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as an assistant professor in July 2022. In her role, she hoped to "create new publishing opportunities in podcasting for students, working with them to produce episodes on race and identity, as well as investigate other topics." She is the school's first female tenure track faculty member
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magazine that "never having really belonged, being on the margins while observing everything, that's made me a natural journalist – not quite a part of something, always observing".
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