How I approach my research, how far I’ve gotten in my career, and who I aspire to be as a scholar and person are all hugely influenced by women in my life

I want to take a moment today to acknowledge them

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First and most importantly, I am who I am because of my mom. She is a single mother who worked tirelessly to make sure my brother and I had the opportunity to go to college. My work ethic, habits, personality, determination, and so much more are due to her

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As my advisor, @foucaultwelles is monumentally important in my life. Over the past 3 years, I've become a better researcher and human being because of her. She is the best colleague, mentor, sponsor, and advocate that I could possibly hope for in the hell that is academia

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My entire research agenda and the way I think about everything on the internet is entirely indebted to @sjjphd and @moyazb. Their work w/ @foucaultwelles on hashtag activism is fundamental. We should all aspire to center marginalized communities in our work as much as they do

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Probably the first person I could actually call an advisor was @JohannaF_math. Her class on transitioning to proof-based mathematics changed my life. Without her and her support, I would have drowned trying to navigate applying to REUs, my first exposure to research

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UConn professor Masha Gordina was also an amazing advisor. She stepped in during my senior year when I was lost and didn't have academic support from our department on applying to grad school. I'm sure the few grad schools I did get into are because of her

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@Shugars has been a wonderful mentor, colleague, and friend. I am in an endless wonder of her passion and commitment to making the world a better place

@jessicadavis_ is brilliant, one of my best friends, and has spent hours with me banging our heads on whiteboards

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I learn from all of the women in my PhD program every day. Some day I hope to understand networks half as clearly as @CarolinaMttssn does. @AdinaGitomer is just in her first year in our lab and she's already a research machine

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I learn so much from @doroshishka as a communication scholar. I'm so glad she decides to spend some of her postdoc time working with @CoMMLabNU

Our whole lab runs because of Kristen Flaherty and Andrea Barrios, just wonderful people I'm glad I get to provide some mentorship

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I benefit endlessly from the women at Northeastern who are more senior scholars than me

@NUnetsi would literally not exist without @coronges

I've learned so much from @tinaeliassi @apastorepiontti @Briony_Swire @LauraK_Nelson Sarah Connell @NUlabTMN even just in passing

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Network science is better when we include women in it. The scholarship and our community. It is what it is because of people like @aliceschwarze @dinacmistry @DaniSBassett @az_jacobs @csqsiew @alliecmorgan @AlicePatania @CarolinaMttssn @Shugars @jessicadavis_ @juniperlov...

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@kaltenburger @lau_retti @KristinaLerman @hemanklamba @narnolddd @SaraDWms @KaufmannTalia @tinaL___ @foucaultwelles @sgonzalezbailon @SophieDBsjr @gin_bianconi @gothy_kelphard @martikagv @Eliz_Hobson @artistjaneadams @natstann @robysinatra @kayladelahaye

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I still feel like a bit of an outsider in the field of communication, but a number of women have really helped me feel like I belong

@JosephineLukito @JianingJaniceLi @jiyoun_suk @katypearce @beccalew @sgonzalezbailon @shannimcg @doroshishka @sjjphd @RebekahKTromble

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So much of my favorite comm/tech research comes from women, and it inspires so much of how I think

@wphillips49 @beccalew @alicetiara @zeynep @zizip @katestarbird @BostonJoan @marylgray @JosephineLukito @evelyndouek @ubiquity75 @safiyanoble @shannimcg @rcpphd

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@nancybaym @patyrossini @RebekahKTromble @linguangst @robyncaplan @cfiesler @alexhanna @jvitak @dannagal @ysabelgerrard @BrandyZadrozny @JaneLytv @parismartineau @noUpside @LeticiaBode @munmun10 @CarlottaDotto @brookeerinduffy @emilyvanduyn @HNissenbaum @wiczipedia @ja

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@schradie @JianingJaniceLi @jiyoun_suk @thekirstenadams @BridgetOBarrett @ryan_kor_sins @lwahedi @lnakamur @lmatsakis @merylalper @hnmiecz @michelemeyer @ashleymuddiman

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And I have made countless other connections with women on this platform, and they all make this a better place to be

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I am 100% not remembering all of the women who have affected my academic career and research. And I apologize if I've left you off this thread, I promise it's my fault and no reflection of you

Thank you all to how you have shaped and will continue to shape my life

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