Paul E. Blom, MA

Doctoral candidate in English lit. at UNC-Chapel Hill, creative writer, copy editor, writing tutor & instructor, published scholar, researcher, & presenter

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I finally made it to Cape Town. The students for Visual Approaches to Global Health will be posting about their experiences daily on our class blog at https://t.co/C7FKHTfjBQ. Fyi: the students also started their own IG account to review local food @capetown.eats.

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First, they challenged facts, the sciences, and basic discourse.... First, they attacked the very nature of “fact,” of reality itself: https://t.co/2wMGvf34dM

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Yesterday, I watched cheetahs stalking and Springboks defeat Ireland. How was your day?

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A few recent photos from the past few weeks in Joburg.

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Early days for Visual Approaches to Global Health, Summer 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa: https://t.co/2yO7YSuuaE

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I'm back in South Africa w/ Jonathan Smith & another group of Yale undergrads for the course Visual Approaches to Global Health. For the next 6 weeks, the students will reflect on their experiences and will post daily to the class blog. Follow along here: https://t.co/2yO7YStWl6.

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Heading to San Francisco tomorrow for the annual MLA Convention. Rachel Warner and I co-organized a panel inspired by our work with @unc_lmcc. See also https://t.co/3jyAl9G7lO.

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My UNC ENGL105 students spent their semester creating popular health articles, mini ethnography conference presentations & literary analysis video essays. Also posted regular weekly reflections on the class. See their impressive work on our course website: https://t.co/pNyLUulkFZ

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My students in ENGL 105 have to create ethnographies of a local subculture for their social sciences unit. In preparation for conducting field observations and interviews, today we had class outside, and I made them all go interview a stranger. :-)

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@marquanimous @UNC I don't have an office in Hamilton, but I teach there (across from the fifth-floor water fountain). Thanks for the info. Wish UNC had contacted everyone teaching in the bldg.

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'The stipend isn't keeping up' — UNC graduate students struggle with cost of living https://t.co/64F8L2d4Lx

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A male lion in the wild in South Africa via a safari tour at Honeyguide Ranger Camp, summer 2022. VAGH2022

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Already missing this amazing group of students (VAGH 2022), plus the other members of the Big 5 & everyone else who made the past 6 weeks such an unforgettable experience. Thanks to everyone who shared, learned, & went on adventures w/me, & who TAUGHT me. https://t.co/IKYMVccBe0

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The students of Visual Approaches to Global Health will be posting daily reflections about their course experiences in the class blog: https://t.co/IKYMVccBe0

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Just posted a video @ Bothongo Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve https://t.co/C03tRrL87Y

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Just posted a photo @ Apartheid Museum https://t.co/IuDYFphXVi

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My students in ENGL 105i: Writing in Health and Medicine have done some great work this semester: weekly reflections, popular health video essays, health justice conference presentations, and illness narratives! Check out their work on our course website: https://t.co/8VAlPISQlr.

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Five cool siblings celebrating Lisa and Derrick's special day @ Eatonton, Georgia https://t.co/cWSVCgZdJw