Dr. Pokharel and I have been busy doing research on reproductive health and fertility perceptions. Thanks to Manu, I have enjoyed getting a bit outside of my comfort zone and spending some time working in the realm of quantitative methods!
Month: July 2020
National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship
At the beginning of the year, I learned that I had been awarded a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. I am so excited to have the support of the NEH as I work on my next book project. For more information about the project and the award, see the College of Humanities…
Chemical Rhetoric in a Pandemic
These past months have been strange and scary in so many ways. At least I have an awesome mask to wear made by the amazing Suchitra Shenoy Parker!
Dr. Melissa M. Parks
In the spring semester, Melissa defended her dissertation successfully and became a PhD! The University was closed because of the pandemic, so she had to defend her work to her committee over a Zoom meeting. A traditional defense experience it was not, but certainly a memorable one! Well done, Dr. Parks! P.S. I have a…
Spring Break Work Day
Right before everything shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chemical Rhetoric Group spent a wild day on-campus working through research projects. We planned, wrote, brainstormed, ordered lunch, and then wrote some more. You know, all of your typical Spring Break shenanigans.