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26
Oct2012

Document, document, document: An interview with Melissa Epstein

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26 Oct
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By Joanna Cardinal, Assistant Director for Membership and IT Operations

Today, in the second of our posts on PRIM&R’s Diversity Advisory group, we’d like to introduce you to Melissa Epstein, PhD, CIP. Read previous posts in this series here.

 Melissa Epstein has been a PRIM&R member for five years. She received her Bachelors Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, has a PhD in linguistics from UCLA, and conducted her doctoral dissertation on vocal cord vibration patterns in English. She had further training as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland Dental School where [...] Read more

9
Oct2012

Raise awareness to unfair treatment or situations: An interview with Eric Mah

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9 Oct
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by Joanna Cardinal, Assistant Director for Membership and IT Operations

 In 2006, PRIM&R’s Board of Directors adopted a number of core values to codify the culture and priorities of our organization. One of these core values is diversity, or the priority of working “hard to value and promote the diversity of people, ideas, and opinions.” To ensure success supporting this value, in 2011, the Diversity Advisory Group (DAG) was developed. The DAG’s initial goal is to examine the issue of diversity as it pertains to PRIM&R’s membership. Specifically, the DAG will make recommendations to the [...] Read more