November 2019 Monthly Review
disclaimer: these reviews are for my own personal accountability and aren’t really meant to be articulate blog posts. if you are curious about anything I write here, feel free to email me at nichole.lynn.bennett <at> gmail.com
highlights from the past month
• asked to be the keynote speaker at ComSciCon!
• helped produce the BIPAC awards ceremony to celebrate outstanding theater in Austin
• attended an Inclusive Teaching Symposium through the Faculty Innovation Center at the University of Texas
• attending Lindsey and Peter’s wedding
• hosted improv for the International Graduate Student Association
• facilitated narrative improv exercises and discussion for Performance Training for Instructors
•attended BGGcon
•hosted a monthly reading party (you are welcome to the next one)
lessons learned from last month
• it’s okay to quit things when I’m overbooked — good people understand
•intuitive eating and getting back in touch with eating for pleasure, honoring my hunger, and noticing when I am full
theme or emotion that sums up the month
productive, stressed
outcome of last month’s goal, projects completed
• edited indirect effects of training manuscript
• turned in social psychology final project
• completed peer reviews for Interpersonal Communication Theory
• completed ethnographic observation for Qualitative Methods
• organized dresser and closet
goals for the month ahead
grad school
•finish science communication fellowship paper for qualitative methods
•finish quality of science communication paper for interpersonal communication theory
•get preliminary data on word counts for ICA book chapter
creative
•PR/blogging content map completed for STEMprov
•publish information about next STEMprov series
•start improv directors working group
•Frontera Fest casting and rehearsal plan
personal
•clean studio
•complete The Body is Not an Apology e-course
•get a new bike
media enjoyed in the last month
films
Parasite
The Lighthouse
Paprika
TV
The Dragon Prince (Season 3)
Phantoms in the Brain
She-Ra and the Princess of Power (1st Episode)
The Mandalorian (1st Two Episodes)
books
•Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training
•Intuitive Eating
•Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
•The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living
•An African American and Latinx History of the United States
•Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
•So You Want to Talk About Race
•The Witch’s Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit
•Thinking in Systems: A Primer
•Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
•No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
•Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
