Kate Peeples, Ph.D.

@katepeeples.bsky.social

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Current academic editor, statistical writing specialist, auntie extraordinaire, and Oxford comma enthusiast. Former teacher, special education professor, and literacy specialist. 📍NC

A completed multicolor cross stitch project, featuring a raised fist in the center, flowers, vines, and leaves all around it, and the word “resist” in all caps below it. The piece is about 10” by 10” on hand-dyed aida cloth.
Selfie of half of Kate’s face. There is a pissed-off guy with a backpack behind her.
Space Ghost is sitting at the desk of his talk show. He’s holding a blue card with his questions for the guests.
Stills from video of David Lynch. Looking at the camera, he says, “Good morning, everyone. It’s…” He then looks out of a nearby window, squinting, and says, “It’s an absolute shitshow out there, today.”
Post by Gov. Gavin Newsom says “The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence. Post timestamped 9/10/25 at 6:05 PM
Letter from the President of Illinois State University. “Dear Dr. Peeples, Congratulations! As a result of the significant contributions you have made to your discipline and to Illinois State University, your applications for tenure and for promotion to Associate Professor have been approved and will be effective August 16, 2025.”
Tweet reads: “The existence of Chicago Pope implies the existence of MLA Pope and APA Pope.”
A small viola flower with a deep purple center that fades out to white towards the edges of its petals.
Several blooms from a dahlia called “apricot lemonade,” I think. It has a neon yellow center and the petals become more pink the farther away from the center they are.
Posting as a tribute to David Lynch. It’s a photo of a view from a window, and there’s a clear sticker placed on the window that says “Directed by David Lynch,” in the font & style of the credits of the show “Twin Peaks.” Text above the photo says, “Just stick this sticker to your window and it all makes sense.” RIP David Lynch.
A black & white photo taken from above. A group of women, all appear to be white, are sitting around a dining room table in someone’s home, with papers all around them. Many of them are on their phones. According to the article, they are in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and were calling voters to encourage them to vote for Trump. The text under the photo has a pull quote from one of the women: “The women voting solely on abortion make me crazy,” Ziemba said. “I’d gladly give up my abortion rights and my daughter’s for my son not to have to go to war. We’ll have peace with Trump.”
Tan colored medium sized dog lying on a grey couch, looking at the camera. Same dog as previous photo.
A tan dog with white paws, lying on a grey couch.
A dog in the front passenger seat of a car with her head sticking out of the window. In the background it’s sunset behind a piece of flat grassy land.
This Twitter post from someone named “Bernard Joy,” which is incredible by itself, but his post has 2 side-by-side photos from an Olympics shooting event. The one on the left is captioned “A Faulkner sentence,” and shows a competitor wearing lots of tactical gear and using a sight on the gun. The photo on the right is captioned “a Hemingway sentence,” and shows another competitor from Türkiye wearing a simple t-shirt (also says “Türkiye”) and warm up pants, with one hand in his pocket while he aims the gun without any extra gear or, indeed, without any great concern.
Miley (a tan/white German shepherd mix) in repose on our couch. Her GSD-style ears are one of her cutest features.
Screenshot from live blog by NY Times reporters during Biden’s interview on July 5, 2024. This post is by Shane Goldmacher: “How will Biden feel if Trump wins? Biden indicated that ‘as long as I gave it my all,’ he would be OK. ‘That’s what this is about,’ Biden said.” A photo of Trump giving a speech wearing a MAGA hat is beneath Goldmacher’s post.
Screenshot from Wikipedia page on nuptial flights, text follows: Within a few days after they have emerged (enclosed) from the pupa case, males are “quickly converted into single-purpose sexual missiles.” Young queens and males stay in their parent colony until conditions are right for the nuptial flight. The flight requires clear weather since rain is disruptive for flying insects.
Selfie. White woman with gray/dark brown hair (texture undefined, some combination of wavy-curly-unruly), glasses with clear frames, wearing a black top.
Screenshot of a tweet by a person I do not know whose screen name is Anne Thériault. Their profile image is of a white woman with brown hair and sunglasses. Their tweet says, “Launching your poetry-themed album about your libertine fuckboy ex on the 200th death anniversary of noted libertine fuckboy poet Lord Byron is pretty good marketing, not gonna lie.”
Excerpt from Byron’s poem “Don Juan”: “Well well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails; The king commands us, and the doctor quacks us, The priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust — perhaps a name.”
Excerpt from Byron’s poem “Child Harold’s Pilgrimage.” “Dull is the eye that will not weep to see Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed By British hands, which it had best behoved To guard those relics ne’er to be restored— Cursed be the hour when from their isle they roved, And once again thy hapless bosom gored, And snatched thy shrinking gods to Northern climes abhorred!”
Selfie, in which I’m wearing dark round eyeglasses, a black top and black blazer and holding a stuffed toy shaped and colored like a human brain. The brain, of course, has little beady eyes attached to it. I’m standing in my office, with lots of memorabilia and photos on the wall behind me.
A dill plant, bright green with tiny yellow flower buds.
Logos: Council for Exceptional Children, Innovations in Special Education Technology. QR Code links to application. Text: 2024-2025 ISET Doctoral Student Fellowship. Are you interested in assistive technology, accessibility, equity, AI, or other topics in educational technology? Conducting research in educational technology and students with disabilities? Searching for additional networking opportunities? Looking for ways to get more involved with CEC? Then check out the ISET Doctoral Student Fellowship! Applications are now open for current doctoral students in special education!
Black & white still photo from the Beatles’ first movie, “A Hard Day’s Night.” In the photo, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and the actor Wilfred Brimley (playing Paul’s fictional grandfather) are sitting together in a rail car.
Screenshot of a Tweet by the account “Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens.” Text says “Happy Superb Owl Day to you all!” There is an image of an ancient coin stamped with the image of an owl.
Screenshot, via Internet Archive, of an MS DOS player interface for the game “Sid Meier’s Civilization II,” circa 1996.
An empty Christmas stocking, at least 30 years old, with an American flag pattern, hanging on a white fireplace mantle.
Screenshot of a tweet from Fox College Hoops, showing a very early predicted NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket.
Still of Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in the show “Slow Horses.” Closed captioning text on screen: “Jesus Christ; you lot are about as much use as a paper condom.”
Screenshot of The NY Times spelling bee daily game, with the word Michigan spelled out (as a proper noun, it doesn’t count).
Selfie standing outside, making a squinty/smile face, wearing a black puffy winter coat and bright orange knit beanie with UVA logo.
Former congressman George Santos, surrounded by reporters with mics and cameras. He appears to be angrily yelling.