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:
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:
Claire Potter, The New School:
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:
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.
