Muhlenberg College. Assistant Prof of English Literatures and Creative Writing. Writing Program Director. Writing Center Directorhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwy7ydeif22qI know Obama was talking about world leaders, but when I realized this was also true of administrators in higher ed, I felt liberated. Some of y'all are just not smart, PhDs/JDs/MBAs be damned [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy7ydeif22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwxzt5alwk2hBack in God’s country (Pittsburgh)03 Oct 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxzt5alwk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwxxq4ixzc26Whelp, I had a dream I was explaining Rosenwasser and Stephen’s Writing Analytically to someone 😭 I may have been a WPA, and at Muhlenberg, for too long. Taking advice on new career paths03 Oct 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxxq4ixzc26https://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwvvt3e2hk2qWe've been fostering a new GSD for two weeks and plan to adopt him, but had to take him back to the shelter for the weekend while we go out of state for a wedding. He seemed happy to see his old friends, but i am already feeling guilty 😭 Doesn't take long for me to get attached to dogs lol02 Oct 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvvt3e2hk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwvobaamr22hPlease watch this video from the brilliant GPat (@yourweirdofriend.bsky.social ) https://yourweirdofriend.substack.com/p/im-j-doe-from-cornell-to-kent-state02 Oct 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvobaamr22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwtyvsdovc2yOne of the most annoying things about him is that he’s actually very funny. I feel like the left ignored that to our own peril [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtyvsdovc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwsx5bwdw22i10/1 starts tutor hiring season at Muhlenberg! Over the next 5 weeks, I'll interview close to 60 students who want to be writing center tutors. It's the busiest, most exciting time of my year. As I said to a group of students on Tuesday: if you need anything from me this month, no you don't.01 Oct 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsx5bwdw22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwqqwwaics2eAcademic publishing etiquette question: A while ago, I got an R&R with spectacularly unhelpful reviews and little editorial guidance. I eventually cut the article in half and published the first half elsewhere. Now the original journal has a CFP that is perfect for the unpublished back half. Do I:30 Sep 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqqwwaics2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwqi24lki22pEarly in my current job, I joked to a colleague and an admin that I was too lenient and pro-student to be on the Student Conduct Board (or whatever we call it). The admin replied, “You only say that because you don’t know how horrid some of the things they do are.” I think about that a lot.30 Sep 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqi24lki22phttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwp6wxlfkk2mThe stranglehold Julia Stiles still has over me should be studied. I would watch her reading the phone book #DWTS30 Sep 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp6wxlfkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwp25bm6ps2iReposting this bc that dumbass nyt column has made its way to Facebook [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp25bm6ps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwp22cxplk2i I think we need to consider that the Ivy League has been a net negative for society30 Sep 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp22cxplk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwoy6fqs3s2xLowkey would rather someone just steal my work accounts and data than have to do two-factor authorization [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoy6fqs3s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwnxcxo2cc2yNew rule: No one is allowed to talk about writing and its relationship to thought until they’ve read Dennis Baron’s A Better Pencil, which traces the relationship between writing and technology.29 Sep 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnxcxo2cc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwh44anxns26 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh44anxns26https://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwgsvtiwz227Did we not already learn our lesson about giving Cinnamon Toast Crunch human features??? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgsvtiwz227https://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwgqln5uwk24We all need to get less comfortable with projecting our own lives onto other people. (Also maybe cameras at ballpark can stop focusing on the crowd?) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgqln5uwk24https://bsky.app/profile/joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social/post/3mwdne3vzec2greminder to not ask people who aren't educators about what kids should or should not know ("I don't know my own address" is pathetic. I bet his secretary and assistant and lawyer do, though...) [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:kqh57ttfdpl4ayxesffaajtr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdne3vzec2g