Becca Dzombak
corona-tine dispatch 13: one year
OR: How One Year Of Working At Home In The Last Year Of Grad School Helped Me Find My Path As A Science Writer, Become More Extroverted,...
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Becca Dzombak
Dec 31, 20203 min
corona-tine dispatch 12: new year edition
I don't normally make resolutions for the new year; I'm nearing 30 and I haven't learned much, but I have learned that writing "Finally...
Becca Dzombak
Nov 12, 20205 min
corona-tine dispatch 10, post-election: complacency already?
I got essentially no work done last week, which is fine, because we were all glued to a variety of screens, anxiously refreshing page...
Becca Dzombak
Sep 19, 20206 min
The graduate student strike was imperfect, but reminds us why unions are important and why they work
These demands may have been imperfect, and the strike may have been messy, but that’s the shape of change. The fight is only just beginning.
Becca Dzombak
Jul 31, 20201 min
For the AWIS magazine: Self-care while working at home in quarantine
Back in April (a lifetime ago), before the rollercoaster of cases and the wave of Black Lives Matter protests, I wrote a short piece on...
Becca Dzombak
Jul 14, 20204 min
corona-tine dispatch 9: the aspirational reading pile I carry around my house all day
I can’t be the only one who carries around an aspirational reading pile at home, moving it from the nightstand to the table and back daily.
Becca Dzombak
Jul 8, 20203 min
Argue against the ICE #StudentBan with both empathy and economics.
Attack the ICE rule where the right is sensitive: economics.
Becca Dzombak
Jun 22, 20204 min
Michigan's hybrid class model isn’t safe or equable – it’s irresponsible and biased.
A hybrid class model is irresponsible and unsafe for myriad reasons, ranging from ableism to socioeconomic considerations to public health.
Becca Dzombak
May 19, 20204 min
corona-tine dispatch 8: more things I've learned in quarantine
Apparently, I care enough about brownies that I put "A box of Ghirardelli brownies has 2600 calories" on this list twice.
Becca Dzombak
May 6, 20204 min
The bar for supporting students is so, so low. Why aren't we meeting it?
I've received similar feedback: students feeling relieved and grateful that an instructor understands what they are going through.
Becca Dzombak
Apr 22, 20205 min
corona-tine dispatch 7: back at it (or, Things I Have Learned During Quarantine)
and by it, I mean almost anything but real work. It's ten a.m. and I've been sipping my cappucino-look-alike with coarse(? how do you...
Becca Dzombak
Apr 17, 20202 min
corona-tine dispatch 6: silver linings plaguebook
These people are perfecting their artisan loaves and spending more time on DuoLingo (because that owl doesn't quit even for a pandemic).
Becca Dzombak
Apr 14, 20204 min
corona-tine dispatch: a running reading list
Except for any seasons in the Bake-Off, when has watching 12+ hours of tv a day been good for anyone? Probably sometime, but rarely for me.
Becca Dzombak
Apr 14, 20204 min
corona-tine dispatch 5: once this is all over...
In our house, we are four weeks into working-from-home and social isolation. I was last in our building on March 13, for the last...
Becca Dzombak
Apr 7, 20205 min
corona-tine dispatch 4: armed robbery, but make it covid-safe
The latest alert was memorable not for the crime, but the description of the perpetrator. "He was last seen wearing a surgical mask."
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