Quick programming note: I am on the cusp of finishing the coursework in my doctoral program, which means that from here on out, my dissertation is the last thing between me and a funny hat and three more letters after my name. That project will be taking up the majority…
Category: Language
Words Mean Things IV
For some context, see my previous three “Words Mean Things” posts. Last time I wrote one of these posts, girls were too pretty to do math. I guess a lot has changed in the STEM world in the last two years, because now they get their own pretty pink telescopes:…
Research Opportunity: Writing and AAC
Normally unsolicited emails about products, guest posts, or “special opportunities” get deleted with barely a cursory skim, but I received one recently that I felt warranted a closer look, and eventually a blog post (guess there’s a first time for everything). Samuel Sennott is a doctoral student at Penn State…
Words Mean Things III
Over the course of some Memorial Day morning bargain-hunting, I came across this magnet for sale at my local Five Below store: In the last “Words Mean Things” installment, I wrote about the unintended signals our words sometimes send. At least this magnet doesn’t have that problem. I debated saying…
Administrivia
I’m making a bit of a change here on my blog – not a huge one; in fact, a miniscule one, but it’s one I think is important. In the sidebar, I keep a list of the different categories of posts. One of them – Reform – I feel has…