Parent, high school teacher, former math professor.
Joined June 2008
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6 Apr 2023
Yay!!!!
6 Apr 2023
Tremendous news! Stay tuned!
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
This amazing figure from yesterday's #IPCC report shows the potential of different approaches to mitigate climate change
It exposes two common misconceptions about 'natural climate solutions'
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18 Mar 2023
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17 Mar 2023
I have never been a teacher, but don't worry!
I have some advice for you.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
15 Dec 2022
.@MaryHeglar: "Captain Planet was crystal clear about the power of collective actionβit taught us that no one person can save the planet alone. However, Captain Planet did draw some disappointing lines around generational responsibility." thenation.com/article/societβ¦ #ClimateAction
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15 Dec 2022
All of this!
14 Dec 2022
If we truly want to see widespread #math for human flourishing, this is one of the ways forward. #ITeachMath
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6 Dec 2022
In 1683, Philadelphia was just an idea by writer William Penn. His plans β which included systems that drove racial inequities β would go on to influence the city for centuries to come. Today we examine the infrastructure he inspired, and what it means.
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4 Dec 2022
Relatable
4 Dec 2022
Sometimes you need parametric equations to help your friends hang Christmas lights. #Igetbywithalittlehelpfrommathematica
ALT A photo of a computer screen showing a Mathematica notebook. There is a parametric 3D plot of a tapering spiral, and an NIntegrate command giving an arc length of 220 feet.
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20 Nov 2022
People who hate queer people want us to keep it private. Behind closed doors. Someplace they don't have to see it. And the doors of a gay bar are doors we keep it behind. A place we can go and be together and not bother *them* with the fact of our existence.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
15 Nov 2022
Being on search committees has confirmed for me how arbitrary success in academia is. Yes, you have to be smart and capable to make it. But you could have been just as smart and just as capable and not made it. Basically, we work our asses off to buy a lottery ticket.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
5 Nov 2022
Thank you all for sharing my call for participants!ππ½ I need some help recruiting a few more Black Caribbean-born women faculty. Again, thanks for the support!π§‘
30 Oct 2022
Check out and share this recruitment flyer. Contact @dr_yardie if you have any further questions. #CiteBlackWomen
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
5 Nov 2022
Look, President @BarackObama said it best:
βIf somebody is willing to peddle snake oil to make a buck, then heβs probably willing to sell snake oil to get elected.β
Vote for me on Tuesday, November 8 β and together, letβs send Dr. Oz back to New Jersey.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
3 Nov 2022
In this paper just published in @GenderWorkOrg, @Menzwa, @awe_dwee, and I take an intersectional approach and detail our experiences working as women of color in higher education during the pandemic. If you only have time to read one thing I have written, let it be this one. A π§΅
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2 Nov 2022
Day 258 Just b/c there are other drug war victims, doesnβt mean we shouldnβt remind the world, even if daily, of #BrittneyGrinerβs reprehensible internment. B/c there is Parkinsonβs disease doesnβt mean we stop studying cancer. We do what we can.
#RepealGlobalDrugProhibition
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
23 Oct 2022
Day 248 of #BrittneyGriner βs imprisonment. Another example of how drugs are scapegoated for larger political motives. #RepealGlobalDrugProhibition
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
23 Oct 2022
Whether it's launching a canvass in South Philly or spending time with small business owners in Chinatown, I'll always show up for Philadelphia.
Love you, Philly. 16 days woo hoo! π₯°
ALT Me standing with small business owners and community members in Chinatown.
ALT Me speaking at the canvass launch in South Philly today.
ALT The crowd at the South Philly canvass launch. Many of them are holding up Phillies Fans for Fetterman signs.
ALT Kids coloring on pieces of paper that have our campaign logo.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
6 Oct 2022
When Doug Mastriano was asked if LGBTQ couples should be allowed to marry, he said: "Absolutely not. I'm for traditional marriage."
Know that.
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Amy Ksir ππΆ retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Geneticist here. You canβt make facial profiles or accurate pigmentation predictions from DNA, and this is dangerous snake oil.
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For the seventeenth day of Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating Rosemary Guzman, a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Check out her poster at the link below
lathisms.org/calendar-2022s/β¦
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