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Karen Costa (she/her)

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#HigherEd · Climate Action Pedagogy · faculty & student success · online learning advocate · trauma-aware teaching · ADHD/ND · adjunct · author of 99 Tips https://linktr.ee/KarenRayCosta

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Photo of the cover of “An Educator’s Guide to ADHD” by Karen Costa

Photo of the cover of “An Educator’s Guide to ADHD” by Karen Costa

Fully committed to not buying anything from the US #FuckOff51stState but I’ll make an exception for something as unique as this: An Educator’s Guide to ADHD by @karencosta.bsky.social

21.02.2026 21:16 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Lee!

12.02.2026 17:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pawn stars meme: Best I can do is AI Integrations no one asked for

Pawn stars meme: Best I can do is AI Integrations no one asked for

#OnlineLearning educators: Hey #LMS companies, can you help protect our courses from being invaded by actual robots?

LMS companies:

12.02.2026 11:51 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors, students, and leaders in higher education to re...

New podcast episode about the #ADHD book up now. I spoke about why the idea of ADHD as a deficit is an idea whose time is up.

#HigherEd
#FacDev
#AcademicSky

ctl.columbia.edu/resources-an...

30.01.2026 11:50 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
CHARLES RAFFERTY
The Problem with Early Warnings

People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres.
How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives.
Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following
the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

26.01.2026 20:52 👍 7284 🔁 2743 💬 34 📌 49
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How might colleges and universities best support students with ADHD?

Here's our full Forum conversation w/ author @karencosta.bsky.social :

youtu.be/A0zi3c2Fc7g?...

25.01.2026 15:58 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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An Educator’s Guide to ADHD with Karen Costa Karen Costa shares about her new book: An Educator’s Guide to ADHD on episode 606 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Hi friends: I spoke to Bonni Stachowiak about the #ADHD book.

teachinginhighered.com/podcast/an-e...

#HigherEd
#FacDev
#Podcast

26.01.2026 12:07 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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DHS funding bill faces new Senate hurdles after another person killed in Minneapolis Some Democrats who voted for recent funding bills said they'll vote against any DHS bill without restrictions on enforcement operations. The deadline to avert a shutdown is Friday.

YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING.

202–224-3121

Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.

24.01.2026 23:29 👍 3090 🔁 1888 💬 2 📌 53

Thank you everyone who showed up for me today. It means the world, for real! ❤️

22.01.2026 20:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

no lies detected!

22.01.2026 20:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Action is an antidote to despair.

22.01.2026 18:17 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Future Trends Forum: Karen Costa and supporting ADHD students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. How can academia best support students with ADHD? This week we welcome back Karen Costa, author of the new book _An Educator's Guide to ADHD: Designing and Teaching for Student Success_. https://www....

If you're free today at 2pm ET, stop by @edufuturist.bsky.social 's Future Trends Forum to chat about the #ADHD book.

#HigherEd #AcademicSky

georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.01.2026 12:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

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#HigherEd
#AcademicSky

21.01.2026 14:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An Educator’s Guide to ADHD with Karen Costa – OneHE

Thank you OneHE and @niyamirandabond.bsky.social for chatting with me about the new book.

You can check out our 25-minute conversation about all things #ADHD here:

onehe.org/resources/an...

21.01.2026 12:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
cover of book Research is Ceremony by Shawn Wilson

cover of book Research is Ceremony by Shawn Wilson

Cannot recommend this highly enough #HigherEd #AcademicSky

20.01.2026 18:37 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
An Educator's Guide to ADHD Available Now

An Educator's Guide to ADHD Available Now

Today is the day!

20.01.2026 16:19 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
What a year, huh? Lemon, it's January.

What a year, huh? Lemon, it's January.

15.01.2026 11:48 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Future Trends Forum: Karen Costa and supporting ADHD students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. How can academia best support students with ADHD? This week we welcome back Karen Costa, author of the new book _An Educator's Guide to ADHD: Designing and Teaching for Student Success_. https://www....

Hey Friends: I'll be on @edufuturist.bsky.social 's TV show next week, and it would mean the world to me to see some friendly faces and names there.

How can academia best support students with ADHD?

January 22, 2026
2pm ET
FREE/Online

#HigherEd
#AcademicSky

georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

14.01.2026 18:49 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
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An Educator's Guide to ADHD: Designing and Teaching for Student Success Amazon.com: An Educator's Guide to ADHD: Designing and Teaching for Student Success: 9781421453507: Costa, Karen: Books

Dear ones: If you have a copy of the #ADHD book, regardless of where you got it from, I would so appreciate you taking a minute to post a review on Amazon. Those reviews have a big impact on the success of books, for better or worse. Thank you and stay safe out there!

www.amazon.com/Educators-Gu...

14.01.2026 12:25 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

❤️

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Thank you for your support!

14.01.2026 12:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's out in the wild and shipping now from the 'Zon if you're into that sort of thing.

#ADHD
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky

14.01.2026 12:21 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The ADHD Gallery Welcome to the ADHD Gallery, a podcast about teaching, learning, and living with ADHD, hosted and curated by Karen Costa. ​ This podcast is for the ADHDers of the world. Venture through this...

All 7 episodes of Season 2 of my podcast, The ADHD Gallery, are available now: How to Write a Book When You Are ADHD.

Up on iTunes or Spotify. All episodes and transcripts are linked via my website.

#ADHD
#Neurodiversity
#Podcast

www.100faculty.com/the-adhd-gal...

12.01.2026 12:57 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Mindset Matters: 4 Metaphors to Shift Your Thinking About ADHD “An Educator’s Guide to ADHD,” invites educators to explore how they can better understand and support students with ADHD.

#ADHD #FacDev #AcademicSky #EduSky

teachmag.com/4-metaphors-...

09.01.2026 16:22 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

HI OLD FRIEND

07.01.2026 15:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An Educator's Guide to ADHD by Karen Costa Preorder Now

An Educator's Guide to ADHD by Karen Costa Preorder Now

My book comes out in just a couple of weeks, on January 20, 2026, and I'm laying a bit low on here as I prepare a little surprise for folks, especially for my fellow #ADHD #Writers. In the meantime, your continued support of me and this book is truly appreciated.

www.amazon.com/Educators-Gu...

07.01.2026 12:21 👍 44 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 1

for a big group, 100%. when I'm in a smaller group I can personally manage the chat fine as the facilitator, but in a big group, the Q & A is needed. But either way, the chat's just gotta be open. it's just gotta!

25.11.2025 16:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don't stay in sessions where the chat is closed. My time and energy are too precious. I understand a lot of well-intentioned people do this, and while they are free to close the chat, I'm also free to leave.

25.11.2025 16:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

amb teaches there there is a conversation that only the people in this room can have, and our job as facilitators is to find it. when we set the zoom chat to closed, we are doing the opposite of finding it.

25.11.2025 16:09 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0