Uncharted : how scientists navigate their own health, research, and experiences of bias / edited by Skylar Bayer and Gabi Serrato Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayer, Skylar, Author.

Contributor:

Bayer, Skylar, editor.

Serrato Marks, Gabriela, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists with disabilities--Anecdotes.

Scientists with disabilities.

Scientists--Health and hygiene--Anecdotes.

Scientists.

Science--Vocational guidance.

Science.

Big data--Social aspects.

Big data.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Uncharted is a collection of powerful first-person stories by current and former scientists with disabilities or chronic conditions who have faced both successes and challenges because of their health.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction: Charting the Course, by Skylar Bayer and Gabi Serrato Marks

Part I. Getting Underway

1. Rolling to Freedom, by Mpho Kgoadi

2. Regaining Control, by Jenn Pickering

3. Changing Tides: What Does It Mean to Be Blind?, by Maureen J. Hayden

4. Dear Cassy, by Sami Chen

5. Sea Legs: Working Around Motion Sickness, by Amanda Heidt

Part II. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

6. A Safe Space, by Daisy Shearer

7. When Fieldwork Doesn't Work: A Broken Bildungsroman, by Lauren A. White

8. Birds, Bees, and Anxieties, by Anonymous 1

9. My Brown Waterproof Boots, by Skylar Bayer

10. Hope Is My Anchor, by Furaha Asani

Part III. Rallying the Crew

11. The Place I Rest, by Alma C. Schrage

12. Sometimes It Doesn't Get Better, but That's OK, Too, by Alexander G. Steele

13. Christmas on Rangatira Island, by Sophie Fern

14. Living with a Rare Condition, by Sophie Okolo

15. Planning the Journey of a Lifetime, by Richard Wendell Mankin

Part IV. In the Heart of the Maelstrom

16. The Butt Balloon, by Anonymous 2

17. This Is Wallace Alfred Russel Simonis, by Juniper L. Simonis

18. The Day That Changed Everything, by Syreeta L. Nolan

19. Being the First and Only to Ask, by Amanda O'Brien

20. Lost in New Orleans, by Stephanie Schroeder

21. Ascending the Cinder Cone, by Divya M. Persaud

Part V. Reflections in the Water

22. Thinking Beyond the "Social Model of Disability," by Glyn Everett

23. Suffer in Silence or Leave, by Emma Tung Corcoran

24. (In)Visibly Eroding Bones, Bodies, and Landscapes, by Leehi Yona

25. The Abyss, by Katie Harazin

26. Navigating the Curve, by Sunshine Menezes

27. Tidy Columns, by Olivia Bernard

Part VI. I Am the Captain of My Ship

28. Broader Impacts, by Jennifer L. Piatek.

29. Doo hwił hóyéeda . . . : A Lesson Lost in Translation . . . , by Taylor Francisco

30. The Ridge, by Gabi Serrato Marks

31. Who I Am, by Vincent Martin

32. The Best Place for My Hearing Aids Is on My Desk, by Michele Cooke

Conclusion: Aid to Navigation

Acknowledgments

Reflection and Discussion Questions

Further Reading and Resources

Glossary

Bibliography

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55515-6

OCLC:

1390562466