Historian, feminist, and Mom to two grown daughters and one small dog. Also at @VWidgeon@historians.social.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Joined September 2014
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The paperback version of “Living in the Future” is now out! Use the code UCPNEW at checkout for a 30% discount. @UrbanHistoryA #twitterstorians @UtopianSJournal @utopianstudies @womnknowhistory
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The Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami invites applications for an appointment in Post-1945 U.S. history at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track) to begin August 15, 2027.
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Urgent Notice:
Important update: Today at approximately 1:30 PM Eastern time the main accounts for the No Kings coalition (@nokingscoalition) on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. The admins have lost access to the account. We are unable to login. This happened at the peak of our national day of action.
We need amplification to drive attention towards this attempt to impact our free speech and our ability to communicate with the general public. Please help!!!
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In the coming months, ICE plans to detain migrant women in tents, trailers or some other prefab structure here in Western NY.
The agency refers to the expansion of its facility as “soft sided” and “temporary”— needed bc NY ended ICE’s use of local jails.
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Breaking news: ICE may detain migrants in tents or trailers in Western NY
ICE is expanding its facility in Batavia. Plans call for a "soft sided" or "hard sided" temporary detention structure. Elsewhere, that's meant tents or trailers.
I got the docs:
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The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2027 Pauli Murray Book Prize. The prize will recognize the best book concerning Black intellectual history (broadly conceived) published between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026...
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The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS) at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, beginning August 10, 2027, in the areas of gender and sexuality studies with specific expertise in…
Thrilled to see this article coming out! In addition to exploring the power of noncooperation in the long civil rights movement it offers a sneak preview of my new book on one of those activists, Eroseanna Robinson. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Tenure-track job for a historian of modern US history at Cal State Monterey Bay (@CSUMB). Come be my neighbor across the Bay!
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Assistant Professor in the field of Feminist Environmental Studies - Department of Gender jobs.chronicle.com/job/38042…
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The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the City College Center for Worker Education (CUNY) invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Black Studies/Human Geography to start in Fall 2027.
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This is a holiday I am happy to celebrate.
Anderson’s and Watson’s Chocolates team up to celebrate National Sponge Candy Day Monday. Both businesses are celebrating their 80th anniversary in 2026 wgrz.com/article/life/food/a…
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Always nice when a box of books with your name on them arrives in the mail. From bookstore organizing to mounting a general strike, this book tells the how and why. $28 from Yale.
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Just two dudes playing catch across
US and Canadian borders. #GoBills 🦬
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Ok people from Buffalo, looking at moving to Buffalo from the UK, I want your honest feedback about best towns to live in. We are looking at the south towns, Hamburg is our favorite. Where do you live? Would you recommend it? Pros & Cons? Anything to look out for? Jobs? Thanks
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The #UBuffalo Asian Studies Program is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Japanese Cultural Studies, beginning spring 2027. We welcome applications from scholars working on contemporary Japanese literature, film, and culture.
Learn more & apply: ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/…
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Probably the biggest tenure track job for Modern European Intellectual History to appear in years--presumably to replace Martin Jay's old position: UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor – Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
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New: Upstate, Buffalo has been ground zero for ICE arrests in NY since Trump’s return.
- 1,100 arrests to date.
- 500+ so far this year.
The surge is driven by 2 factors: ICE has doubled its workforce, and the agency is exacting revenge on NY.
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