Post Committee Meeting

Going home for the summer for data collection.

Today: Not very excited about going home.

Multivariate Stats...

...is going to kill my GPA!

At least I got invited to the Golden Key International Honours Society. But still - STATS is going to kill my GPA! It's kept me housed in and studying and SICK - and I haven't been able to get back to all my old and useful readings for my EDCI and Dissertation papers!

And to think that my committee is meeting in less than a month!

*fuming*

A!

Yay! got my grades back! so very happy!

I really need to deserve them now. I still haven't gotten through all my readings.

All the same, I'm learning a lot.

Whew.

Now, to keep on disentangling "science literacy".

Just got a new dissertation idea!

What makes scientists want to communicate their findings? Why don't they want to talk to the media? What do they expect of the media? What training do scientists need?

I want to help our local scientists one day. I want them to communicate well and stand up for themselves. Maybe I could do a comparative study for these questions? Scientists in the States vs. Scientists in the Philippines?

Tie it in with some sociology of science? Cultural studies?

Nuninuninu...

And now, the dust is starting to settle

this weekend is going to be my bid for sleeping. and then, it's work again on Monday. But this weekend - well, we are so going to rest! And be brainless!

I mapped my take on science comm through what I saw in the Science Communication journal. If this map were in Middle-Earth, we would be in the Shire, Gondor, Mordor, and Lorien, all smooshed together. But yes, the map has passed the scrutiny of Dr. Tucker, and we're going to build on it by reading articles. Hah! Next week is scholarly week!

Thinking caps on! Fill them coffee mugs!

Now, sleep.

I forgot to do this...

Hi, my name is Inez Ponce de Leon, and I'm a PhD student in the department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education at Purdue University. My undergrad and masters degrees are in molecular biology and biotechnology, but I've left that behind to be a science communicator. Today, I am exactly that: mixed up.

Welcome to my blog, where I post all my insanity. For other affairs that involve other things in life besides trying to make it through, you can go to my main website at http://illustria.thefreebizhost.com. I'm a novelist, and a Renaissance lady, in general, so feel free, to er, buy my books?

Hahahahaha!

Ehem.

The theories so far...

after days of going through all these nutty theories and papers, I think I have a few theories and frameworks to go on.

1. Actor-network theory
2. Constructivism
3. Social construction
4. Rhetorical analysis (which is really more a technique)

Oh boy - this doesn't look good. I so need a coffee IV drip!