M Gallardo-Williams
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Associate Director for Faculty Development @NCStateOFE . SoTL/DBER. Chemist - Crafter - Baker - Mom. She/her/ella 🇻🇪/🇺🇸
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When you bake a pie after writing your organic chemistry assessment...
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I noticed several guys unfollowed me this weekend after I posted about baking and crocheting a blanket. I want you to know that doesn’t take anything away from being a scientist. I am an academic chemist full time and a woman full time.
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Friends, I got my promotion letter today. Effective 8/16 I will be a Teaching Professor. It’s strange to be promoted to a rank that did not exist when I took this job, but so satisfying!
@NCState
@NCStateChem
@NCStateSciences
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Blueberry pie before baking. Will the owl survive in the oven?
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I may publish a million papers, but I will never make a better figure than the one my student Allen Moore made for this paper.
Link to the paper in the next post.
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My dad just got a new dog and I’ve never seen a bigger smile on his face! I think that’s joy in its most pure form.
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Just finished making a geode cake for the boy who is leaving for college. Did you know you can cut yourself with sharp sugar shards? Well, you can! Luckily it happened during cleanup, after the cake was done!
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Well, your girl has been published in Nature Reviews Chemistry
@NatRevChem
! I guess dreams do come true!
You can read it here:
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I was restless so I made a pie during a meeting. Didn’t miss a beat!
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Not bad!
Blueberry pie before baking. Will the owl survive in the oven?
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I have lived through a coup before. What is going on right now is a coup. Stop calling it any other less threatening names.
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It’s done! Lemon/strawberry cake for Eid (my son is going to a celebration tomorrow night)!
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Happy birthday to me! Baked my own cake: vanilla bean filled with strawberry mouse and orange blossom buttercream.
At the risk of sounding like Kekule, I had a dream about this cake, then just had to make it happen. I think it says that chemistry is the foundation for all I do?
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I don’t bake a cake for every conference, but I did bake one for
@LatinXChem
! Who wants a piece?
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Here is my laptop policy (works for other tech too):
Please use whatever resources you need to be successful in this class. Let me know if I can help with anything.
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Son: it sucks to have a birthday during a pandemic!
Me: no probllama, I made you a cake!
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Guess who got an Outstanding Teacher Award today?
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So, as it turns out, I wasn't wasting time on Twitter. This was great fun!
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We are celebrating that my son Nicholas is 20 today with a double cake. Half is chocolate with Nutella and half is strawberries and cream!
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Did I tell you about my propagation station? The plants are doing great, putting out roots and loving it!
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I feel that the fact that M&Ms are 1 cm in diameter and 1 g in weight is wildly underreported.
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You would never believe what I got in the mail!
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To the man who dm’d me to let me know that he would unfollow me unless I made some changes:
GOOD RIDDANCE!
I now leave you with some pictures of the things you complained about: weird foods from other countries, dogs, cats, and crafty things. You’re welcome!
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Well, the charcuterie chalet is done! We added a goat cheese snowman!
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So many kitchen things that look like lab equipment and nobody has come up with a kitchen rotovap? The perfect appliance to thicken sauces!
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Tonight I surprised my son by pouring hot soup from a very large pot into a much smaller container without spilling a single drop. He didn't know that, as a chemist, I have this superpower.
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You will see your instructor walk in the first day of your Fall course, but you won't see all the work that took place to get to that moment. Under the surface, we're paddling as fast as we can to make it look seamless above the water. Some of us are more graceful than others...
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I hadn’t said anything because I wasn’t ready, but our dog Sophie passed away earlier this month. She was 15 and we miss her so much.
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Finally was able to pick up the plaque for this award! Thank you so much to
@NCState
and
@NCStateOIED
for this recognition!
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The idea for this little cake has beer rattling around in my brain for a week, and it’s now a reality.
Happy birthday to me!
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Update: it was indeed appendicitis. Currently having surgery. Good vibes and prayers accepted!
Currently at the ER with oldest son. Seems to be appendicitis. Not how I was planning to spend this day!
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Way before Instagram and fancy engagement photo shoots you just went to Olan Mills during your lunch break and got your engagement picture made, then each one right back to their lab (we were in grad school)!
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Well, that was an ordeal, but I was able to get my account and username back, and in time to celebrate my birthday!
Now, who wants cake? It’s a mimosa cake: orange cake with sparkling wine icing!
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You would think that Ivy has never had anything to drink, she found this jar of water and almost drank it all. The sound is kind of soothing.
She is very serious about hydration!
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My dad would like to announce that he’s making paella today. For a man who is 87 and not on social media he seems to have a good understanding of how to create a buzz...
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Piecaken is ready! A pecan pie topped with a pumpkin pie topped with a spice cake topped with apple pie filling and covered in buttercream! Happy Thanksgiving!
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If you are teaching organic chemistry, do you have any good resources to include Black chemists in your course materials? I'm putting together a list of resources and would love to hear from you.
We have a lot of work to do to balance all those reactions named after white men.
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Went to collect some seashells and found one with an interesting message
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A reminder that
@LatinXChem
Twitter Conference is tomorrow! It wouldn’t be a party without a cake!
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It’s my birthday and I made my own cake: Port-poached pear! Even better, I was able to take the day off, my husband did too, and my youngest doesn’t have school. Off to lunch!
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I’ve lived in NC for 20 years and I’ve never seen the cherry trees bloom as beautifully as they have this year!
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Hello! It’s
#LatinXChemRollCall
I am Maria Gallardo-Williams, Teaching Professor
@NCStateChem
and SoTL Fellow
@NCStateOFD
. I research
#ChemEd
with a focus on technology use for inclusion and students as creators of educational content. Coordinating
#LatinXChemEd
in
@LatinXChem
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Baking today brought to you by caffeine and Zyrtec. Lemon-flavored fox cake!
#Chem4Life
#RealTimeChem
#whatscooking
@ChemPubSoc_Euro
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You know what would be great? If instead of saying that you appreciate women in science some people would actually support women in science. Follow us, retweet us, cite us.
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Development of Virtual Reality Experiences for Organic Chemistry Labs
#RSCPoster
#RSCEdu
These are not replacements for traditional labs, but to be used by students unable to attend the lab (pregnant, military deployment) or unable to complete it safely (some disabilities).
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In case you have questions about LatinX last names, some information:
In most Spanish-speaking countries people routinely use two last names. The first one is the father's last name, the second is the mother's last name. The two last names are always used in legal documents 1/n
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We adopted another dog! Lady joined our family yesterday and we are all smitten. Sake is not so sure, and won’t be taking questions at this time.
#RescueDogs
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Why is it generally accepted that foreign language class sections should be small (generally less than 40 students) but organic chemistry classes can be very large? Learning organic chemistry is literally like learning a second language, but with extra science components.
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If you expect teaching faculty to publish scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) articles you need to allow them time to read articles, collect the data, analyze it, write, and follow up. Educational research is research. It takes time and resources.
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11/92 I watched a coup on Venezuelan TV while I made a lasagna. That attempt lead to Hugo Chavez's dictatorship and the ruin of my country. His first coup was 2/92. Most people dismissed it.
Yesterday I watched a coup on American TV while I was making dinner. Don't dismiss it.
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Last update of the day: thanks for all the prayers and good wishes, the surgery was very successful and we’re already home. Laparoscopic surgery is amazing!
Update: it was indeed appendicitis. Currently having surgery. Good vibes and prayers accepted!
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Please join me in wishing my daughter Victoria (
@whateveniscouth
) a very happy birthday. She’s a bit under the weather today, so maybe you can help me brighten her day?
Vanilla cake with lemon buttercream icing.
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When your favorite shape is a hexagon and your whole family helps you make something.
Is there a
#RealTimeChem
#Chem4Life
category for
#chemdecor
?
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It’s my turn! As part of
#YoungScientistNetworking
(organized by
@QuantumTessera
) I’ll tell you a little bit about my career journey. So strange to think that a little girl from Venezuela got to see the whole world and ended up working at a major American university!
1/n
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Why make a gingerbread house when you can make a castle? A quiet morning at home, it was very relaxing to work on this!
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It was a dream of mine to visit
@UNAM_MX
in Mexico City and see the famous periodic table
@quimica_unam
! My heartfelt thanks to
@paux_gr
of
@iquimicaunam
for being such a gracious host!
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Fall colors are gorgeous around here this year!
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The kids made seafood paella and cake for Mother’s Day!
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We help others just by existing out in the open. I am a Latina who made all kinds of mistakes, yet was able to make a life for herself in academia. I did it while also raising a family and pursuing many other interests. I'm only saying this because if I did it, it's possible.
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Many of the people that you consider successful are just really good at stringing their failures into a cohesive narrative.
Never underestimate the power of storytelling!
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Ferrero Rocher (chocolate/hazelnut) cake for my soccer-obsessed nephew!
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The husband made Peruvian chicken! He’s a chemical engineer so can he be part of
#ChemistsWhoCook
?
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Unicorn cupcakes for a colleague’s birthday. Because it’s never too late to have a happy childhood!
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Got a paper accepted! On a Saturday afternoon!!!
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I’m done! It was a Halloween gingerbread house for a little apothecary witch! Made all from scratch, no premade pieces, and it’s all edible!
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Two papers accepted in one day! I may have peaked today!
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My dog Sophie is turning 15 so I made her a Quinceañera cake. Yes, that is a real tiara that I bought (on clearance) just for this cake. Happy birthday princess Sophie!
#cake
#cakedecorating
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When you spend your whole life waiting to be featured in the
@cenmag
@AmerChemSociety
Meeting Insider and the one time you make it, the conference is cancelled
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It's time for
#RSCPoster
Conference: No travel, tiny carbon footprint, wonderful networking!
Here's what I've been working on: Can Technology Facilitate Inclusion and Diversity in Chemistry Teaching Laboratories?
#RSCEdu
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If you review a CV and see a meandering path, you might want to consider that people from disadvantaged backgrounds rarely get first pick on programs/offerings. Or don’t have the means to work for free at prestigious internships. We did what we had to do. Treat us with respect.
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Chocolate with hazelnut filling and orange blossom buttercream cake for tonight. I had a dream about making a dainty cake with a huge flower on top to sit on this plate, and this is pretty close to what I envisioned
#ChemistsWhoCook
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Lady was following me very closely and I thought it was love, but it turned out to be a Cheeto stuck to my pants.
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I just typed this sentence and then hit send: "I am going to pass on this, because it doesn't align with my professional goals."
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Son (10yr-old) has been freezing and unfreezing this water-filled ballon since yesterday. He just told me that he started doing it to see how water freezes but is now more interested in how the latex balloon is becoming less shiny and more brittle. Material scientist? Send help!
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Well, I have kept a very happy front up until now, but today I am struggling. I miss my students, my office, my friends, and all things normal. I will throw myself a tiny pity party and I will keep on going.
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