Fernanda Ferreira
Psycholinguist @UCDavis. Made in Portugal, raised in Canada, living in California. Author of "Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction" from Oxford University Press, coming out January 23, 2025.
- “Democracy dies in darkness” turns out to have been a goal, not a warning.
- Yes, and institutional norms nourish this mindset: promotion cases based on grant $ brought in, tussles over space because square footage —> prestige, assumption that more lab trainees (esp if supported on grants) means more and better science getting done. It’s a toxic culture.
- Print this on a banner and place it at the entrance of every college, university, and research institute.
