Bill Harder, PhD

@wlharder.bsky.social

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Director of #FacultyDev & Teaching Excellence & Political Science Prof. at Goucher College | critical & inclusive pedagogies | presidential/executive politics #highered #Faculty #EduSky #woodworking #cats | he/him

A screenshot of a retweet from the author which reads “my initial gut reaction was that Foucault should be played by @VinDiesel, but then I realized that Dominic Toretto would never advocate being critical of the innate and hidden political power of institutions like… FAMILY.” The original tweet the author is referencing says “Foucault and Chomsky debate movie needs to happen” with a photograph showing Henry Cavill cast as a hound Chomsky and Diesel cast as a young Foucault.
A full house of Goucher faculty and staff engaged in a discussion of first gen college students
A stack of 4 worn books in front of some plants on an office windowsill. The books are: "The Woodworker's Bible", "Manual of Traditional Wood Carving", "The Complete Woodworker", and "The Encyclopedia of Woodworking Techniques"
The Goucher Symposium: A Celebration of Learning & Scholarship
A property map showing four buildings each labeled with a number 1 through 4. The legend reveals that the building labeled "1" is in fact "Building 4", "2" is "Building 3", "3" is "Building 1", and you guessed it "4" is "Building 2"
A poster advertising the event "Wait, Can He Do This? A Teach-in on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Constitutional Crisis" featuring Ron Elving and Chris Edelson.
A wooden end table made completely with hand tools. It has a Purple Heart base with bridal and half lap joints and an ash top with a bow tie inlay. All in all, it looks pretty nice.
The iconic Allen Iverson “we talking about practice?” meme which now reads “we talking about praxis?”
A screenshot that reads: "Life under autocracy can be terrifying, as it already is in the United States for immigrants and trans people. But those of us with experience can tell you that most of the time, for most people, it’s not frightening. It is stultifying. It’s boring. It feels like trying to see and breathe under water — because you are submerged in bad ideas, being discussed badly, being reflected in bad journalism and, eventually, in bad literature and bad movies."
A copy of Moustafa Bayoumi’s award winning book “How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America.” In the background you can see a snow covered college campus.
A witty meme about using sources in academic writing using the problematic Drake.
A screenshot of a Ring neighborhood alert which reads “Someone just stole the printer that was sitting next to my trash can.”
Two people on a stage. One of them is blocked by a podium the other is Nikole Hannah-Jones. The backdrop reads “AAC&U
An image that reads "AAC&U annual meeting. I'm Presenting. January 22-24, 2025 > Washington, DC. Reaffirming Higher Education's Public Purpose
A photo of the Liz Norell’s book “The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching” on a wooden table with a pad of paper, pen, laptop, and mug. All-in-all it looks like a pretty cozy afternoon.
A photo of President Trump from the front page of the White House website.
A room full of people sitting at round tables looking at a person speaking and a screen with a powerpoint presentation on it.
An app showing three plugs called “Plug 1 aka Posdnuos” “Plug 2 aka Trugoy” “Plug 3 aka Maseo”
The author (40ish white man in glasses with a beard) in the background, and the most beautiful black cat you have ever seen in the foreground. The cat wears an "Elizabethan collar" which makes her look dignified in a way I have never seen a cat look before.