Seattle-based political scientist. Professor. Habitual question asker.
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DUMANPhD, etc.
Power is everywhere.
I have a few questions.
I study power, borders, and belonging. I also build ways to investigate them: simulations that put choices under pressure, AI that asks questions back, and classrooms where theory has something to explain. Sometimes this produces a paper. Sometimes it produces a very interesting argument.
GREEN RIVER COLLEGE · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AGAIN.
A few things on my desk
WORK IN PROGRESS.
THOUGHT INCLUDED.
How does a new city become an old city?
Beersheba, selective memory, and the political work of calling something ancient.
Names are doing more than naming. 02 / Class WorkYOUR JOB IS
TO CORRECT
THE PAST.
Step inside the Ministry of Truth. Nine decisions about language, memory, fear, and evidence.
Play the 1984 experiment 03 / AI & educationWhat if the bot asked better questions?
Learning tools that make room for argument, application, and the useful discomfort of thinking.
Inside the MUSE project
My Substack / essays & notes
The Bad Subject
Essays and notes from a political scientist with too many records and insufficient respect for settled questions.
Latest essays & published workOff syllabus
THE FOOTNOTES
HAVE A SOUNDTRACK.
Records, books, food. The hobbies have formed a coalition.
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