I submitted this letter to the editor and the Star Tribune chose not to publish it but I think the information is important so I’m placing it here. I am writing in response to the article published in the Sunday, September 11th edition of the Star Tribune titled, Troubled Twin Cities nursing home ordered toContinue reading “Letter to the Editor: Complexity in Care”
Category Archives: Opinion
No one is free while others are oppressed
I’ve been struggling for the last several months with the intersectionality and hierarchy created around race, gender, and sexual orientation. I’ve experienced some personal, professional, and public challenges in these areas. One example is that I’ve been watching and waiting for people to react to the George Zimmerman verdict for the last few weeks. I’ve beenContinue reading “No one is free while others are oppressed”
Supporting students from a class perspective
An interesting article in today’s NY Times: Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success (alternatively titled as “For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in Hard Fall”) I write about class a lot because it’s one of the few things I feel secure in my knowledge. When we think about classContinue reading “Supporting students from a class perspective”
Poverty Tourism
I read this article the other day over at Mother Jones. It’s one person’s tale of working as a picker in a warehouse. She spend five days as a picker and writes an expose on the working conditions in the warehouse. I’ll say this once: I am an advocate for human rights which includes laborContinue reading “Poverty Tourism”
Education accessibility
As I enter the academic job market, I’ve been doing a lot of reflection trying to understand what I want to do and where I want to be. I am quite green and naive about what it means to work in academia. I’m a first generation college graduate. I was lucky enough to have anContinue reading “Education accessibility”
Leave your ego at the door
Great article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Being Mean in Academe I too have been thinking a lot about meanness in academia. I think this recent post in The Chronicle of Higher Education gets at one point of meanness in terms of the ways in which we provide critique and feedback to others, butContinue reading “Leave your ego at the door”
Privilege of learning
The new term of classes starts on Saturday. I’m going to begin class with a reminder about the privilege of education and learning. I want to remind students that they have the privilege of coming to class on time, giving presentations, taking part in discussion, writing papers, reading articles, completing 500 practicum hours, having opportunitiesContinue reading “Privilege of learning”
Justice and Forgiveness
***trigger warning for animal violence*** I’ve been thinking a lot about the concepts and connection of justice and forgiveness. Much of what has sparked this idea is Michael Vick’s–convicted felon and Quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles–successful return to the NFL. He is a polarizing person these days. People continue to raise concerns about his successfulContinue reading “Justice and Forgiveness”
Masculinity and team building
Much of my research is centered around the idea of engaging men to prevention violence against women and children. As part of my learning about male engagement and gender justice, I’ve been exploring ideas of masculinity, gender and sex roles, socialization, etc. So, of course, I filter many of my interactions with men through thisContinue reading “Masculinity and team building”
Cultural competency and othering
One inherent assumption in many of the definitions about cultural competence, is that we are to teach, learn, understand other cultures so that we know how to work with them. The issue begins with this “we.” Who is the “we?” An issue with cultural competence is the assumption that workers need training to work withContinue reading “Cultural competency and othering”
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