Stories from the Field: Do Not Drink the Kool-Aid
“What do you want more of in your life, Yvonne?” The question was provided as a way to break the ice between the participants. It was a Powerful Question – […]
Stories from the Field: Sobbing on Solistice
Traditionally, Yvonne’s longest day of the year is long in the ‘not good’ sense. The longest day of the year has all too often turned into a sobbing and heartache […]
Rules of Engagement: Continuing the Shift
On April 29th, I attended an event that I kinda sorta had a hand in bringing about. Knowledge to Impact: Igniting Community Engagement was the second iteration of a grassroots […]
Birth of the Authentic Academic
For the past few weeks, I’ve been struggling with what authenticity really is. People cite it as being honest, being truthful, being genuine. But something about these so-called definitions just […]
Wild Origins
I was recently reminded to remember my wild origins. For the artists out there, you likely know what this means. It is that moment of inspiration or state of being […]
Comments on Imposter Syndrome
“The people who have Imposter Syndrome are usually the ones who know their stuff.” I’ve been away from doing research — my research — for several years. Once upon a […]
Critical Analysis 101
I recently read an article (site of publication LinkedIn, original source unknown) in which there wasn’t a single literature reference and there were spelling and grammatical errors throughout. The lack […]
Stories from the Field: More Degrees than Fahrenheit 451
It was happening again. If Yvonne’s mind hadn’t been in hijacked by her amygdala, she’d likely have stood agape anyway. How was this happening AGAIN? Her supervisor continued aggressively, “You […]
Rules of Engagement: Shifting the Perspective of Research
Anthropology’s history, and science’s for that matter, is rife with stories of researchers traipsing into small communities, collecting data on these people, then leaving and never telling the community what become of […]
Grieving the Past
I am grieving my past. It’s not that I want it back, but I am cutting ties with it. Moving on from anything requires a period of mourning, a time […]
