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drledford.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Communication at Auburn University. Passionate about reducing stigma in health communication. Proud Maryland Terp 🐢 and daughter of Marshall 🦬

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As suspected it seems the Trump Administration is deprioritizing countering TNR. Horrible move against an organization that has provided so much valuable information and advocacy on the subject.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Hot off the presses in 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀! This piece shows how migration shapes the formation of transnational publics - taking a qualitative approach to SNA, and using ethnography, visual network mapping and interviews. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #commsky

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 New Research Monograph Excited to share that my new monograph “The Mobile Social Network Ecology: Migrant Voices, Organizational Perspectives, and Unveiling Public Mobility in Qualitative Social Network Analysis” is now available 📖 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 34 days ago • 1330 comments

As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I hope you’ll read our new research article, published today with Jungkyu Rhys Lim & Hyoyeun Jun. Our participants, 21 LGBTQ+ people living in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, shed light on the importance of inclusive and effective risk communication in mitigating infectious disease spread.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

submitted 37 days ago • 14 comments

Where are the folks who’ve downloaded and saved now inaccessible CDC data and webpages? Has someone created a place to store these items? I’ve been downloading and storing as much as I can and would like to share with others in an efficient and easily accessible way #publichealth

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

As the Trump administration tanks public health communication and funding streams, I think health communication researchers are well positioned to resist & persist. A starting point may be considering where and how we share our research to promote sharing of clear and accessible health information.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

quick request/reminder to any communication researchers who follow me on here: please submit your work to Comm Research Reports! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcrr20/c...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

As of this morning, the Trump administration removed the Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool (CEJEST). Don't worry; we have the code and data backed up.

submitted 46 days ago • 7 comments

AI folks: come work with me! PRODIG+ Fellow in Critical AI: apply.interfolio.com/160274

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Hi folks! I’m searching for remote industry roles in UX/UI research, project management, and strategic planning. If you or anyone you know is #hiring I would love to chat and share how I can bring my academic experiences to your organization 🤓

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Yelling the loudest War Eagle of my life!

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

I think I’m supposed to introduce myself since I’m new here 👋🏻 I’m an academic like everyone else and broadly study health communication, stigma, and inclusive communication pedagogy. Don’t have high expectations for my feed — I’ll probably just repost smarter and more clever people than me.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments