Amber Settle (@settle_amber)

20 Nov 2024

Apparently I joined Twitter (yes, I dead name this site) 6 years ago. I plan, however, to spend a lot less time here for a while and a lot more time on BlueSky. If you'd like to join me there I'm tasettle.bsky.social #MyXAnniversary

Tim Walz

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Tim Walz

@Tim_Walz

3 Feb 2025

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

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Amber Settle

20 Nov 2024

Just one student

Yesterday was the last day of the Fall quarter at DePaul, and it was a surprisingly good quarter for me. I had two groups of highly engaged students, and for the first time in a long time I didn…

Midwest vs. The Rest

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Midwest vs. The Rest

@midwestern_ope

4 Nov 2024

Beautiful photo captured by a local Midwest photographer today at 4:55pm

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Amber Settle

23 Oct 2024

When former students come back

I primarily teaching introductory programming classes, and I have for a long time now. As a result, it’s rare for a student to have me more than twice, and I typically don’t see student…

Amber Settle

27 Sep 2024

A good use of office hours

We are currently in the middle of the fourth week in the eleven week Fall quarter here at DePaul, which is enough time for me to get a sense of how my students are going to behave this quarter. Fro…

Amber Settle

27 Aug 2024

A creature of habit

We have reached the last week of August, and this year that means it’s time to prepare for my fall quarter classes which begin next week. I’m doing all the usual things: setting up the …

Amber Settle

10 Jul 2024

Kids these days (are amazing)

I’m now three weeks into my summer, and as is typical for me in the past couple of years, that means my focus has turned entirely to research. The first couple of weeks after the spring quart…

Amber Settle

10 Jun 2024

Sad to say goodbye

Today is the first of my final exams for Spring quarter, ending the long, difficult time for those of us on the quarter system. As usual, I’m tired and burned out, perhaps more this year beca…

Amber Settle

30 Apr 2024

A coming transition

It doesn’t seem like that much time has passed, but I started working at DePaul in 1996. I was still a graduate student at the University of Chicago, and I was hired into a term position whil…

Robert Komaniecki @Komaniecki_R

Robert Komaniecki

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10 Apr 2024

With another semester ending, here's your annual reminder that teaching evaluations systemically disadvantage women. Even when controlling for grades and other factors, students (esp. males) consistently give female professors lower scores. This can have serious ramifications.🧵

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Amber Settle

29 Mar 2024

So proud

We have reached the end of spring “break” at DePaul, something I put into quotes because the entire week is packed with activities for instructors. Typically we’re trying to grade…

Amber Settle

26 Feb 2024

Be careful what you wish for

For a variety of reasons over the past couple of years my research productivity has declined. It made me a little sad, although I didn’t have a lot of time to actively correct the situation. …

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LaShaye

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LaShaye @MelaninRose89

12 Feb 2024

Me watching that Kennedy Ad #SuperBowl

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DePaul Alumni

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30 Jan 2024

🔹 Who: The entire DePaul community (that's you!) 🔹 What: Reaching 3,500 donors in 24 hours 🔹 Where: At challenge.depaul.edu 🔹 When: All day on Wednesday, Jan. 31 🔹 Why: To unlock millions of dollars in support for DePaul students!

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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

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@OKWildlifeDept

23 Jan 2024

Replying to @bettiebloodshed

*underrated supporting mushroom:

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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

@OKWildlifeDept

23 Jan 2024

hypothetically, if I was going to nominate a film about a badger, starring a badger, called "Badger," for best picture... I would also nominate the badger, right?

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Amber Settle

8 Jan 2024

Benefit of the doubt

Today is the start of the Winter quarter at DePaul, and after an extra-long break this year I have more energy than I did at the start of the Fall quarter in September. Being the start of a new cal…

Amber Settle

5 Dec 2023

No-guilt December

One of the unique things about working at DePaul is that you have the entire month of December free from teaching. I’m sure that those in the Northern Hemisphere on semesters feel very enviou…