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John Worsencroft

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Associate Professor of History. Director, School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech University. I research and write at the intersections of gender, war, society, and policy. USMC veteran.

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A "kid" with a mortgage

15.02.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, there will be dedicated recording space in the new building. Also, in the meantime, we have space in TVAC that would be suitable for podcasting, if you were itching to get something started sooner... [no pressure, just a thought]

21.01.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

8.5 years at Tech and I've been to zero games.

31.12.2025 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our campus visits over the past couple years are averaging about $2500 per candidateβ€” and two of our searches *failed* last year! Oh, and our department's operating/travel budget hasn't gone up since 2013, but sure, this whole conversation sounds grounded in reality.

19.12.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Louisiana Tech: Preparing you for a future of sleeping in your office!

20.11.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've lived all over the country and he is by far the ugliest billboard lawyer in the land.

25.10.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor of Sociology Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and will contin...

Attention! We are hiring in sociology/criminology. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. I'm on the search committee and will do my best to answer any questions. Thanks! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

02.10.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would join that political movement

30.09.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I, too, would like the president to give Shreveport a good National Guarding.

30.09.2025 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"they need to spend department money" lol I can't even get faculty reimbursed for conference registration half the time.

26.09.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor of Sociology Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and will contin...

ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

24.09.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Assistant Professor of Political Science Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Political Science. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and wil...

ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

24.09.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, the School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech is hiring two assistant professors (tenure-track), one in political science and one in sociology. Come work with us! Job ads to follow...

24.09.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you asked Gemini what's going on?

19.09.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shreveport is getting a Total Wine. The only news that could be better than this is a Trader Joe's

17.09.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.

05.09.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 8931 πŸ” 2035 πŸ’¬ 171 πŸ“Œ 96

Today I start my ninth year at Louisiana Tech, and my second as director. One more year and I'll get a set of steak knives!

02.09.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every history survey I teach begins with two weeks of information literacy training. In feedback at the end of the quarter, students frequently tell me that learning how to identify credible sources online was the most valuable lesson they learned in my class.

29.08.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

27.08.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 5303 πŸ” 951 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 115

I think about this ALL THE TIME!

26.08.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shreveport mentioned DRINK

15.08.2025 03:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Associate Dean for Coordinated Graduate Studies, Liberal Arts R-1670 - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

Come be my boss!

www.higheredjobs.com/executive/de...

07.08.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Karl Malone set the bar pretty high with his Little Bulldog Achievers Library Grant

05.08.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haunting

05.08.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History β€” History Respawned I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...

I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.

21.07.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 69

I've done something like this in the past. In every survey, we would spend a couple of weeks going over "the basics" including note taking. I would collect their notes each week, as an assignment.

20.07.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TYFYS

18.07.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
This is Emma Foltz. She is a hero. 
Emma is a rising senior at Louisiana Tech and camp counselor at Camp Mystic. 
When the water came rushing in, she helped save the lives of 14 girls. 
"She played an instrumental role in helping evacuate 14 of her campers to safety. Please join me in thanking Emma for all her hard work and bravery under immense pressure," said Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.

This is Emma Foltz. She is a hero. Emma is a rising senior at Louisiana Tech and camp counselor at Camp Mystic. When the water came rushing in, she helped save the lives of 14 girls. "She played an instrumental role in helping evacuate 14 of her campers to safety. Please join me in thanking Emma for all her hard work and bravery under immense pressure," said Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.

A Louisiana Tech student is a counselor at Camp Mystic and helped save campers.

06.07.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I would eat a whole vat of gelato that tastes like the bubble gum flavored amoxicillin.

01.07.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0