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Heather R. Walker, Ph.D. Profile picture
Heather R. Walker, Ph.D.
@Heather_RoseW
Diabetic since '01. Went from Academia to Industry. Ph.D in Disability Studies. Mom of 2. People Scientist @CultureAmp & SocMed contributor @AcademicChatter.
Jun 14, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
I'm leaving academia for all the reasons everyone else is

My great resignation story... 🧵

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife I got my PhD done in (what felt like) lightning speed. I had my nose to the ground and sacrificed a lot of living to complete my degree. I skipped trips and adventures.

I did this under the assumption that a completed degree would qualify me for a faculty position. It didn't.
Jan 28, 2021 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
How can diabetes identity be about social change, you ask? Oh, let me share with you my recent publication.

A thread.

QR code will take you to the article. Also, linked below.

#Diabetes #t2d #t1d #dsma #Insulin4all #AcademicChatter Starting in 2017, I set out to understand how people with diabetes were politicizing the condition of diabetes online. And one of the areas that I was especially interested in was identity.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…
Aug 26, 2019 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Thread. Been contemplating a lot on this recently. In my researching, it seems like 99% (basically all) of the literature on DOCs or Online Health Communities (OHCs) focuses on how participation benefits health. This has always irked me. 1/x #AcademicTwitter #DOC #dsma #hcsm I get it. And that makes sense. DOCs and OHCs are important because they DO SOMETHING for folks. It isn’t all good all the time, but overall, people seem to benefit in some way by talking to others like them. By sharing their stories. 2/x