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Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation with Michelle Cyca
Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation with Michelle Cyca
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
When a professor is not who they say they are, what does it take to get them to resign? This episode explores:
How an anonymous twitter account and a media investigation helped Ms. Cyca reveal the truth about a professor misrepresenting their identity.
Why professors can fail to fully acknowledge all the harm done to the students, staff, and community even after they are exposed.
A discussion of the article The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” Investigation.
Our guest is: Michelle Cyca, a former employee at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, who currently works as a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist. For over 15 years she has written for numerous print magazines, digital publications, brands and creators. She is the author of The Curious Case of Gina Adams, and many other articles.
Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender.
Listeners to this episode may also be interested in these other articles by Michelle Cyca:
Resilience & Reconnection: Stories of Indigenous Parenting, Romper
Orange Shirt Day Is Not About Buying Orange Shirts, IndigiNews
Learning Cree with My Daughter, Romper
Monuments to What? The Tyee
Tanya Talaga Is Telling the Stories Canada Needs to Hear, Maclean’s
To Honour Lee Maracle’s Life, Read Indigenous Women, The Tyee
Resistance 150: Indigenous Artists Challenge Canadians to Reckon with Our History, Chatelaine
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How an anonymous twitter account and a media investigation helped Ms. Cyca reveal the truth about a professor misrepresenting their identity.
Why professors can fail to fully acknowledge all the harm done to the students, staff, and community even after they are exposed.
A discussion of the article The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” Investigation.
Our guest is: Michelle Cyca, a former employee at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, who currently works as a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist. For over 15 years she has written for numerous print magazines, digital publications, brands and creators. She is the author of The Curious Case of Gina Adams, and many other articles.
Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender.
Listeners to this episode may also be interested in these other articles by Michelle Cyca:
Resilience & Reconnection: Stories of Indigenous Parenting, Romper
Orange Shirt Day Is Not About Buying Orange Shirts, IndigiNews
Learning Cree with My Daughter, Romper
Monuments to What? The Tyee
Tanya Talaga Is Telling the Stories Canada Needs to Hear, Maclean’s
To Honour Lee Maracle’s Life, Read Indigenous Women, The Tyee
Resistance 150: Indigenous Artists Challenge Canadians to Reckon with Our History, Chatelaine
Welcome to The Academic Life! On the Academic Life channel we embrace a broad definition of what it means to lead an academic life. We are inspired by knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Find us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education
Released:
Dec 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
John H. Summers, “Every Fury on Earth” (Davies Group, 2008): The vast majority of historians write history. Perhaps that’s good, as one should stick to what one knows. But there are historians who braves the waters of social and political criticism. One thinks of Arthur Schelsinger Jr., Richard Hofstadter, by New Books in Education