Etiqueta: academia
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My interview at the In Common Podcast: Talking about food systems research, wellbeing, and grad school life
065: Food systems, communicating science and taking care of yourself in academia with Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz Click here to listen «In this episode, Courtney speaks with Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, a PhD candidate in Food Systems at the University of Vermont. They discuss Luis’ unexpected path to his research on Puerto Ricans farmer adaptation and food…
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My Unstructured Structure and the Meadow of Flowers
This is the final reflection written for the University of Vermont course, «Writing Across Disciplines», taught in spring 2020 by Dr. Caitlin B. Morgan. The essay was written in May 2020–Thus, when it says, «this semester», «now», etc., it refers to January-May 2020. In the start of the semester, I wrote that I would focus…
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Being Idle is not an Option: Reconciling my Academic and Political Duties
This is the original version of my Working Life Essay published on Science on August 29, 2019. Click here to read the published version. It was Wednesday, July 17th, and I was alone in my room, in front of my computer with four windows open on the screen. Thousands of Puerto Ricans were marching to…
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From Ocean to Table: Integrating Marine and Coastal Food Systems into Food Studies
This paper was published in a special edited collection, Cite This, of the Graduate Journal of Food Studies. Click here to read the full paper. It is common to hear and read the phrases “farm to table” or “farm to plate” in food systems discussions and scholarship. Less common, is to encounter “ocean to table” or “ocean to plate.” As scholars,…
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On Not Suffering (Much) in Graduate School: Part 1
Oprime aquí para leer la versión en español Sol Fantin, Argentinian poet, writes that the problem of time is not that it’s short, but swift. My friends know that I mention that verse all the time. Last August 28, 2018, was my anniversary as a PhD student at the University of Vermont. My intention for doing…
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Para no sufrir (tanto) en la escuela graduada: Parte 1
Click here to read the English version of this post on the steps I took to lessen the suffering before, and during my PhD track. La poeta argentina, Sol Fantin, dice en uno de sus poemas que el problema del tiempo no es que sea corto, sino fugaz. Ese verso siempre lo tengo en la…
Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz, PhD 