@laurabrunner

Assistant Professor @ Lawrence Technological University. Rhetoric of health and medicine, reproductive health, writing studies & writing center admin.

 Pittsburgh, PA
Joined September 2010
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Dr Meming@Dr_Meming8 Nov 2023
Them: so what tasks are you gonna prioritise at work? Me:
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Dr Meming@Dr_Meming8 Nov 2023
Me doing anything these days
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It's me!
Lawrence Tech College of Arts and Sciences@LTUArtsSci5 Oct 2023
Explore the frontiers of cognition, robotics, and patient care on Thursday, Oct. 12 with the newest faculty members in the LTU College of Arts and Sciences! ✨ Be curious. Make magic. ✨ #WeAreLTU
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So grateful to share my work in @JournalRhm with other really important work in this special issue #teamrhetoric
RHM Journal@JournalRhm6 Jul 2023
From #RHM special issue 6.2: Laura McCann writes about "Infertile Exclusions: Countering Race-Based Hyperfertility Narratives Online." Read the full article here: journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm/… #infertility #racialhealthdisparities #counternarrative
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Thank you @kristina_kaspa for sharing accounts of infertility and loss that are more than miracle conceptions and "maintaining hope" narratives.
Kristina Kasparian, PhD@kristina_kaspa14 Jun 2023
I'm beyond honored to be included in @rgay's Emerging Writer Series with WOMB, my essay about surrogacy and the decision that disappointed our never-give-up culture but ultimately saved my life. Thank you @rgay and @megpillow for your trust + edits! audacity.substack.com/p/womb
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So grateful to share some work from my dissertation research on race-based infertility stereotypes and online support in this important RHM issue.
RHM Journal@JournalRhm12 Jun 2023
Happy Monday! We are thrilled to share an #RHM special issue with you: 6.2 "In Living Color: Amplifying Racial Justice Work in RHM," compiled by guest editors Veronica Joyner (@Write_not_Wrong), Kimberly C. Harper, & @mariatnovotny, here: journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm/… #healthjustice
Introducing RHM Issue 6.2! Special Issue on Amplifying Racial Justice Work in RHM Guest Editors: Veronica Joyner, Kimberly C. Harper, and Maria Novotny Featured Articles Include: "'Dismantle or Step Aside': The Road to HIV Racial Justice Now! and The Push for Racial Liberation in the Domestic HIV Movement" (Deion S. Hawkins, Andrew Spieldenner, Venita Ray, Olivia G. Ford, and Marvell L. Terry, II) "Infertile Exclusions: Countering Race-Based Hyperfertility Narratives Online" (Laura McCann) "'Redefining Our Own Center': An Interview with Stevie Merino" (Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz and Shui-yin Sharon Yam) "Pain, No Gain?: A Narrative Analysis Exploring the Accounts of Older African American Patients and Their Discussion of Pain Management Related to Chronic Illness" (Carly Braxton, K.M. Begian-Lewis, Richard Marback, and Heather Fritz) Infographic: "Remember to P.A.C.K. for Racially Inclusive Content Strategy: An Infographic and Call to Action" (Sara Doan and Cristy Kennedy)

ALT Introducing RHM Issue 6.2! Special Issue on Amplifying Racial Justice Work in RHM Guest Editors: Veronica Joyner, Kimberly C. Harper, and Maria Novotny Featured Articles Include: "'Dismantle or Step Aside': The Road to HIV Racial Justice Now! and The Push for Racial Liberation in the Domestic HIV Movement" (Deion S. Hawkins, Andrew Spieldenner, Venita Ray, Olivia G. Ford, and Marvell L. Terry, II) "Infertile Exclusions: Countering Race-Based Hyperfertility Narratives Online" (Laura McCann) "'Redefining Our Own Center': An Interview with Stevie Merino" (Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz and Shui-yin Sharon Yam) "Pain, No Gain?: A Narrative Analysis Exploring the Accounts of Older African American Patients and Their Discussion of Pain Management Related to Chronic Illness" (Carly Braxton, K.M. Begian-Lewis, Richard Marback, and Heather Fritz) Infographic: "Remember to P.A.C.K. for Racially Inclusive Content Strategy: An Infographic and Call to Action" (Sara Doan and Cristy Kennedy)

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May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month!
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Khoa Vu@KhoaVuUmn2 May 2023
"You can do this in R, and R is free!" R: xitter.cf/Figensport/status/1653…
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Hooray for Dr. @NishaShanmu!!!
Stephanie Larson@StephRLarson28 Apr 2023
Introducing Dr. Shanmugaraj! @NishaShanmu successfully defended her dissertation, "Negotiating the Model Minority: How Indian American Women Rearticulate Dominant Racial Discourse"! Keep an eye out #teamrhetoric! Spoiler..her work is fantastic! @joddo1 @sharonyamsy Marian Aguiar!
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Excited to learn more about this amazing project from one of my mentors @StephRLarson !
Stephanie Larson@StephRLarson17 Apr 2023
Replying to @StephRLarson
One last thanks I forgot.... @laurabrunner!! Thank you for being an early research assistant on the project!!
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Very excited to be a part of this panel with some amazing other women!
Julie Kidder@kidder_julie12 Apr 2023
So excited to present this Friday at the @English_CMU Bridges & Borders conference panel Laboring in Graduate School: Perspectives on Becoming Mothers and Academics, moderated by @StephRLarson! The event is free, virtual, and open to the public! Register: eventbrite.com/e/bridges-and…

Bridges and Borders: Laboring for Community

Register here for Bridges and Borders: Laboring for Community

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Anyone else get angry at their past selves for not planning better for their future selves? Why did last week's Laura not get this chapter done on time? Now it's somehow become present Laura's problem. All Lauras are collectively not pleased about this.
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"The Choctaws, who had only recently arrived over the ruinous 'trail of tears and death' to what is now Oklahoma, took up a donation and collected over $5,000 (in today’s money) to support the Irish during the Potato Famine."👆The relationship between Choctaw Nation and the Irish
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@choctawnationOK17 Mar 2023
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! These beautiful shots were captured by 2022 Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship recipient Aurianna Palmer. The connection between the Choctaw and Irish people dates all the way back to the 1800’s. Learn more about this connection at choctawnation.com/irish.
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Gotta go right ahead and retrospectively put it on the list so that you can cross it off ✅
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Stephanie Larson@StephRLarson28 Feb 2023
Sharing some new work with caution. Montgomery's experience devastated me for lots of reasons but most of all how those in public couldn't escape blaming her for what happened to her body. This is my attempt to make sense of what haunted me for awhile. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Killing a “Monster”: Lisa Montgomery, Carceral Logics, and the Rhetoric of Sexual Trauma

What happens when we treat sexual trauma as a disability? This article examines the federal execution case of Lisa Montgomery, who murdered Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnapped her baby, with this ques...

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Amanda Mull@amandamull16 Feb 2023
did millennials decide that hokas are cool bc we're old enough to have plantar fasciitis now or what
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Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfine2 Feb 2023
It really sucks that having the entire paper written in my head doesn’t count as having written the entire paper
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Another semester teaching @SocraTemp2's intro to introduce what TPC is and freaking LOVE how my students engage this work. Always one of the best classes of the semester. Thanks for doing this work, Dr. McKoy!
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Computers and Composition is seeking award nominations in five categories: Distinguished Contributions to the Field, Dissertation Award, Article Award, Distinguished Book, & Outstanding Digital Production, all due by March 20, 2023. See link for details: cconlinejournal.org/resource…
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