glamcode2d ago
Dr. Cat Hicks

Six months ago: get attacked in multiple executive orders that declare everything you work on in STEM education "illegal", funding pulled from your field

Now: get EDI award as you continue to do the work anyway, as you always have and always will

You absolute badass @analog_ashley

Jun 25 at 7:58pmWeb
Show threadDr. Cat Hicks2d ago

The data person in me just has to note how much context is always hidden in the timeline*event interaction. Just like pointing to the 2019-2021 school years if you taught is an instant marker to Those Who Were There of all you have been through, so too getting an equity award in 2025....

@analog_ashley

Show threadtobychev2d ago
@grimalkina
Oh god, flashback to sitting in labroom trying to grade the students mechanics lab (which was to do stuff in an app) via zoom ... I guess it's on me that I did this in the lab rather than in my office, but not sure the memory would have been much better if I couldn't leave the room after lab hours was up.
@analog_ashley
Show threadBrian Campbell2d ago
@grimalkina @analog_ashley Lol, did they just arrange the letters to be EDI instead of DEI, and get past the censors that way? Or does EDI actually stand for something else?
Show threadDr. Cat Hicks2d ago
@unlambda @analog_ashley hah I see why you would think that but EDI is actually a version of the same acronym used by some orgs! Usually used with the intention of saying "equity" has to come first (so like, to not say "diversity" is the end of the answer)
Show threadDr. Cat Hicks2d ago
@unlambda @analog_ashley it's a little more common that corporate america uses "DEI" and education uses "EDI," ime
Show threadBrian Campbell2d ago
@grimalkina @analog_ashley Thanks, TIL.