathydavidson.com/blog/artificial-ignorance-and-data-sycophancy/06 Feb 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3me62qyggvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3me4dkvhwfk24“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.“ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4dkvhwfk24https://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mdnovynusk2iA fantastic article by Jeanelle K. Hope on Black women's traditions of anti-fascist organizing + education as a key battleground in the struggle for democracy @readlux.bsky.social https://lux-magazine.com/article/black-antifascism/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPptphleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeeWaN7in7PvAqqKRxdQpDfCUhakr5VcCm1I_GVYc8Ie1QydXjAHRXsKlVsTQ_aem_McfrXNRf9agsK7kA559LJQ30 Jan 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnovynusk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mdfykvhgwk23So many brilliant, creative, and inspiring ideas about how to resist & shut ICE down! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfykvhgwk23https://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mddw3becps2t"If resistance is a muscle, June Jordan’s regular exercise of dissent produced a mode of courageous truth-telling that was not limited to foreign policy." Such a brilliant & pertinent essay by Abena Ampofoa Asare https://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/132426 Jan 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddw3becps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mdaqcvz3bk2mAn exciting CFP for the Journal of Lesbian Studies on "Lesbian Erotic Life." Abstracts due Feb. 15! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399537117_Call_for_Papers_Lesbian_erotic_life25 Jan 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdaqcvz3bk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danicasavonick.bsky.social/post/3mc2u5gjmn22lThe test of a great university is not whether it attracts those already trained to succeed, but whether it can recognise and cultivate potential wherever it exists. At a time of deepening opportunity divides, that distinction has never mattered more.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:2ev2ib74io2y6c2gih5o7blf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2u5gjmn22l