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Director @IEDP_PennGSE | Sr.Lecturer @Penn | Project Lead #TeachingBeyondSept11 | GlobalDev + Migration + Education + AntiMuslim Racism | Homecook | IG:AmeenaGK
Aug 19, 2022 40 tweets 8 min read
It is often said that children of professors have a leg up in #HigherEd. They do.

So, in the spirit of uncovering the #HiddenCurriculum for others, here’s advice I’ve been giving to my own kid whom I’m dropping off to college this wknd iA.

A 🧵. Before I continue, I welcome additional advice +feedback (even pushback). Not all of this will apply to all. I am a non-TT faculty at a grad school so I don’t know everything about college (also didn’t go to college in the US) but this is what I’ve learned.
Aug 18, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Today should have been my big brother's 47th Birthday. But he died of coronary heart failure.
And so on the occasion of his birthday, here's my yearly reminder that💛disease remains the leading cause of death for ppl of most racial & ethnic groups in🇺🇸. cdc.gov/heartdisease/f… If you have a history of heart disease in your family, it's especially important to know the symptoms and what to do. And if you're having symptoms, it's a game of minutes. Do NOT wait to call an ambulance. Every minute counts. #HeartDisease #HeartAttack mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi…
Feb 25, 2021 16 tweets 7 min read
How I think about the academic writing process.

An #AcWri thread in gifs with parenting refs - b/c writing is a lot like watching your child grow up. First comes the baby draft. Anyone who’s had a child in their life knows that along with the joys of a new baby, there’s a whole lot of crap too. It’s no different for writing. Consider this your shitty draft. ALL writing starts here.
Mar 15, 2019 51 tweets 38 min read
Throughout the day, I'm going to be tweeting articles/resources to educate about anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia because of what Muslims experience everyday and because we have your attention because of the the #NewZealandTerroristAttack #ChristchurchMosqueAttacks 1/N Here's a piece that Thea Abu el-Haj and I recently wrote for @TheAssemblyJrnl (an #Openaccess journal): colorado.edu/journal/assemb… #Islamophobia #AntiMuslimRacism #NewZealandMosqueAttack 2/N