My relationship with my hair has been tenuous my entire life. Like most little (black) girls of my generation (X) there was much hullabaloo over length, softness and coarseness.  I liked my hair as a child.  It was long, soft, thick and ‘good’ – a ridiculous term to describe the relative curliness, waviness and ease [...]

All week I have been discussing ways to get Black Press outlets to incorporate more science news in their lineups. In October 2012, I submitted two (1 and 2) proposals for science related panels for the 2013 National Association of Black Journalism meeting. By New Year’s I received the news that both had been rejected. [...]

Yesterday, I shared the first of two proposals I submitted to the National Association of Black Journalists 2013 meeting. Today, I share the second proposal. Workshop: Health Science Reporting for Under-represented audiences Track: Fundamentals Abstract The African-American community’s relationship with the medical research community has been tenuous, long before the Tuskegee Experiments or Henrietta Lacks [...]

Still a little groggy from my return from Africa, I came across a serendipitously came across a tweet – A Call for Proposals for the 2013 Annual Conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). With less than 2 days to prepare, I reached out to people – science friends and was approached by [...]

I recently learned that my proposals for Science-related Journalism Panels for the 2013 meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists were rejected. I plan to share my original proposals and my reactions to the rejections, but I thought it was important to first share some historical background and my interest in this topic. I [...]

Hi all, My first Engagement of 2013 is upon me already.  I am happy and honored to be a panelist for the first installment of the 2013 #STEMchat series. #STEMchat is a monthly online discussion on Twitter to bring parents, educators and STEM professionals together to share resources and ideas to raise STEM-loving kids (Science, [...]

Among many Southern (US folks) as well as African-Americans, there are some very tried-and-true News Year Day superstitions traditions.  And me being a lover of cultural rituals, I look forward to them – even if I don’t always follow through. 1. First visitor to cross your threshold must be a man. I heard a lot [...]

  Where you able to participate in Computer Science Education Week?  Where there any memorable moments? My favorite Tweets and links about Computer Science Education Week “@drugmonkeyblog: #thatsofreud RT @funkyNMR: This is how computer scientits read “50 Shades of Grey” http://btfy.me/x6r2dy ” #CSEdWeek lol “@ileducprof: Clemson leads U.S. in recruiting tenure-track black faculty in computer [...]

Keri Hilson with Lil Wayne Lil Wayne’s monologue really says it all: mami i dig your persona right, you look baby mama type, i know that got you kinda hyped, my ice is albino white, i hope your vagina tight i go underwater and i hope your piranha bite hahaha Why does vagina muscle tone [...]

I have been pre-occupied with paperwork and approvals to get my rats to Oklahoma so that I can get started with my laboratory studies on behavior and genetics.  Fingers crossed (and prayers solicited) for a safe and uneventful trip for my rats and the courier. UPDATE: Rats are NOT en route. While I was sleeping [...]