Karlyn J. Gorski, PhD
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AIP @UChicago @HarrisPolicy | PhD from @UChicagoSoc | Cyclist 🚴♀️ | Ethnographer | Youth, schools, education | Transportation policy | She/her 🏳️🌈 ✶✶✶✶
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🍭🎉🍫New pub alert🍫🎉🍭
It's about snacks!
What happens when adults prohibit a routine youth activity? It continues but is pushed underground, marking some participants w/ stigmatized labels, leading them to challenge the legitimacy of the institution.
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@jacasiegel
As a college senior, a HS debater approached me w/: "How much does a panda bear weigh?"
I replied: "I think the answer is 'just enough to break the ice,' but the line is 'polar bear.' Anyway, I'm too old for you, so now we can both be appropriately mortified."
He walked away☠️😂
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For years, I told myself that when I finished grad school and got a job, I'd get a new car.
Anyway, here's my new bike 🥰
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I wish more profs explained why they assign texts
"Next week we'll be reading x to understand where many arguments about y stem from"
"This text is really great for helping us think about ~this~ issue, but not ~that~ one"
(or is it just UChicago that doesn't do this explicitly?)
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If you care about children’s safety you need to care about three things: roads, guns, and vaccines.
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Cannot believe I woke up to a conditional accept today??? For this very worn out grad student, it's a Thanksgiving miracle 😍🥺
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Adding this to the end of my course evals was an excellent choice 🥹🥲 I’m not crying you’re crying!
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Hi! Feel free to use exclamation points in your emails to me. A well-placed emoji can be helpful at times, too. I don’t care what your email address is. I probably won’t look at it (I might giggle if it’s funny). I don’t need a special greeting. We’re all people.
Take care!
-Dr G
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Every ghost bike is a policy failure.
Gerardo deserved better.
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Didn't even have to buy new gear to hop on the "thrilled to announce" train...
I'll be an Assistant Instructional Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy in the fall! Publ Pol was my undergrad major, and making it my home is an absolute dream come true. I'm overjoyed! ✨
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SNACKS!!!!!🎉🍬🍿🥤🎉
This paper is my baby: it's my first publication from my dissertation research, and it's about one of my favorite things. It arose out of a surprise during fieldwork and grew into a first draft during lockdown. Can't wait to share soon (DM if you want now!)
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@DiamondDiancie1
@MrBarryLewis
Jeez I hate reading reviews where the person didn't even follow the recipe
😉
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Feeling like I've done years of research for nothing. I have no idea what my dissertation is about. Can't apply to fellowships bc I can't make a case for why it matters.
Very grateful for qual folks' honesty in methodological appendicies bc at least I know I'm not alone in this.
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After a very fun weekend of celebrations with loved ones, I'm super excited to share that I'm officially Dr. Gorski!
I successfully defended my dissertation on Thursday morning, and since then have enjoyed bike rides, beach time, and lots of champagne 🥂🍾🎓
#PhinisheD
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I encountered 22 complete obstructions of bike lanes on my way to/from/between a gathering in Adé's memory and the installation of his ghost bike (as well as countless partial obstructions).
Twenty. Two.
Every one felt like a slap in the face.
People are showing up for Adé. Please stop by if you can.
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"I need to get this off my plate"
🤝
Academics Toddlers
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@Ken_R_Hanson
I'm so sorry about this. It might be worth a note to the editor that this reviewer is not qualified to evaluate ethnographic research. You deserve fair reviews.
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207 miles, 2 days, 1 very very happy professor 😊🍂🚴♀️
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I sent my dissertation to my committee today, and now I'm celebrating. Not sure it feels real yet!
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Just got a conditional acceptance for a paper I first submitted a year ago yesterday 😭🙏 SO happy for this news!!! 💃
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This is an example of what I call "adaptive cultural capital." Institutions don't just demand that low-income students have the same (dominant) cultural capital as rich kids - they demand more.
Bourdieu made this point in passing but he didn't name it so I did 🙃
Low-income students having to excel in order to get financial aid while rich kids can just bulshit their way through school is a good example of why meritocracy isn't real.
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As of today, I'm officially car-free! I used a car the past few years to get to my field site for research, but since then it's mostly been sitting in my parking lot. I have plenty of bikes & great transit access! Buh-bye to gas, oil changes, insurance, and all the rest! 👋🚙
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@slucy
Her inaugural spin included a solid haul from the wine shop on my back 🥂
Y'all, I *highly* recommend living near a perfect wine shop that happens to be across the street from your local bike shop. Errands can be fun!
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I am a completely normal amount of excited to have dinner on my deck with three (3) friends 😅
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I am so, so grateful to have an advisor who deeply believes in my scholarship. Every time we talk, I leave feeling more confident about the importance of my work. I wish everyone had the benefit of support like this bc it really shapes how I view myself & what I can accomplish.
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Had an absolutely horrible time in bike lanes today on Halsted, Clark, and Montrose. Cried when I finally made it to my destination. This picture was the "best" of the dangerous/scary/shitty things I encountered. We have to do better.
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This is a friend of a friend and I'm a mess. How do we keep doing this? How are we having another round of conversations about ghost bikes and memorials? When is it enough?
[ BICYCLIST KILLED ] Even if you don't bike, people you know do. Please drive like your own loved ones bikes on these streets. Samuel Bell, 44 died today on the way to the hospital after being hit by a driver.
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Having to pay for an Uber after waiting around for a ghost train makes me indescribably angry 😡 Dorval Carter should personally reimburse every one of us
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Being an educator is very hard right now. It has been very hard for the past few years. It will keep being hard, but I'm overjoyed that I get to keep doing it.
Today I received the Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and I'm overwhelmingly grateful.
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7,000 miles this year! 🚴♀️ Ready for more in 2024!
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I had an absolutely unhinged interaction with a driver this morning that I’m still fuming about.
TL;DR: driver intentionally spend towards me in a crosswalk bc he saw me look at my phone and wanted to punish me for it.
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First day of teaching attire & attitude:
2018: slacks/blouse, nervous
2019: jeans/hoodie, calm cool & collected
2020: pajamas, chaos
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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Menswear guy x Bourdieu let’s gooooo
As French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu noted in his book Distinctions, the notion of "good taste" is often just the taste of the ruling class. When we look back at the 20th century, men who exhibited "good taste" also wore shirt monograms on their lower left ribs.
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"Bike lanes"?
"Sidewalks"?
You mean "bonus parking spaces," right?
At least
@ChicagoDOT
makes is crystal clear how much they do not value our lives.
#bikechi
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@bikelaneuprise
@JamesCappleman
@chi_streets
@streetsblogchi
@BlockClubCHI
@dstru312
@nbcchicago
@WGNNews
@Suntimes
I wonder if it would have mattered to alder Cappleman if Lily Grace had been able to make a complaint about bike safety on Leland. Unfortunately, she's not here anymore, so we'll never be able to find out.
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Honestly I’m proud of a lot of things from 2022, but I’ll always remember it as the year I became Dr. Gorski! I tear up a little everytime I hear my grandfather call me that 🥲
May 2023 bring more fun miles on bikes and more fun times in my classes! 🤞🏻🍾🎉
I truly do want to know - what y’all are proud of in
#2022
?
What stuff you loved, or what stuff meant something real to you, something you did or experienced? Big and small joys?
Please brag.
#HappyNewYear2023
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I really want my students to actually *care* about the stuff they do for their assignments in my class, and today in office hours two of them excitedly mentioned talking to their moms about their essay topics and I'm so happy 🥲🥲🥲
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Today I'm teaching my students how to write introductions and abstracts, using resources & examples from
@JessicaCalarco
,
@jerolmack
,
@CaseyStockstill
,
@jeffguhin
, and (I think twitterless) Anthony Johnson.
Exemplars like yours make our writing stronger! ✍️📑
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I'm a confident and capable cyclist. I shouldn't have to be, but if even a rider like me can't comfortably get from point A to point B, something is seriously wrong.
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Bus to Midway: only 15-20 minutes longer than Uber*, saved $40+
When the CTA works, she's magic ✨
*this isn't accounting waiting for a car so honestly maybe net neutral on time
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I had professional headshots taken in December and they turned out HORRIBLY so here's a selfie from that day instead 😂
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Places I rode bikes in 2023! Routes I rode in 2023! Bikes are fun, data is cool.
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This whole thing makes me so angry I can't even explain it. All I can say is that I already teach about the failed "raised crosswalks" on the Midway in one of my classes, and in the fall I'll be taking field trips with another class to see how dangerous our community is. Absurd.
This week is Pedestrian Safety Week at
@UChicago
. As part of our commitment to keep everyone safe when they're walking or driving on campus, we've temporarily put up these flags for you to hold while crossing the street to make yourself more visible to drivers.
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2022 bike rides - all 257 of them! Thanks to twitter folks for teaching me about 🚴🏼♀️ These rides span 5 countries, including 13 US states. Can’t wait for more in 2023!
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Also, someone who acts this recklessly should not be a nurse.
@UChicagoHospMed
maybe teach your staff not to go out of their way to threaten pedestrians?
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@pronounced_ing
As a former debater, I've done research & learned that it helps young people believe their voice matters; that's a great thing for "our public discourse." Debate can't teach every communication skill, but neither can poetry or creative writing. We learn pieces & put them together
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Do I even have to make slides for the rest of the talk? Tempted to leave it at this 🌶️
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Today I start teaching a class I took 10 years ago -- the first class in which I did a project about education! Very excited to be teaching Policy Implementation, and still kind of gobsmacked that this is real life. Full circle and the fullest heart 💕
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Want your house to smell great? Make soup.
Need a humidifier? Make soup.
Apartment's chilly? Make soup.
Don't know what to do for dinner? Make soup.
How to use up those odds and ends in the fridge? Make soup.
What I'm saying is, make some soup. It'll help. 🍜
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GUYSSSSSS my best friend got me the
@bikelaneuprise
jacket I am FLIPPING OUT I'M SO EXCITED!!! 😍
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Hey
@ChicagoDOT
, when we say we want protected bike lanes, we mean ones that we can actually *use* 🙂 Hope this helps!
#bikechicago
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This week I rode my bike across Iowa as part of
@RAGBRAI_IOWA
. I covered 500 miles (all in sandals!), and I'm very tired, and very, very proud.
Northern Iowa amazed me with its beautiful terrain and incredibly kind residents. I can't wait to go back someday!
#ragbrai
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The email I just got from my university saying "we're all in this together" is cute, but you know what I'd like even more?
- A formal offer for my upcoming teaching role (the quarter begins NEXT WEEK!)
- Recognition of my work as work
@uchicagogsu
- No UCPD
@care_not_cops
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Got an R&R today! Did a scary thing! Did a hard thing! I'm proud of me!
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Kids at my field site use hoods to help them feel safe/comfortable and to block out distractions from other students. Hoods *help* kids focus on schoolwork, but some teachers still see them as a problem and interrupt class to scold students who wear them.
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For the first week of my class on interview research in education, students are reading portions of
@AnnetteLareau
's fabulous "Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up."
What a tremendous resource! ✍️👂
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I try to make time every quarter to explain to students that the vast majority of their college instructors have no pedagogical training. If they’re not understanding things, there’s a good chance they’re struggling bc of poor instruction, not bc of any shortcoming of their own.
It means that college professors aren’t schooled in pedagogy and best teaching practice. A lot of college teacher are presenting content instead of teaching it.
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First day of class went great! I celebrated by buying a new bike 🥰
Can't wait to learn and explore with this fantastic group of students!
Tomorrow is my first day teaching my urban transportation class, with "love and rage" (
@JessieSingerNYC
) in honor of Adé Hogue. He was just trying to get somewhere. He is so deeply missed.
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My parents paid for my college. It wasn't easy for them, esp. after spending decades paying off their own student loans. I never had to go into debt for my education & was able to use my grad school stipend to buy a home. Forgive student loans so others can have this opportunity!
My parents paid for my college. I used a student loan to help buy a house in grad school, and paid it off with my faculty salary. Forgive student loans so that other people don't have an unfair, unequally shared burden.
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I'm not planning to submit to ASA because the thought of unnecessary Zoom time in the middle of summer makes me want to claw my eyeballs out. Anyone else? Should I just get over it and submit? (If so, please share motivating/encouraging thoughts!)
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I need to get better at saying no.
No I can’t answer that quick question, change our meeting time, review that book/paper, set up an office hours appt outside of my regular hours, hop on a quick Zoom, write another letter, just listen while you vent…
I want to! I just can’t 😭
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@theblondeMD
Stress Mail sits on my counter indefinitely because it's too stressful to deal with but also too stressful to throw away. Purgatory somehow seems like the correct solution.
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I did my longest single climb today (8 miles, 1600 feet) and I know it's not much to some people, but as a Midwesterner I'm very proud!
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The paper in question 👇
🍭🎉🍫New pub alert🍫🎉🍭
It's about snacks!
What happens when adults prohibit a routine youth activity? It continues but is pushed underground, marking some participants w/ stigmatized labels, leading them to challenge the legitimacy of the institution.
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I'm drafting a syllabus for a course I may never get to teach, but I really hope I can!
"Race, Ethnicity, and American Public Schools"
Texts are mostly ethnographies from the past 2 decades. Light on assignments, heavy on reading/discussion. I want to nerd out w/ students! 🤓📚
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My dissertation is actually just "teenagers are real human beings with real lives to live," but frustrangily my committee members want more words than that 🤷🏼♀️
I get how scholars work-gotta use fancy terms. Still I'm going to do a Mills on Parsons on some of the pedagogical pieces I'm seeing. It can be summed up as "don't be an a--hole to your students" or "they're real human beings with real lives to live." There you go word count -99%
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I've only been in Lisbon for ~10 hours and I'm already having a hard time picking my top 4 favorite shots that emphasize non-car transit infrastructure. To start: bus w dedicated lane, protected ped area (lots of these!), protected bike lane, streetcar.
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Tomorrow is my first day teaching my urban transportation class, with "love and rage" (
@JessieSingerNYC
) in honor of Adé Hogue. He was just trying to get somewhere. He is so deeply missed.
"If you think cyclists are being like, adversarial, that’s because they’re feeling in danger because of something you did. They’re not out looking to fight you, they’re just trying to get somewhere."
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What happens when "gender bender day" and a mass shooter drill coincide? Girls in baggy pants, oversized shirts, and baseball caps perform masculinity by stacking desks to barricade the door while talking in deep voices and showing off their "facial hair."
HS fieldwork is wild.
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Cyclists 🤝 Time travelers
"First century of the year!"
🚴♀️ 🧙♀
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&
Surprising no one, he was wrong. Anyway, this man *intentionally sped towards me in a crosswalk* to punish me for looking at my phone while crossing (what had been) a clear intersection.
Cars make people act horribly.
Fuck this.
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