Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him)

Very proud to announce the publication of my first book, "Feeling Like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism." Buy it from @ucpress.bsky.social for 30% discount (use promo code UCPSAVE30) at: www.ucpress.edu/books/feelin... And, its open access! Download for free: webfiles.ucpress.edu/oa/978052042...

“International students, full-time faculty and part-time faculty in particular—we were all feeling very vulnerable,” said Hank Kalet, a journalism lecturer and vice president of the adjunct faculty union. “So these protections became a central focus for a lot of our members.” #academicfreedom

Incredible report from @aaup.org & @amnesty-usa.bsky.social on the vast bipartisan repression of campus speech on Palestine by administrators and the police: www.aclu.org/publications...

Maybe universities shouldn‘t be tying which departments and programs they decide to invest in based on projected job trends they have no actual clue about. Why not just invest proportionally in every field of inquiry rather than underfund some disciplines and overfund others?

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Today, the AAUP announced a slate of 12 national political endorsements for the 2026 midterm elections. These candidates will champion higher education as a public good, protect academic freedom, advance debt-free education, & protect the collective bargaining rights of workers. 1/

Want to learn a bit more about my book? The @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in Islamic Studies generously invited me to talk about my book with Shobhana Xavier. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/feeling-like...

Want to learn a bit more about my book? The @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in Islamic Studies generously invited me to talk about my book with Shobhana Xavier. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/feeling-like...

OVER 1.2M people in Texas have had their voter registrations suspended—many might not even know about it. newrepublic.com/post/214832/...

✊✈️ AFA-CWA is supporting the Starbucks Boycott!

Woot woot! Welcome CMU AAUP!

We do need to fight back against the Yeshiva decision you are likely referencing but there are other pre-contract or non-collective bargaining forms of unionism that we are doing in @aaup.org chapters throughout the country! Check out this 🧵 on this! bsky.app/profile/loca... (Esp second post in 🧵)

Join us in NOT shopping at Target! More here: www.shopsmart.aft.org

Rest in Power, Dolly Parton. Did you know the below labor union - Dolly Parton connection?

Looking forward to catching up with @proftwolf.bsky.social of the @aaup.org and @aft.org to discuss their recent actions to restore science funding, protect academic freedom, and endorse political candidates willing to push back against authoritarian attacks on higher ed. Join us tomorrow, noon CDT.

"The Republicans have been hell-bent on destroying what is the greatest higher education system in the world, bar none." trib.al/zIlS5Zl

Dolly Parton's 9to5 film was based on a grassroots organizing labor movement led by women www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The AAUP & AFT condemn the recent directive from the War Dept that publicly places 30 universities under suspicion & gives them 2 weeks to investigate years of academic activity. The directive represents another threat of funding-based coercion that undermines scientific research & innovation.

Join @aaup.org and @aft.org in Dropping ICE, shopping local & union, and skipping buying anything at Target until they take a stand against ICE!

Amen! J.O.I.N (or start!) Y.O.U.R U.N.I.O.N! Are you a campus worker? Join @aaup.org today: www.aaup.org/join And get organizing with us.

Target has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org

(1/2) 📣 Labor for Palestine and the Coalition for Action in Higher Education stand in solidarity with Imad and the Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union (PPSWU). Click here for the full PPSWU emergency appeal, our statement, and form to sign on: laboursolidarity.org/en/n/4025/pa...

I will be boycotting Starbucks in solidarity with this @sbworkersunited.org call. Pledge to boycott Starbucks too and spread the word.

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

“Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to fix it by building a system of higher education worthy of this country—affordable & accessible to every qualified student, governed once again by those who teach & learn within it.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president #academicsky

"Higher education is not a luxury...It expands opportunity. It advances scientific discovery. It educates the people who build our economy. It prepares citizens to govern themselves. And it creates knowledge that no market can produce on its own." - @proftwolf.bsky.social @aaup.org

A giant of the labor/union studies world is retiring. Don’t know her work? Spend some time reading it. You won’t approach organizing the same again. Great piece by @alexnpress.bsky.social of @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/08/bron...

"Professors didn’t choose the battlefield, but we’re no longer willing to pretend we aren’t standing on one." — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Yep, yep, yep! inthesetimes.com/article/affo... Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note. If you are a campus worker in a higher ed space, we got a union for you! Join @aaup.org and get organizing with us!

FWIW: much of the time when a group announces "plans to spend $15m" on a buzzy topic, what they actually mean is that they're going to tap into the buzzy topic to try to raise $15m that they do not currently have. this is not a plan, it's a fundraising pitch to panicking donors

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

“A lot of things in the new compact are red herrings for conservative priorities. Reform needs to happen through the channels of faculty governance...We’re disappointed in the lack of transparency in President Daniels involvement." – Ahmed Ragab, Hopkins AAUP chapter vice-president

In a new Between the Lines (@btlradionews.bsky.social) interview, former Yale professor Jason Stanley warns that yielding to Trump's demands would politicize universities—and praises AAUP Yale for standing up "to really save Yale." Listen to the full interview at: bit.ly/BTL_StanleyInterview.

Congratulations! Our members in Michigan backed Abdul El-Sayed : he wants money out of politics, he supports public schools and higher ed, and he knows that healthcare is a right. Now let's do the work and send him to the US Senate. bsky.app/profile/abdu...

Hell ya!

As @aaup.org members, we are proud to have endorsed and supported you, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Now, let’s get this done in November together!

Red States: We're cutting the humanities at our public universities to spend more money on right-wing indoctrination Blue States: We're cutting the same programs, but to spend more money on AI and the business school.

This 🧵

Democrats, unfortunately, do not care: asheeshksi.substack.com/p/why-the-de...

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social has won his primary election for Senate in Michigan. He went up against record amounts of dark money. He won anyway because he stayed locked in on what Michiganders' actually need: a government that answers to you instead of billionaires.

Fighting off an extremely well funded campaign by corporate democrats, @aaup.org-endorsed Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins in closely watched Michigan Senate primary race! It is time to get money out of politics and make higher ed free for all!

This is huge. 🔥 That this happened in Michigan makes it mean so much more—it truly represents a seismic shift in democratic politics. And very proud that my union, @aaup.org , took the extraordinarily courageous step on endorsing @abdulelsayed.bsky.social last week! bsky.app/profile/aaup...

“By embarking on a campaign of censorship, Texas A&M has abdicated its responsibility to support students’ right to learn & faculty’s right to teach. A university that censors Plato & other texts abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, & the public trust.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president 5

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Seriously, you embarrass yourself, @politico.com. A progressive challenger, who was the target of a massive, months long sustained campaign by establishment democrats & their corporate donor class, wins a primary in Michigan (not NYC!) & this isn't "the big election night" progressives wanted?!

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

“Genuine intellectual diversity requires time for reflection, institutional independence, historical depth, ethical questioning, & the freedom to pursue research unconstrained by immediate market demands. These conditions cannot flourish where knowledge itself has become increasingly commodified.”

@utaustin.bsky.social, where merit and peer review don't matter. "Academic freedom is not under duress—it’s being dismantled" Ivan Chaar Lopez on being denied tenure despite strong department and referee support www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... Academic Freedom letter to sign 👇

I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.