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Profile: Elli Harpum
Location: UCL, London UK Field of expertise: Quantum Physics@victorianphysic photo credit: Hannah Coleman Tell us about your background I have had hearing loss since I was 14...
Lessons from the pandemic: work innovations that we are keeping
The last year required a myriad of adjustments in our professional lives. For those of us in academia, much of it entailed moving...
Why mutual support matters: surviving as Deaf/HoH graduate students at a predominantly hearing institution
The Mind Hears was excited to learn that Anne and Breanne are two deaf graduate students in the same School of Integrative Plant...
And I knew the silence of the world
"I am holding on with both hands and never letting go."
Three reasons why I chose industry research over academia
-Alex Lu After a long five years, my stint as a PhD student was finally reaching its end – and that meant I...
6 Ways to Dismantle Barriers for Disabled Faculty on Campus
This is a repost from Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s blog, where she explores topics such as educational access, equity, attainment and deafness. ‘6 Ways...
Eloquence is Overrated…and Exhausting
–Hi there. I’m Sara, and I’m almost deaf. As folks with hearing loss, we have been trained to speak clearly so that we...
Making your in-person and remote workplaces accessible for your deaf/HoH colleagues
The Mind Hears annual post on how to make your in-person and remote academic workplace accessible to deaf/HoH colleagues.
Navigating a masked world when you are deaf/HoH
While the pandemic rages around the world, I know I have been incredibly lucky. Like many, I have struggled to keep my kids...
“Moving Together”: Or Researching Health Care Access as a Disabled Academic
If my credibility as a researcher is in question, I’d rather people not focus on my social status, because the “ideal” academic researcher...
