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Professor and researcher at Portland State University who studies science communication, particularly issues that impact American Indians. She is enrolled with the Osage tribe.
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Doogie Howser Mice
While researching how discourse frames designer babies, I found an apt example of a literal designer baby: twins, in fact. The fashion maven and darling of designers, Sarah Jessica Parker, and husband Matthew Broderick, had twin girls via a surrogate, … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, ethics, Family, framing, health, human origin, medicine, risk, science, science communication
Tagged literacy, rhetoric, science, writing
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Same Old, Same Old
Over the weekend I saw the animated film Rango featuring Johnny Depp and a flock of critters who carve out a town in the desert, literally thirsting for water. Depp’s performance is subtle, funny and well-honed. But that’s where the … Continue reading
Long Life, Short Life
When I heard about Americans buying fistfuls of iodine tablets to stave of the effects of radiation poisoning I wondered: are these the same folks who refuse to immunize their children against childhood diseases?
Posted in Family, health, Indian, medicine, Native Science, risk, science, science communication
Tagged rhetoric, science
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Ethical Dilemmas and Designer Babies
I’ve been polishing a manuscript about my specialty: how we communicate about science, and took a look at how we talk about designer babies. I recently learned that some parents do indeed have an opportunity to select some embryos over … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, health, individualism, medicine, risk, science
Tagged Kennewick Man, rhetoric, science
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Revisiting Authenticity
It’s one thing to write about someone else’s fakery, but it’s another to ignore your own.
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Authenticity and Hollywood
The Oscars generated feelings of authenticity for me, although, to be truthful, I am often consumed with issues of authenticity.
Posted in authenticity, cinema, film, framing, Indian, individualism, Native Science, news bias, social media
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