I read all 46 pages of the "Women, Children and Families Act" introduced by the NCGOP last night and to be voted on today. I want to tell you about some of the big issues with the bill, and I want to encourage you to reach out to your policymakers ASAP. 🧵 webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocume… The bill is about 1/2 restricting abortion, and then tacks on some things at the end "to improve infant and maternal health." It would make several changes to abortion law - so this should NOT be known as a "12 week abortion ban." That is very inaccurate. This does more. 🧵

The NCGOP is about to drop a “consensus” bill to ban #abortion after 12 weeks. Most abortions happen before 12 weeks - but people seek abortions after that for valid reasons. They deserve healthcare. Banning abortion at 12 weeks is not the consensus of North Carolinians. #ncpol People reference the fact that 93% of abortions happen in first 13 weeks as a talking point about how 12 week bans aren’t harmful because they don’t affect many people. But the people they do affect are real people with agency and complicated lives. cdc.gov/reproductivehe…

My @UNC undergrads have crafted amazing policy briefs for years. This NEW guide covers everything: what's a policy brief; why assign this project; picking a topic; grading briefs & more. #Pedagogy #PoliSciTwitter #PolicyBrief #PublicPolicy @UNCPublicPolicy dropbox.com/s/8ff4teij4wa5…

https://twitter.com/rebeccakreitzer/status/1070833465883590656

I made the guide to help my students and TAs. I also know there are a lot of profs looking for "tried and true" assignments that can be easily integrated into their class. Policy briefs are used in different disciplines: poli sci, soci, criminology, public health, economics, etc.

I went to northern MN this weekend to help my family with the #maplesyrup harvest at #Kreitzerhof. 🍁 Good maple syrup is hard to make and time consuming. Ever wonder how it’s made? Here is our process. 🧵 To tap, you simply drill a hole into the tree and add a spigot attached a tube that allows the sap to drip into a bucket. 🍁🧵

Standard evaluations of teaching (SETs) are problematic bc of known measurement & equity bias. In this new pub, @jenniesweetcush & I provide a comprehensive but nuanced overview of the literature. We make recommendations on how to use SETs responsibly. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s… Our goal with this paper is to provide a careful look at the nuances of SET biases. It's not as simple or straightforward as "SETs are biased against women and POC." The dynamics of SET biases are conditional and do, in certain conditions, advantage women and POC.

Did you know that @ProfCandis dropped three books this year? (She now has FOUR books & is still technically an assistant professor!) This is a short thread about her new books because they are all now available or on pre order (and they are all awesome). amazon.com/Candis-Watts-S… First up, Stay Woke: a People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter. This is a short book with Tehama Lopez Bunyasi that explains concepts like racism, racial inequality, and anti racism. It’s a book that encourages social justice activism. amazon.com/Stay-Woke-Peop…

Hey UNC area people, I'll be giving a talk to the @unc_bioethics crew on Monday from 12-1:15 in MacNider Hall 322 on my work with @ProfCandis and @TraceeMSaunders to develop a measure of Contraception Deserts using ArcGIS. (Thanks to @douglaspmackay for the invite!) We use an Integrated Two Step Floating Catchment Area method to combine spatial and aspatial characteristics to identify areas in NC with very poor spatial access to affordable family planning (Title X clinics), as well as areas with low spatial access and high needs population.