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#Politics: Academics Jump to Twitter to Talk About the Conventions

By  Xarissa Holdaway
September 6, 2012

As the number of professors using social media multiplies, the ease with which we can get a real-time view of the opinions of today’s thinkers is increasing exponentially. Especially now, as professors report from the convention floors and their couches with an off-the-cuff mix of aggregation, commentary, news, and personal anecdote. These are the people @Chronicle will be following tonight during President Obama’s address:

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As the number of professors using social media multiplies, the ease with which we can get a real-time view of the opinions of today’s thinkers is increasing exponentially. Especially now, as professors report from the convention floors and their couches with an off-the-cuff mix of aggregation, commentary, news, and personal anecdote. These are the people @Chronicle will be following tonight during President Obama’s address:

Siva Vaidhanayathan, University of Virginia:

Somewhere on a yacht, Mitt Romney sat watching Bill Clinton’s speech and said quietly to himself: “Oh, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhasta.”

— Siva Vaidhyanathan (@sivavaid) September 6, 2012

Bear Braumoeller, Ohio State University:


If by “candy” you mean “methamphetamines” RT @nytjim: Clint Eastwood = Twitter candy. — Bear Braumoeller (@Prof_BearB) August 31, 2012

Melissa Harris-Perry, Tulane University:


I’ve been collecting buttons at #DNC2012. These are two of my favorites. twitter.com/MHarrisPerry/s… — Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) September 5, 2012

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Robert Reich, University of California at Berkeley:


BC’s best line, from Ronald Reagan: “There they go again.” But aimed at Rs who want to cut taxes for rich,hurt poor, and explode deficit. — Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 6, 2012

Stephen M. Caliendo, North Central College:

There goes the under 40 vote. #loveourlgbtfrindsandfsmily

— Stephen M. Caliendo (@SMCaliendo) August 31, 2012

Claire Potter, The New School:

Castro: can’t be pro business unless u r pro education @barackobama @thedemocrats

— Claire Potter (@TenuredRadical) September 5, 2012

Shirley Samuels, Cornell University:

There’s an intricate dance about women and the economy that #DNC2012 has choreographed. — Shirley Samuels (@SRSamuels) September 5, 2012

Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University:

Warren doesn’t at all appear to be the radical socialist that she’s been portrayed as. I was hoping she’d be all #ows at the #DNC

— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) September 6, 2012

Duke University and Hofstra University
Some universities have also created formal streams for staff and students. Well, as formal as a hashtag can get:

Is Romney’s strategy, to ask if people are better off, the best strategy he could use? wapo.st/OSX1Du #hupolitics #hofstra #romney

— Hofstra Poli Comm (@CommInPolitics) September 4, 2012

Clinton’s great skill: makes the complex simple but not simplistic,lessons for academic world as well as politics, #DukeChat — Bruce W Jentleson (@BWJ777) September 6, 2012

The outworking of the story of the model minority in the RNC this week is worth thinking abt. #DukeChat — J. Kameron Carter (@jkameroncarter) August 31, 2012

As a libertarian, I was hoping to hear a lot on economic policy from Romney tonight, but expected social. Intead, we get history. #DukeChat

— Chloe Rockow (@carockow) August 31, 2012

Will any other academics be tweeting for the president’s address tonight? Leave your following suggestions in the comments.

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