Professor of education, history, & folklore. Reconciling Societal Divisions & Memories Lab. Researching how we feel about the past & how the past makes us feel
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Have been fully immersed lately in teaching some of the best summer term classes I’ve had with @MasonCEHD students
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The litmus test for knowing if you are at a cool Halloween party this year is if someone shows up as Pearl
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Why we need to talk about virtual reality in history education. 🧵1/22
No, history students will not go back in time in the metaverse.
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What a stellar year it’s been for terrifying smiles in horror cinema. Need less content about Megan and more about Pearl
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Monday night is the re-scheduled concert for Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at the Anthem in DC. Show starts at 8:00. I can’t make it, but will gladly give my ticket to someone who wants it for free. Message me if interested.
Spent the weekend in the Shenandoah Valley for a conference at JMU (beautiful campus) and did some history and folklore fieldwork in the Valley. Also took some fall/scary season selfies.
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Lots of complaints that Halloween Ends is a soap opera (derogatory), despite ignoring that what makes the Halloween universe great is that it’s always been a soap opera, perhaps a “horror opera” if that is a thing
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The chronology of a soap is measured by its head writers. As the World Turns had the Phillips Years, the Dobson Years, the Marland Years. Halloween is the same.
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