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Art historian @tulane | Reviews Editor, The Art Bulletin @caavisual | bon vivant but perpetually frazzled | she/hers | Opinions my own.

New Orleans, LA

Joined June 2020

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Stephanie Porras

7 months

Starting in 2025: Come earn a MA in Africana Studies and Art history or an MFA in Studio Art with a concentration or MA in Africana studies with us @TulaneArt - 3 new faculty joining us too!!

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Tulane University

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Thanks to a $1 million grant from the @MellonFdn , @TulaneSLA will launch the nation’s first master’s-level interdisciplinary degree in Africana studies and art. Learn more ⤵️

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

I’m sorry this is a Monty Python sketch

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@Nicole_Cliffe A high school friend pitched a no hitter and then complained of cramps then delivered 2 8 lb babies an hour after hospital admission.

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Just submitted a monster edited volume - 47 essays by authors from 12 countries - the Routledge Companion to the Global Renaissance, ALL open access, short object-centered essays for students and teachers charged with teaching art history of the early modern

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

@LRowHeyveld The thing that got me was book royalties. Ma’am no one gets book royalties. Is this Simon schama?

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Welp I guess I’m a full professor now so I’m out of fucks to give.

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Stephanie Porras

8 months

The thing people often don’t understand is how early you have to get up Mardi Gras day AFTER you have spent 5 days eating trash and parading. Truly a test of the body and Carnival spirit

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

Ok I rag on Tulane on here all the time but we just found out we are getting vaccine and along w med and public school staff & 70 plus, I am so damn proud to report we are giving out first vaccines to custodial and food service staff

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@annehelen I just keep moving goalposts - so today’s 9 is tomorrow’s 4

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Today I got to go in the storage of the NYS museum and this sequence of photos Aaron took of me really captures when you realize a painting is a bad 19th copy….

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Twitter break officially broken to briefly squeal that I have a cover and also I may have accidentally dressed to match it.🎇🎇🎇

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

So I have 3 changes of clothes, 2 kids, no childcare and I have to change my class to online instruction in 2 weeks? And I’m not supposed to go home? HOW EXACTLY?!??

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Tulane University

3 years

⚠️ We are closing campus and cancelling classes through Sunday, September 12. Classes will resume online only beginning Monday, September 13 through Wednesday, October 6 to give the city time to repair and reinstate power and other critical services.

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Stephanie Porras

6 months

Extremely niche local tweet: I’d love a history of the Earhart expressway. Like who decided to build a mini freeway between uptown and Elmwood? Super grateful for it, it just makes no logistical sense to me.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Welp I got my first expletive-laden shouty email from a dude who is mad his book isn't being reviewed in the Art Bulletin. Apparently I am an 'associate Professor from a minor university' who doesn't understand his brilliance. 🙄🙄

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Stephanie Porras

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Love being told we may need to 'teach/work remotely' Wednesday. Good sirs, do you REALLY think we will have power/internet to do so? Just call it. You told us you built in extra days for storms. USE THEM.

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2 years

This never gets old.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Advanced copy arrived !!! Listen to the 8 year old narrate me flipping thru the pages! Thanks @PSUPress @art_word !!!

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Welp I’m officially on the market for a job in a state/country where my daughters can access healthcare.

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@IBFabulous @Nicole_Cliffe She was a tall, athletically built girl (6 feet at least) and long torso - very shy, got knocked up first time she had sex, fairly supportive parents, became a local cautionary tale

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

A student just emailed me a paper. At 1030 pm on Mardi Gras day. I’m actually a little concerned by this.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

God bless @art_word who took the *only* picture of me holding my book at my book party. Even if I look slightly insane.

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Stephanie Porras

9 months

I know it’s syllabus time so - if you have a global Renaissance class, here’s a new entirely OPEN ACCESS resource for you. I’m very proud of our 47 authors. Short (~5k) object centered essays on a wide range of objects !!

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Stephanie Porras

11 months

My neighbor just asked me to join her on the porch for cocktails and some handmade duck pies, so we can enjoy the high school band practicing. Sometimes this city gives.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

I just had to yell at a white woman in Audubon in Park whose dog is Offleash? She was like ‘oh he’s good!’ my response: well my dog isn’t. Other dogs change their behavior when there’s an unleashed dog running around. Her response: continue to walk by and not leash her dog. 🤬

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Some poor Dutch colleagues just tried to schedule a meeting for Tuesday and I had to explain that I would be drunk and costumed by 930 am. Just blew their Protestant minds.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Just spent $300 at Costco on what can only be described as ‘parade snacks’

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

For #AAH2022 #ForArtHistory2022 I am giving a keynote on Thursday evening UK time. Here's the title slide (working on the others now). Come from the comfort of your sofa!

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@blgtylr This is how you know the colonel just as much as a drama queen as Marianne

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Stephanie Porras

8 months

asked 10 year old what she wanted for dinner: 'oh I brought leftovers home!' me, puzzled: ? her (pulls a ziplock bag of spaghetti & red sauce from her backpack) 'the lunch lady gave me too much and I had a plastic bag on me.' me, and teen: 'we have approx 1000 questions here.'

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Self promotion always seems awkward, but I'm delighted to announce my forthcoming book will be supported by a publication grant by the Association of Print Scholars! Wrote the application while evacuating, see @PSUPress for the book next winter!

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

17th doodle of Dutch and Indigenous signees to a land deed.

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Stephanie Porras

8 months

The heart wants what it wants.

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@Nicole_Cliffe Best part was her (very nola) response - ‘I was in a hot tub having sushi, drinking LAST WEEK’ now has very healthy lovely 6 year old boy!

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Aaron Hyman’s new book just arrived at my office. Not only is it brilliant, it matches my manicure, BUT ALSO I am referred to as the book’s fairy godmother which tickles me immensely!

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Stephanie Porras

7 months

14 parishes. That fish breading is curried and DELICIOUS

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Dress for the energy I’m bringing to todays board meeting

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

I mean…. Is anyone @Tulane gonna say anything about what is coming for our students and the women of this state?

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Claire McCaskill

2 years

I can’t in good conscience recommend young women go to colleges in states where taking a morning after pill could make them a criminal. Pay attention ladies.

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Stephanie Porras

2 months

My birthday present to myself arrived!!🍓🍓🍓🍓

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@IBFabulous @Nicole_Cliffe I believe she went on to play softball in college! Let me do some googling! Kids have to be 20 now (😳)

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Extremely niche Nola tweet. Getting undressed to take a much needed post parading soak and when I took off my bra the entire beaded contents of a poorly strung set of glass beads scattered across my bedroom. I will be stepping on tiny beads FOR MONTHS

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

It’s come to my attention we have only a handful of applications for this job. It’s TT 2:2 load, any field Asian art history - job description is weird, but it is a real job, research $, we are nice people. We want an art historian! Please spread the word

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

I’m sorry but the caution tape people are GARBAGE.

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

@notcapnamerica My friend @myersnews had the best one liner about Nextdoor: the intersection of racism and cats.

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

4th year as chair, and I think a good rule of thumb is dress fiercely, and always bring a box of pastries to the first faculty meeting

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Stephanie Porras

8 months

The annual Friday before Mardi Gras when I have to write a bunch of a professional emails that also include some variation of the phrase: 'um yeah so NO ONE HERE IS DOING ANY WORK TIL WEDNESDAY and sorry bout that, bear with us'💜💛💚

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Stephanie Porras

5 months

If you happen to acquire this much Madagascar vanilla, what would you do with it?

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Stephanie Porras

9 months

Ringing in 2024 in a crazy print. START AS YOU MEAN TO FINISH.

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Stephanie Porras

11 months

Yet again having to scoop up my 15 lb dog, when an unleashed 90 lb dog comes running towards her, with its owner, running behind it screaming ‘ oh, she’s very nice!’ Well, my little goofball princess isn’t! Especially not when a huge animal is bearing down on her. LEASH YOUR DOG

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Stephanie Porras

4 years

@Nicole_Cliffe Ooh I have another - 40 something friend post breast cancer, had back pain, felt lethargic, gave the x ray tech a heart attack when he say 6 month along fetus in x ray

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

The thought that TU faculty are supposed to teach online in 10 days is so laughable - I can't get a hold of half of my dept, many of my colleagues don't have materials and/or power. I will never forgive TU for not even verifying we were all okay before informing us of this 'plan'

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Every single femme fatale float has out walkers. Safe, makes sure throws get to kids. Just an A plus parade.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

One thing about me is I like to power dress for meetings I know are going to be confrontational. I don’t wear suits, but I like to wear patterns that express where I’m at. Today calls for snake dress, and a strong red lip, my Latina gold hoops, and a killer heel. Wish me luck.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Found myself in a bit of a stand off

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Celebrating my birthday by accruing more sun damage.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

THIS PIE. Lemon w blueberry cream at Elsie’s in Baton Rouge

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Welp my dad is now in love with @MargaretOrr

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

What if - hear me out- we just took a nap ? (My body to me, every day at 230 pm)

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Stephanie Porras

6 months

World’s best neighbor continues to be the best. She just gifted me this coat, which with my current frazzled hair brings me one step closer to the becoming Fran Drescher/the Nanny, one of my style icons.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

How I know it’s Mardi Gras: going to bed tipsy w some glitter in my hair, something is blinking in my room and there’s approximately 30 lbs of plastic toys and stuffed animals and 86 hula hoops in my living room. 12 more days of this how?

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

🎶reunited and it feels so good 🎶 (Let’s see if this bag makes it back to JFK via CDG)

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Okay I can officially announce one part of some very big and exciting news for us (more is coming!) We @TulaneArt are hiring an Asst or Assoc. Professor of African Art History, any period, any region! 1/2

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Happy Mardi Gras from tulane art history !!

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Mardi Gras is the best

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

A bit of good news - the article below won the 2019-2020 Franklin Pease G.Y. Memorial Prize from the Colonial Latin American Review. Guess that means I’m a real Latin Americanist! Honestly delighted w this after an impossible year

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Locating Hispano-Philippine ivories

Published in Colonial Latin American Review (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2020)

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

On the plus side I will be at home eating this

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Stephanie Porras

10 months

Guys, I got a bangs adjacent haircut and I think I love it

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Stephanie Porras

3 months

I jumped off a boat into this water today.

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

This gorgeous bride is my cousin and this wedding is lit

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Guys I’m on a plane full of hipster tourists coming to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and I’m in no mood for it. How I’m not hungover is a miracle and book party was epic but now I need to get home wo murdering people intending to recreate that bad NYT piece

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

11 year old asked for ‘a selection of cheeses’ after dinner. Truly I have created monsters.

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Stephanie Porras

7 months

Honestly, I feel like 90% of my job is fighting against the institution that employees me

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Stephanie Porras

5 months

I have a new nephew and it absolutely kills me that I cannot scrunch his little face immediately

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Stephanie Porras

1 month

Driving uptown around Tulane is going to give me a rage induced aneurysm in the next couple mos: I swear to God, they are digging up streets to produce inescapable one-way nightmares. My kingdom for an actual city manager who may be looked at a map before approving all of this

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Keep telling you all that ⁦ @MosquitoSupper ⁩ happy hour cannot be beat. The bar menu has gumbo and boiled peanuts and garlic shrimp and pâté and truly the best oysters in town.

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Stephanie Porras

2 months

I love art historians

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

I’m at an airport bar next to a couple who absolutely should not be going on a trip together. One more drink and I’m pulling her aside and telling her to go to Greece by herself - plenty of good looking men in the sea, friend.

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Stephanie Porras

5 months

Over 200 of us faculty, representing a range of political views, have signed this letter to the editor, decrying the use of force against our students this week.

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Letter to the Editor | Tulane faculty letter concerning campus protest

To President Fitts and the Tulane community,We, as members of the Tulane faculty, hold a broad range of views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, we share a commitment to listening to ou

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Woke up and chose violence for brunch (an egg print short jumpsuit my mom will hate)

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Stephanie Porras

5 months

Finally getting to celebrate our edited volume, even though I am like a foot and a half shorter than Stephen!!. And I match his tablecloth!!

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

We’ve called an emergency meeting of the cocktail committee.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Painting all of this beautiful garland frieze white is a hate crime. It was green and pink and unique before. Now it’s another generic uptown mansion.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

In other recent purchases- given my flat tire history I just had to

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Today, I am officially the parent of a teenager. My question is, HOW? This was her literally yesterday

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Stephanie Porras

2 months

I am very proud to have completed my first book talk in Spanish, which isn't as good as it should be. I was raised in a gen of Chicanos who wanted to assimilate & thus didn't teach us. I often feel shame/guilt around this & I am trying my best to unlearn that and just use it more

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

I feel that the book review I’m writing is going to turn into a polemic on ‘global washing’ in art history - the reinscription of colonial power dynamics in work purporting to be ‘global’ in its scope

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8 months

Please send good vibes please and thank you

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Excuse the Extremely tired face but damn new overnight hair mask made my hair super fun this am

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Stephanie Porras

2 years

Ok so my brother and nephew caught the largest redfish in the state of LA so far this year, as well as a bunch of drum, catfish and more redfish. It is all now in my freezer. Drop your favorite recipes here please!!

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Stephanie Porras

5 months

Conferences in Italy truly bring it. There are 2 espresso machines in a tiempetto, opening to a garden full of jasmine. Perfetto!

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6 months

How long until I’m basically Cruella Deville? (Excuse the lack of lippy and absence of fur coat, but I’m definitely getting that white hair)

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8 months

Today is one of my fave parade days

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1 year

I know I am in New England bc I nearly ran over a wild turkey while I was pursuing cider donuts. No animals were harmed but…

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Went in to exchange something, spent more money, the Stephanie Porras story.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Just ran into someone on campus (printing more pages!) who said I clearly don’t do subtle 😳🤣🤣

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Went to the fried chicken festival instead of watching the game and…Honestly the best decision I’ve made in ages

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Stephanie Porras

1 year

Coming home is always a powerful reminder of how precarious this land is.

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25 days

I should cook dinner now while I have light right?

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1 month

Youngest daughter has started a class Tuesday evenings in the bywater, which means I will be forced to sample all the nearby happy hours. For science.

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

The light is insane right now

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Stephanie Porras

3 years

Behold my angelic sons! So grateful for this grant @printscholars ! Next winter @PSUPress

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APS

3 years

We are pleased to announce Stephanie Porras is the recipient of the 2021 Publication Grant from APS to support her forthcoming book, "The First Viral Images: Maerten de Vos, Antwerp Print, and the Early Modern Globe" - congratulations Stephanie!

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