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A favorite quarantine pass time is rewatching all the Disney princess movies. A take on Disney princesses as academics. #1 Princess Jasmine was definitely an ethnographer. She met Aladdin âin the fieldâ and was definitely doing participant observations. 1/n
#2. Snow White was an ornithologist. She closely studied bird songs and, since they loved her so much, probably produced detailed observational notes about their physical appearance
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#3. Princess Aurora, a zoologist. She and Snow White are regular coauthors for studies of owls.
#4. Princess Tiana, the environmental scientist. Bonus: she dabbles in science, technology, and society studies to examine the role of culture in human-nature interactions in the local bayou. #BlackAndSTEM
#5. Ariel, the archaeologist. She collects human artifacts and works with colleagues to make inferences about how theyâre used. The dinglehopper (i.e., fork), for example, was hypothesized to be a tool for hair combing. . .
#6. Cinderella, the social psychologist. She studies social identity threat and belonging in blended families. Side interest in imposter syndrome in first generation royal family members.
#7. Moana, the hydrologist. She draws upon indigenous scientific knowledge and methods to assess the impact of climate change on local hydrological cycling.
#8. Rapunzel, the material scientist. After many years of living in the lab, she developed a new fibrous material that can be used to make many useful products (e.g., escape rope). Importantly, the material is inexpensive to make and will likely replace cotton in the future.
#9. Princess Merida, the mechanical engineer. She specializes is mechanical design and has a patent for tech-enhanced arrows. Notably, she won the 5-year NSF Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM grant ($575k) to improve ethics curriculum in engineering and technology.
#10. An academic momma suggested Mulan is a gender studies scholar. She was a former military strategist-turned-academic and uses Butlerâs theory of perfomativity to examine gendered socialization and toxic masculinities in the armed forces.
#11. Another academic momma suggested Belle is a literary scholar. While sheâs well-versed in the âclassicsâ, youâll also find works by e.g., Sylvia Wynter in her library. Belle ensures that literary works by BIPOC scholars are required readings for all the courses she teaches.
