Rachel Ramirez

Former sociology/management PhD student | Current/always visionary Midwest organizer, chihuahua mama and team builder.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@AnneB19 Thanks Anne 💕

[Environmental Law & Policy Center @ELPCenter]

We'll keep saying it over and over until the message gets through: General Iron is not a good neighbor no matter the neighborhood! #StopGeneralIron #DenyThePermits

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

My partner is an ICU doc, and with his guidance we had this hard conversation in my fam a couple of weeks ago. We made an infographic so you can, too - if you haven't already. #covid19 #COVID #VentilatorShortage Special thanks to @CESloss for lending her infographic skills.

[dubbCCM @dubbCCM]

The pandemic is forcing clinicians to make very difficult decisions for patients. By engaging in these important end of life questions, as a patient you can help your healthcare team honor your wishes. #covid19 #Covid19India #PalliCOVID #CriticalCare #VentilatorShortage

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

That's my brother! ❤️

[DrupalCon Chicago 2026 @drupalcon]

For @crasx of @BounteousDrupal living with a #disability presents different challenges that can often feel impossible. Developing software also presents challenges that can feel impossible. Join their session at #drupalcon to hear how these worlds collide https://t.co/iDgHAqbx5l

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@watkinshayes spent *a long time* with me strategizing about my career only hours before the "big day" - departmental celebration of her book release! 🙏🏽😭 Celeste it means so much to be seen by you... you are just an amazing scholar and person on so many levels.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@JoshuaBasseches I think IT could work for my data, whether the academic community wants to hear it I don't know yet!

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

Thinking of this as I work with my 2YP sociology research findings, which foreground structural oppression in social mvmts and plug into institutional theory. Tmrw I'll present to the NU Race & Society workshop and look forward to people's insights on how to do this!

[Brayden King @braydenk]

Kamal Munir criticizes institutional theory for being an "uncritical, sanitized and dangerously misleading simplification of messy, complex social phenomena involving oppression" https://t.co/IlwLuVMwN7

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@JoshuaBasseches This is critiqued in the article - that IT is weak on oppression because of *internalized and normalized discourses* and "disciplinary and careerist considerations." Basically, I hear ya but I'm gonna give it a try because it's the work I'm interested in doing.

[Brayden King @braydenk]

Kamal Munir criticizes institutional theory for being an "uncritical, sanitized and dangerously misleading simplification of messy, complex social phenomena involving oppression" https://t.co/IlwLuVMwN7

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@braydenk I hear you and I've definitely had that happen. But mostly it's the pressure of filling 40+ pages in 7 days with material that you're only marginally familiar with! It's a mad dash, semi-blind lit review. I know there are better ways to evaluate students.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

My dad's sage advice during this finals writing season (he's not an academic, he just knows me): "Don't pour your heart and soul into it, just give em what they want and be done with it!"

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@AnneB19 Thanks Anne, those are exactly the writing situations that this is good for! Good to know a seasoned writer agrees :)

[Write That PhD @WriteThatPhD]

The difference between good writing & poor writing is often the amount of time spent revising & editing. How to structure your text, use academic writing conventions & proofread your work https://t.co/atgn6x7LVa #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

Equality, equity and removing barriers.

[Pamela Oliver @PamOliver1180]

After reading yet another instance of failure to #CiteBlackWomen I pulled together a blog post I've been thinking about for a while, practical steps to citing more inclusively
https://t.co/uQx4UrVIoT

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

@nvancleve @BrownSociology I would love to hear this, too!

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

"No matter where you are from we're glad you're our neighbor."

Uptown, Chicago; #gentrification.

A liberal sentiment. Assuredly does not apply to the low-income, mostly Black residents you displaced when you bought a converted affordable unit.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

The quirky office spaces I get to see during my fieldwork.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

I mean, why put on real clothes when it's just me and my sweet, sweet computer all day.

[Rachel Ramirez @RLRamirez773]

Since becoming a grad student I've become WAY MORE comfortable with myself...

At least, I am way more comfortable walking around in public wearing basically pajamas.