Think about all the places you’ve seen hand-drawn art. Textbooks. Murals. Animation. And when innovators and researchers have a concept of a plan, a skilled artist can bring that vision into reality. An artist like Andreah Pierre, who studied biology in college and took an internship that accidentally paired her scientific mind with a forgotten talent she inherited from her father.

Tune in to hear the story of a young queer Black woman descended from immigrant parents who became the first in her family to go to college, the first to deliver a graduation speech at said college, the first to blaze a trail in the field of scientific illustration, and the first to design banners and logos for the Black in Marine Science annual conference.

Oh, and she is a proud of her participation in a DEI program that supported her transition into a career in STEM.

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ALL THINGS ANDREAH PIERRE

http://andreahpierre.com/

Growing up as a bi-racial kid to a dad from Mexico and a mom from the American South sounds like a plot of a sitcom. One that Gabriel Cruz has the wit, sharpness, creativity, and voice to star in. He was inspired by his marine biologist grandfather to consider a career working with animals, but the math of it all pointed him in a more creative direction. His parents did not have access to education, which meant Gabriel had to navigate the unwritten rules of academia on his own.

Listen to the story of how the kid with a 2.9 GPA earned his PhD and became Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the department of Mass Communication at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. Dr. Cruz shares some of his research on intersectional critical race analysis of popular culture, especially superhero narratives. His work has appeared in the academic periodicals Journal of Alternative and Community Media and Howard Journal of Communications, as well as in the edited volumes such as Black Panther: Afrofuturism, Gender, Identity, and the Re-Making of Blackness. His forthcoming book Latinidad, Identity Formation, and the Mass Media Landscape: Constructing Pocho Villa addresses how mass media has engaged with the subject of Latinx identity in the United States.

Oh, and he dispels 5 myths about people of color in academia.

#careerpodcast #blackwomenpodcast #professor #writer #latinoeducator #firstgeneration #mediastudies #criticalracescholar #intersectionality #parasocialrelationshiptheory #salarytransparency

WHERE TO FIND GABRIEL

Tik Tok & Instagram

https://www.tiktok.com/@gacruz_phd

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/gacruz_phd/

Office Hours with Dr. C Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/04b5hujWtCCXLDRf9ptc2c?si=d1e802e6c80a46d3

More things Dr. C

https://linktr.ee/GacruzPhD

Casey is a triplet, Renaissance faire enthusiast, people-watcher, storyteller, and accidental entrepreneur. Growing up surrounded by creative, passionate people who followed nontraditional paths combined with her experiences as a neurodivergent, chronically ill, and disabled human led to her creating her business, Chipmunk Marketing. Her online business specializes in Instagram engagement and lead generation with the signature service, Spoon Savvy Leads. Creating a values-led lead sourcing service that aims to make engagement more accessible for solopreneurs, especially those whose mental and physical conditions make working in a traditional business environment challenging, is her jam.

Oh, and she shares the glee and joy of graduating in 2020 (spoiler alert: it was not fun).

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CASEY ON INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/chipmunkmarketing