Ben Railton
Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. Married. We the People: http://tinyurl.com/yyhxjktb; Of Thee I Sing: http://tinyurl.com/y6hsozjx. #ScholarSunday guru. https://linktr.ee/americanstudier he/him
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#ScholarSunday Regulars
I feature tons of folks in each of my #ScholarSunday threads (https://americanstudier.substack.com/) but here are some of those who make particularly consistent appearances!
Even More Public American Studiers
So many folks doing the work!
Public American Studiers, Part Deux
More folks putting in the work. 100 this time, so suggest more (including you), please!
Public American Studiers
AmericanStudying in 2024 ain't for the faint of heart. Here's some lion-hearted folks.
@franklinhistorian.bsky.social
MA in History. Submarines and Horses. The First World War, American War of Independence, and local history of Franklin, Connecticut. https://www.franklincthistorian.org
@erinkb.bsky.social
Social researcher and consultant. Writes about equity, pop culture, and storytelling. Protect trans kids. Tax billionaires out of existence Dog valet Canadian settler colonist in Aotearoa/ tauiwi Te reo Māori ākonga Chaotic Good Whakatū She/her/ia
@malszy.bsky.social
Historian. Educator. Organizer. Writes about police violence, community resilience, and limits of reform. Co-founder Upstate NY Policing Research Consortium (UNY-PRC). Co-Editor, @cliocontemporary.bsky.social. Knitter. Jewelry maker. Pro wrestling fan.
@forthepoor.bsky.social
I am professor of history and author of the forthcoming book Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
@wgthomas3.bsky.social
Historian of the early U.S. | Dean of the College of Letters and Science and Professor of History, Montana State University
@amandagorman.bsky.social
Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment. https://amandagormanbooks.com/
@lilacpoet.bsky.social
Writer, singer, teacher, and mom to my special needs daughter. https://www.ndsccenter.org/ (National Down Syndrome Congress) 💙💛💙💛 https://littlelobbyists.org/ 🦽 #makeamericakindagain https://5calls.org/ https://www.eqfl.org/ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #blackhistorymonth
@buddhasinthewest.bsky.social
Buddhist material culture in media for Western audiences, including prints, photos, ephemera, &c. Digital public scholarship project curated by Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD (@peterromaskiewicz.bsky.social) 🗺 buddhasinthewest.com 🌟 New Posts: Mon, Wed, & Fri
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social
H-Net - Executive Director DH@MSU - Core Faculty LGBTQ+ Father and Ally I stand with the oppressed worldwide Chicago Cubs | Liverpool FC fan Political/religious/personal views shared/reposted are my own.
@cydneygrannan.bsky.social
Studying journalism, political communication, and media technologies. www.cydneygrannan.com
@verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social
Political theorist at the University of Illinois, review editor for Political Theory, author of Genealogies of Terrorism, writing about terrorism and white supremacy. Views my own etc. 📷 Andrew Smith
@sarahemarsh.bsky.social
Literary historian of slavery and antislavery in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Associate Professor of English at Seton Hill University.
@stossel.bsky.social
National Editor, The Atlantic. Author of My Age of Anxiety and Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. Bostonian in DC.
@labendz.bsky.social
Won the 2011 Prague mustache contest Jewish, Czech and Cold-War history Thinking about belonging, diaspora, antisemitism and cemeteries Views should not be attributed to employer/CHGS Books: https://tinyurl.com/yc77by39 & https://tinyurl.com/2xutcwkt
@franziskakuschel.bsky.social
Historikerin. Arbeitet @Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung, Berlin. Hier privat.
@fergallenehan.bsky.social
Apl. Prof. Dr. Uni Jena. Books on The European Idea and German images of Ireland. Co-ed Reclaiming the European Street by MDH. Contributor https://thecurrency.news Member @redico.eu www.redico.eu Join the research hub: hub.redico.eu
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@alichter.bsky.social
Associate Dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. Co-founder and writer, Matriarchy Report.
@mattlampitt.bsky.social
Postdoc @mappingthemarch.bsky.social (blog.mowlit.ac.uk) | Medieval literary cultures | Britain, France, Occitania | borders, networks, fairylands, mud (he/him)
@adambecker.bsky.social
Author, journalist, astrophysicist. He/him. @FreelanceAstro on the bird site. New book out now: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about horrifying and implausible futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in NPR, NYT, BBC, SciAm, Quanta, and more.
@oieahc.bsky.social
We support the scholars and scholarship of early America, broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World between roughly the 1480s and 1820. We publish the William and Mary Quarterly and a series of award-winning books as well as sponsor conferences & more.
@tulogancenter.bsky.social
Community-based investigative reporting at Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communications. linktr.ee/tulogancenter
@aacu.org
Advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. aacu.org
@astille.bsky.social
Columbia Journalism Professor, writes a lot on Italy. Author of The Sullivanians and other books
@yarimarita.bsky.social
Political Anthropologist, Princeton University Professor Contributing Writer for NYT Opinions.
@saffroneast.bsky.social
Historian of identities, education and social movements in modern Britain esp interested in antiracism and pedagogy. Trying to survive in the age of losers. Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge.
@outlawvern.bsky.social
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a critic who does not exist. Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern
@celestepewter.bsky.social
Former Dem staffer. UCI, King's College London, Johns Hopkins. | INFINITE SKY (Bloomsbury 2026) | THE GREAT PUMPKIN PANCAKE PARTY (Henry Holt 2027) | Bylines in CNN, Teen Vogue, etc. | AAJA/SCBWI | Rep: Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency.
@doughallphd.bsky.social
Leveraging public data to build an equitable & inclusive economy that benefits everyone. Currently at Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. Alum of EARN/Economic Policy Institute, Connecticut Voices for Children and others.
@csittenfeld.bsky.social
Prep, American Wife, Eligible, Romantic Comedy, etc. Show Don't Tell: Stories out 2/25/25
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
@philfeller.bsky.social
IT professional and scholar of 19th century American political culture. Currently working on a microhistory of the 1855 Know Nothing triumph, part of a project exploring the continuation of antebellum republican thought into the Progressive Era.
@margarethuang.bsky.social
President & CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center / SPLC Action Fund. Human Rights advocate. Opinions are my own.
@themisterlibrary.bsky.social
'25 SLJ Librarian of the Year 🎉 '24 LJ Mover & Shaker 🎉 '23 Nat’l Media Literacy Teacher 🎉 '22 KY Librarian of the Year 🎉 Second City Alum 🎉 Co-Owner of nimcoinc.com 🎉 Book out Oct '25 linktr.ee/misterlibrary #Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
@ekj.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, English/TechComm/DH/Texts & Technology at UCF. Recovering middle school teacher. https://ekjphd.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-k-johnson-497a7439 https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/zc77ss95p
@redico.eu
ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond. Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
@mikemiley.bsky.social
Books: DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE (2025) | TRUTH & CONSEQUENCES: GAME SHOWS IN FICTION & FILM (2019), CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE ERICKSON (2021) www.mikemiley.com
@rejinl.bsky.social
Visual artist and well known #EricAdams hater. Header image is an installation of cast paper sculptures of my late father's tools. https://rejinleys.com/
@benchansfield.bsky.social
preorder BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (W.W. Norton, August 19) asst prof of history at temple // they/them https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093510
@jeanguerre.bsky.social
Contributing Opinion Writer a the New York Times. Author of "Hatemonger" and "Crux." https://www.jeanguerrero.com
@davidklion.bsky.social
Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
@danigaravelli.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Books, music, sunsets, hills.
@johnfabianwitt.bsky.social
Duffy Prof @YaleLawSch, legal history. Germantown born and bred. Fisherman, orchardist, baseball. Profile photo sitdowners park in Flint. The Radical Fund is out from Simon & Schuster 10/14.
@amerikahaus.de
We offer events & services which strive to promote transatlantic ties & cultural understanding. #USA #Canada #LatinAmerica 🌎www.amerikahaus.de 📍Munich, Germany