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Musings about media, inequality, & health along with advice about productivity and parenthood in academia.

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Three great podcasts for academics

Featuring writing and pedagogy, and bonus footnoted podcasts on writing

Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 5

On copywork and learning how to write a book

Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 4

Finding time to write a book when you have a heavy service workload.

Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 3

What draft am I on anyway?

Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 2

On starting over as a way to engage with hard but good critique

Real Talk about Writing a Book, Episode 1

In which I tell you how my book came to be & beg for readers

Reflections on Food & Communication

The 4th Conference on Food & Communication, Lille, 2025

An Academic's Year in Review

And planning for the next one

Gift ideas for the academic in your life

Try as I might to be less consumerist, I do love some good STUFF. Here are some things that people in your life with a job like mine (maybe even you!) might appreciate.

Four books about food and culture centering Native experiences

Plus two books for the younger readers in your life