Scholar of Texts & Technology at UCF Instructor of Writing & Rhetorichttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3mc3nhjfpy22mDelighted to be part of the "Fact, Fiction, and the In-Between: How Japanese Studies Can Foster Student Literacy in an Age of Dis- and Misinformation" alongside Erin Brightwell, Malgorzata Citko-DuPlantis, Jingyi Li and Kevin Mulholland at hashtag#MLA26.10 Jan 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3nhjfpy22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3mbcs7chj6c2cSuch an odd feeling, to hold the article that was once one of your master’s theses in your hands in one of those big, fancy journals in your field.31 Dec 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcs7chj6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m5ttu3pqtc2tUhm. There goes my afternoon writing.17 Nov 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ttu3pqtc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m3o4voli3c2aOne thing this AWS shortage has taught me is the amount of academics who prefer to begin their weeks with grading and emails on Monday morning. Can we talk about how many of us apparently structure our day in that order? 🤣21 Oct 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3o4voli3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m3eefhtosk2aTwenty minutes into Pokemon Legends: Z-A and I could write an entire second dissertation just about this.17 Oct 2025 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3eefhtosk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m2u7qqfaxk2m漢検はやっぱりすごく日本的ですよね、アメリカのに😢10 Oct 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2u7qqfaxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m2g3lcvg7s2mOnce again inordinately jealous of my cat, Stitch, and her lack of thoughts. Head so empty.05 Oct 2025 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2g3lcvg7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3m2fzpq2iqs2oI think I teach and present with my hands and then I see videos of it happening and I realize the problem is more profound than anticipated. 😅05 Oct 2025 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2fzpq2iqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lwure26dfs22Tuesday was my first teaching day of the semester, and Jimmy Buffett’s “Volcano” was stuck in my head the whole day. That seems foreboding in a way I can’t quite put my finger on.21 Aug 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwure26dfs22https://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lwpecf4c2k2518 Aug 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpecf4c2k25https://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lw46ouhens2wI’m old.11 Aug 2025 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw46ouhens2whttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lvr7rw7rbk2wAfter watching Daredevil: Born Again, I’d like to humbly ask that Charlie Cox be worse at his job.06 Aug 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvr7rw7rbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lvm7xa42zs23I got my back to school vaccines and I’m happy to report that the brain fog has completely turned off my ability to think and my mind is at peace, highly recommended, 10/10.04 Aug 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvm7xa42zs23https://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lvfffe37s22mI need to not be left unsupervised in a Lowe’s like, ever again.02 Aug 2025 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvfffe37s22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lsya4btvvk2oAfter a solid 15 years of having a recurring nightmare about signing up for a college class, not knowing I was enrolled, and then getting an F, I have now unlocked the teacher version. It’s similar, where you somehow don’t find out that you’ve been assigned a class until the term is over. 😵‍💫😮‍💨02 Jul 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsya4btvvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lsubvxr57c2qFrom the Q&A of my panel presentation at Console-ing Passions 2025 at Georgia State. Wonderful meeting presenters Chelsea Brtis from UNC Charlotte and Brandon Blackburn from UC Irvine. 💕30 Jun 2025 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsubvxr57c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lsi5qsyn722dWhen you’re trying to read for fun and still the fates find a way to tell you to “polish your writing” #PhdLife26 Jun 2025 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsi5qsyn722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lsdipbc2k22qMy caprese toast game has improved as summer has gone on.24 Jun 2025 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdipbc2k22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lsazlxiplc2aOccasionally I will do things like run around SeaWorld for a shiny metal. The armadillo definitely wanted to know why so many people were running through his house.23 Jun 2025 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsazlxiplc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lqbalria6s2d28 May 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbalria6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lqbakyjxbc2dCohort 3 of the Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars28 May 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbakyjxbc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lq6vns2ypk2pMy adventure at Clemson at Clemson for the Civil Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program began today with a walking tour of some of the historic Campus, including the Woodlawn Cemetery.28 May 2025 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6vns2ypk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lppiwvsl7s2xNext week I head up to Clemson to participate in a wonderful professional development opportunity funded by the Mellon Foundation, the Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program. Huzzah!21 May 2025 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppiwvsl7s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lp5shzhuyk2tonce again I delight in telling an audience of international students all about the Pizza Hut Book It Program - a favorite literacy sponsor of my own I mention when teaching Brandt’s Sponsors of Literacy.14 May 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5shzhuyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lp5sfvvipc2tA recent multimodal composition I created to help teach… ✨14 May 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5sfvvipc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/veekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lorda7xlpc2lMy favorite part of Spotify is getting absolutely roasted by some algorithm at least once a week. 💀09 May 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:bfv53p6s34a2zqfxfhxopixs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lorda7xlpc2l