Midwest Studies
People doing various academic or public study of the Midwest and some of the accounts they might follow
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@andyoler.bsky.social
@midwestplanner.bsky.social
Community Development Practitioner | Urban Sociologist and Embedded Urban Planner focused on building healthy, safe, and vibrant neighborhoods. Research focus on Sociology and Psychology of the American Rust Belt. Penn State | Arizona State
@dalockhart.bsky.social
Writer. Publisher. Lenape. Moravian of the Thames First Nation. Author of North of Middle Island (Kegedonce Press, 2023) & Commonwealth (Kegedonce Press, 2025). he/him
@profbridgett.bsky.social
Writer, early retiree, former associate professor of 18th/19th US history. UIowa PhD/COGS-UE. Former dementia caregiver. Boomer by birth, Gen x by grace of god. Book project on long emancipation and Black resistance in southern Indiana, 1780-1830.
@juanmora.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History and Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Migration, Race & Ethnicity, Agricultural Workers, Food Studies, Midwest. https://linktr.ee/juanignaciomora?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@stephanieternullo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard, studying place and political identity in the U.S. Check out my book! How the Heartland Went Red https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691249704/how-the-heartland-went-red
@megbirk.bsky.social
Historian, basset hound person, national park visitor, sloth hiking team (we get there when we get there), Costco member, wine drinker, etc… Author of Fostering on the Farm, and The Fundamental Institution - UIL press. Views my own and so forth and so on
@joshkluever.bsky.social
Lecturer at Alvernia University | Studying Socialist State Legislators in the 20th-century US | Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social | Social Media Director for @midwesternhistory.bsky.social | Solidarity Forever🌹
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Middle West Press is an Iowa-based editor and publisher of non-fiction, fiction, journalism, and poetry books. Our projects are often inspired by the people, places, and history of the American Midwest. Also #veterans. Visit: http://www.middlewestpress.com
@brianleechphd.bsky.social
Historian of American West, Midwest, environmental history, mining, energy, food, animals. Currently researching the history of U.S. speed limits & mining in popular culture. https://brianleechphd.net
@austinmccoy.bsky.social
Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest and another one about De La Soul. https://austincmccoy.com/ https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
@jasonheppler.org
Historian of the #AmWest, #aghist, #envhist, capitalism, & politics | Senior Developer-Scholar @ rrchnm.org | Adj. Prof. @ GMU | Books and more: jasonheppler.org | Farmsteading in Nebraska | Views own | ⚓
@taralconley.com
media and journalism prof | frank moretti once corrected my use of ‘in lieu of’ for ‘in light of’ in a term paper | making a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾 taralconley.org
@robertdaleparker.bsky.social
Here for US &/or Modern fiction & poetry, critical theory, crime fiction. Author of How to Interpret Literature & books on US & Native American literature. Emerging writer of mystery & crime fiction. https://rparker1648.wixsite.com/robert-dale-parker
@rustbeltlab.bsky.social
Our lab works to tell the story of this region through the voices of its people. Learn more about our work at Rustbeltstudies.org
@bonniejo.bsky.social
Writer, berry picker, donkey wrassler, lover of freedom. Author of six books of fiction, including THE WATERS (2024).
@ramya.bsky.social
Historian. Dams, dredging, borderlands, rivers. Single Parent. Survivor of domestic abuse. Ready for adventure, not B.S. www.riverborders.com
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
Journalist, Heartland author, prairie defender, fifth-generation Kansas farm girl.
@rboomhower.bsky.social
Biographer. Editor. Ex-reporter. I write a lot about journalists. Writing bio of groundbreaking Black newsman Wallace Terry, author of "Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans" for @unmpress.bsky.social.
@petedulin.bsky.social
WIP-Barons, Brewers, and Bootleggers: A Social History of Beer in Missouri. Author: Expedition of Thirst, Kansas City Beer, KC Ale Trail, Last Bite. Food, drink, arts reporter, essayist. #Chiefs fan. www.petedulin.com
@aehillam.bsky.social
Pushcart-nominated writer (she/her), with poems + CNF at Passages North, Rust & Moth, ONLY POEMS, Barrelhouse, Lunch Ticket, among others. Historian & traveller, now based in Europe. Fiction is my long-game. Hoosier!
@beltmagazine.bsky.social
An independent digital magazine by and for the Rust Belt. https://beltmag.com/
@daycathy.bsky.social
The kind of Hoosier who leaves--but then I came back. Liberal Arts evangelist. Daylily enthusiast. Cool, wine aunt. Rescue-dog mom. Recovering workaholic.
@jtspartz.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Professor in a former life. MA. PhD. Performing Songwriter. Occasional place writing: https://jtspartz.medium.com. Treading lightly on occupied Dakota + Ho-Chunk lands. Upper Midwest, USA.
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com.
@jeffreyinsko.bsky.social
Editor, the Norton Library Edition of Moby-Dick (out now!). Writing about oil, infrastructure, extraction, environment, Line 5. Loves every dog.
@philipchristman.bsky.social
pretty good essayist. philipchristman.substack.com. buy my books here (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/vendors?q=Phil%20Christman&contributorID=22914)
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
@rsdeeren.bsky.social
Cat Stepdad Michigander in the South Michigan Notable Book Author ENOUGH TO LOSE from Wayne State University Press Prof. & Coordinator of Creative Writing at Austin Peay State University
@inhistoryeditor.bsky.social
Peer reviewed journal of state and Midwest history. We’re just completing our 120th year of publication.
@coryhaala.bsky.social
Historian of liberalism, populism, the Democratic Party, and the Midwest: http://coryhaala.org
@camdenburd.bsky.social
Historian. Nature person. My employer definitely does not share my views. www.camdenburd.com
@midwesternhistory.bsky.social
Official account for the Midwestern History Association, studying the history of the Heartland since 2014. Learn more and join us: https://www.midwesternhistory.com/
@andyoler.bsky.social
Parent, English prof, Hoosier. He/him. Departments Editor, New Territory, #LiteraryLandscapes. Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity & Midwestern Lit (LSU, 2019) & Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell (MSU, 2023).