Associate Professor @ U of South Florida ☀️| studying how we can better sustain and support teachers during grief | former English teacher and current teacher educator | mandiebdunn.com| she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3mplrtbqmr227I know academics get it, but sometimes I just miss "home." I don't even know where it is anymore. What weird jobs we have, that force us away from our communities and families.01 Jul 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplrtbqmr227https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3mhvd7tucbk24We so rarely see literary scholarship that brings in scholars of education, including Applebee and Rosenblatt, as this piece does. This article is really interesting to me--still thinking it through. There's a lot going on. Somehow, it still leads with Holden Caufield. 😜😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvd7tucbk24https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3mc6khxx2xk26I have never been great at being crafty or creating an atmosphere as a host but suddenly my son (almost 8) wants to have a birthday party (1st time he has wanted one) with a space theme and I'm obsessed with plates that look like planets and astronaut balloons.11 Jan 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6khxx2xk26https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3mbezjmyubc2dBereavement leave acknowledges someone’s loss of a baby. When only sick leave is accessible, we ignore the grief people experience. Glad to see some local change. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jan 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbezjmyubc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m7sl2yuwrs24We have to do a better job supporting teachers at work following a miscarriage. For more on the layered pressures they face, see this article in AERA Open, "The Influence of Policies and Professional Expectations on Teachers' Leave Decisions and Well-Being ..." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858425140026312 Dec 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sl2yuwrs24https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m5h6pwoqwc2pIs there an #NCTE25 app?!12 Nov 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5h6pwoqwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m5h32t4xu224This semester has been 🗑️ at work and really stressful for me personally bc I am worried about my kid. But you know what? One thing that always makes me feel good is receiving and giving updates back and forth with teachers I've interviewed. No matter what the future holds, I'm so grateful for it. 🌻12 Nov 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5h32t4xu224https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m4dujgiojc22Just starting to orient myself toward #NCTE25 and suddenly remembered how last year I got to sit about 10 feet from Ada Limon while she read poems to me. 🤓🌻29 Oct 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dujgiojc22https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m452irhuuc2rDo any of my academic friends have suggestions for resources about supporting an autistic child in the first years of school? (hyper verbal, high IQ, serious obstacles in building social relationships). When I search I get a zillion resources about identifying autism... I want to know what to do!26 Oct 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m452irhuuc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m44zc544t22wHochschild is brilliant!! It’s a shame that so many people misuse concepts from her studies, which are fantastic and framed through the lens of labor. Her concepts are about WORK. She just so happened to include women’s uncompensated work in domestic spheres. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44zc544t22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m2md6q2wd22eI set ONE work boundary after 6 years of constantly being overly nice and accommodating. And I got email screamed at by a man who I have worked closely with for 6 years, for whom I have always been covering for when he needed it. #academia07 Oct 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2md6q2wd22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3m22shjr6n22bReally important work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22shjr6n22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3lzlllryqrk2qThis too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlllryqrk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3lzj5jlbhb22dLook, I get everyone is really excited to post that they took Tylenol during pregnancy and YAY their child is completely healthy and definitely not autistic .... but some of us DO have autistic children so please stop.23 Sep 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj5jlbhb22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3lz27suf5a22dPlanning for next weeks' classes and looking back at last year's materials for one of them and ... it was when Hurricane Helene hit.17 Sep 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz27suf5a22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3lykwp7wn4k2bOne thing I share with my students, who are learning to be teachers, is that young people in schools often encounter many teachers, all with different policies and personalities across a day. It may not be that they didn't read your policy. They may be trying to navigate nuances across classes.11 Sep 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykwp7wn4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3lybqc5k6pc22I want to move back to Michigan. Just putting it out into the universe. No I am not from there. I just like it.07 Sep 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybqc5k6pc22https://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3ly7bk5e6x22wHonestly it would be great if USF could upset Florida in football bc then maybe some more ppl would figure out it’s in Tampa and a major university. The name is misleading and I would like people to have some idea of where I live and work!06 Sep 2025 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly7bk5e6x22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mandiedunn.bsky.social/post/3ly4pc5ivec2zIt is SHAMEFUL. It makes me feel so sick that we are doing this to people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:upql4za7ddyuke4s7gxusbbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4pc5ivec2z