Thrilled to announce that my first book, Health Freaks: Fad Diets, Cultural Movements, and the Quest to Relieve Chronic Illness in America is officially under contract with @UNC_Press! #twitterstorians#foodhist#histsci#histmed
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“[E]levating white English as the academic standard reifies the racial hierarchy, celebrating in white students the same practices of multilingual writing that are deemed a mark of “deficiency” in the language practices of BIPOC.”
A new podcast--or is it an audiobook? In any case, it's Bad Ideas about Writing, where I read the collection edited by @s2ceball & @drewloewe chapter-by-chapter, released weekly. Now available on your favorite podcast apps or at https://t.co/77rXPvcv05.
Excited to see two of my Honors students (and their awesome profile project) featured on the #MaristFoxTales blog! #communitybasedlearning https://t.co/nlYBYwx2uC
Excited to announce that I'll be joining the faculty at Marist College as Director of the Writing Center and Lecturer in English! #HudsonValley here we come! @marist#poughkeepsie @ Walkway Over The Hudson https://t.co/6kK6HAorzm
Because when I went to the ER, the doctor ignored my symptoms, asked my male friend if I was "anxious" or "easily upset," *diagnosed* me with a panic attack, and sent me home. I 👏 have 👏 asthma 👏. https://t.co/jdDT4CxkXP
When you don’t address human bias, that bias gets automated.
Machines are reflections of their creators, which means they are flawed, & we should be mindful of that.
It’s one good reason why diversity isn’t just “nice,” it’s a safeguard against trends like this ⬇️