Good News, Bad News

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The science writer for the Oregonian, Joe Rojas-Burke, wrote a story yesterday about framing and health, the focus of my research and writing. Continue reading →

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What Hat Would You Be?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

If you were a hat, what hat would you be? Continue reading →

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Self-fulfilling Prophecies

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

We admonish students to take great care when they’re doing research to avoid self-fulfilling prophecies. Continue reading →

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Almost Random

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A colleague told me yesterday that students know little about scientific methods when they enroll in her sophomore class.

It’s not that they’re dumb: they lack a certain literacy about science. And they have little idea of what methods mean. Continue reading →

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Just Throw the Ball

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Writer Adam Gopnik wrote a lovely thought about how a message is like a baseball: “The trouble with mental catch is that the ball you throw changes in mid-air into another.” Continue reading →

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Smells Like Teen Spirit

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Smells are important: primal, even. Anyone’s who has smelled an infant’s scalp knows this. My daughters smell like roses and ice cream. Continue reading →

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Busting Myths

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I’m ready to make good on a promise.

It all started in graduate school. My myths were busted my first term at Cornell when my professors destroyed our stereotypes of mass media influences. Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Writing to agencies to beg for grant money means putting myself under scrutiny.

You keep telling yourself, it’s not about you: it’s about the work. But when I’m occupied with issues that impact Indians, then it is personal. Continue reading →

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Indian as Suitcase

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

As I was preparing for this week’s campus-wide lecture, I realized the histories and narratives of Indians in North America are like the content s of a suitcase. Continue reading →

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Skulls and Baseballs

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Brian Jungen's art

I started thinking about bones when grad student Erin Dysart Hanes and I began following the news coverage of Kennewick Man. Continue reading →

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