User:Cecilemckee

I learned a lot while at the [[National Science Foundation]] about the broader impacts of publicly funded research. Already interested in public engagement around language and linguistics topics, I started working on science communication more broadly. I was honored to become a Fellow at the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], and my citation for that honor refers to my service in promoting public awareness of linguistics.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=UArizona Linguist Selected as AAAS Fellow {{!}} College of Social & Behavioral Sciences |url=https://sbs.arizona.edu/news/uarizona-linguist-selected-aaas-fellow |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=sbs.arizona.edu |language=en}} With my colleague [[Laura Wagner]] ([[Ohio State University]]), I have written two books on this topic (e.g., How to Talk Language Science with Everybody, 2023, [[Cambridge University Press]]). I consider my work on Wikipedia to be part of that emphasis.

I learned a lot while at the [[National Science Foundation]] about the broader impacts of publicly funded research. Already interested in public engagement around language and linguistics topics, I started working on science communication more broadly. I was honored to become a Fellow at the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], and my citation for that honor refers to my service in promoting public awareness of linguistics.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=UArizona Linguist Selected as AAAS Fellow {{!}} College of Social & Behavioral Sciences |url=https://sbs.arizona.edu/news/uarizona-linguist-selected-aaas-fellow |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=sbs.arizona.edu |language=en}} With my colleague [[Laura Wagner]] ([[Ohio State University]]), I have written two books on this topic (e.g., How to Talk Language Science with Everybody, 2023, [[Cambridge University Press]]). I consider my work on Wikipedia to be part of that emphasis.

My personal interests emphasize food and drink. Connecting to these interests, I was for 10 years a volunteer docent at [[Mission Garden]], a living agricultural museum in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]. Despite the challenges of desert gardening, I enjoy growing my own food in my own yard. For example, I've experimented with [[Olla-based|olla]] and [[straw bale gardening]]. Every couple of years, I learn to prepare a new kind of food. It was [[paella]] over the pandemic, and it's [[marmalade]] now because our [[Lisbon lemon]] is unusually productive this year. Also, I've raised several puppies for [[Guide Dogs for the Blind]] and [[Canine Companions for Independence|Canine Companions]]. My 13th raise is Baringa, who is similar to a "[[cell dog]]." Canine Companions owns the dog, and my co-raisers are inmates who participate in their Prison Puppy Raising Program to help train future [[service dogs]].{{Cite web |title=Prison Puppy Raising |url=http://canine.org/get-involved/ways-to-volunteer/become-a-volunteer-puppy-raiser/prison-puppy-raising/ |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=Canine Companions |language=en-US}}

My personal interests emphasize food and drink. Connecting to these interests, I was for 10 years a volunteer docent at [[Mission Garden]], a living agricultural museum in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]. Despite the challenges of desert gardening, I enjoy growing my own food in my own yard. For example, I've experimented with [[olla]] and [[straw bale gardening]]. Every couple of years, I learn to prepare a new kind of food. It was [[paella]] over the pandemic, and it's [[marmalade]] now because our [[Lisbon lemon]] is unusually productive this year. Also, I've raised several puppies for [[Guide Dogs for the Blind]] and [[Canine Companions for Independence|Canine Companions]]. My 13th raise is Baringa, who is similar to a "[[cell dog]]." Canine Companions owns the dog, and my co-raisers are inmates who participate in their Prison Puppy Raising Program to help train future [[service dogs]].{{Cite web |title=Prison Puppy Raising |url=http://canine.org/get-involved/ways-to-volunteer/become-a-volunteer-puppy-raiser/prison-puppy-raising/ |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=Canine Companions |language=en-US}}

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