Jason Rhody
Senior Director of Engagement Strategy (@modernlanguage.bsky.social). #HuMetricsHSS. Former: @SSRC_mtp, @NEH_ODH, @UMD_MITH, PhD English (UMD), #altac. Opinions mine.
- Terrific news. “…the court ordered the administration to immediately take steps to restore the agency’s employees and grant funding activities.” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/13/r...
- This is a horrifying betrayal of founding principles: “Last week, as the Board held its 494th meeting, I listened to NSF staff say that DOGE had by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to grant applications which had been systematically vetted by layers of subject matter experts”
- "For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
- Read that again. Adjusted for inflation, NEH’s budget would’ve been $600m had its 1970s funding levels just remained flat. Instead it has done incredible work at 1/3 the cost. Restore it and triple its budget.
