Kristina Wenzel Egan

Associate Professor of Communication @EckerdCollege
Exploring families in transition, caregiving relationships, and end-of-life care.

[Dr. Alexis E. Ramsey-Tobienne @alexisrtobienne]

If you are a Black student working on grants or applications letters, DM me. I am an associate professor of rhetoric who teaches both these writing forms and will happy provide feedback and help with revision strategies.

[Community Change @communitychange]

"Minnesota nice" can be as noxious as the tear gas that has stung my eyes and burned my skin over the last few days." Mike Griffin, Senior Organizer at Community Change on why we need REAL investments in black neighborhoods not more policing. @votegriffin
https://t.co/ljPU8OqtuN

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

“Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.”#blacklivesmatter #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

“A riot is the language of the unheard and what it is that America has failed to hear.” - 1966: MLK. White America must listen to understand, & work to make changes to address the systematic racism embedded in our justice system. #GeorgeFloyd #icantbreathe https://t.co/Bn1zbDJ8ug

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

@KerriMPR I’m revisiting tiny beautiful things (for the billionth time) by @CherylStrayed — I love reading the radical empathy that she shows towards others and the self-love she encourages.

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

“overhaul the falsely redemptive storyline that has us insist that there’s a happy ending everywhere if only we look hard enough” by simply allowing the truth of grief, aka love, to be told. ⁦@refugeingrief⁩ https://t.co/qgp4ryhQ7x

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

“I crave language to account for life lived alongside the fear that persists.” — ⁦@KatecBowler⁩ https://t.co/rsWEFznjh0

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

@PetSmart I picked the brand Only Natural Pet dog food because it is your brand. My thinking was that I wouldn’t have trouble finding it because all your stores would carry it. Turns out, I have to drive past TWO petsmarts to find it in the Twin Cites. Carry your own darn brand!

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

“aging does not simply extend the latter stages of dependency... Rather it is that our health and social systems have not provided adequate opportunities for individual contributions and self-expression” @PsychToday
https://t.co/d6Km7VHnsh

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

On June 19, 1865 Union soldiers arrived at Galveston, Texas to inform remaining enslaved Africans that they were free from bondage. Today, we celebrate our ancestors’ #freedomday and commit to continue our collective fight for dignity and liberation. #Juneteenth #BlackLivesMatter

[NAACP @NAACP]

Today we celebrate Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) a holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery in the United States — African-American Independence Day. Learn more about the significance of this day at https://t.co/VuPwnWUby6. #Juneteenth

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

Health stories w/ ambiguous endings can not be understood through the Happily Ever After narratives that are dominant in our culture. We need to expand stories to allow for the messiness that are REAL to our experiences @Lynn_Harter @woub @EllingsonLaura https://t.co/AqiDXH39Ob

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

‘Living Memorials’ encourage tributes and storytelling https://t.co/cnqUIe4ftX via @nextavenue

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

Such an important topic, @nextavenue - many times we don't say anything at all when we don't know the right words to say, which makes those who are struggling feel extra isolated. Another place to purchase A+ cards to express #empathy is @emilymcdowell_
https://t.co/6r5hUtuzES

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

@alexisrtobienne 👏👏👏

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

It is so critical to be mindful of the ways you adjust your speech when speaking with people --- like this article notes, speaking with older adults like they are children is really bad for their health. https://t.co/v3XwsRBujh via @nextavenue

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

So thrilled for Dustin Peters who won 1st Place in the @eckerdcollege Winter Term Video Contest for this video he created in my #Longevity in Sardinia, Italy class. To quote him, "Don't ever forget the importance of close relationships." #community https://t.co/zIimGCyToO

[Kristina Wenzel Egan @KristiWenzel]

A peak into our AWE-inspiring @eckerdcollege
Winter Term class to Sardinia, Italy! We explored the critical role that community & close relationships play in our health & #longevity with our awesome guide Ivo Pirisi @tastingsardinia (video by Ivo)
https://t.co/PYsOKTB9Rj