I sometimes think that if I look inside the workings of truly outstanding teachers I will always find their wildly creative twin secretly pulling the levers! That more people in academia are not strongly encouraged to not only pursue their creative interests but bring that creativity into their classrooms and scholarship kind of blows my mind. If you are one of those academics with a tiny creative secretly running things from a chamber in your brain, this episode is for you!
References
Film/Theatre: Push: Black Mamas Changing the Culture of Birth and Sista in the Brotherhood
Her research on maternal health disparities for women of color, and her role in launching the Healthy Birth Initiative
Oregon’s Momnibus bill, more detail here
Show Notes
theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend!
editing & production: emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable)
logo: emareena, who loves Galactica very much
website: galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog