Roxanne Prichard, PhD
@roxanneprichard.bsky.social
Professor, Sleep Researcher, Speaker. Passionate about Inclusive Excellence in Teaching, Sleep as Social Justice, and Pleasure Activism.
I’ve been supporting peace and democracy here in the Twin Cities through different avenues: education, legislative advocacy, mutual aid, coalition-building, but my favorite is delighting in immigrant-owned businesses.
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I’ve been supporting peace and democracy here in the Twin Cities through different avenues: education, legislative advocacy, mutual aid, coalition-building, but my favorite is delighting in immigrant-owned businesses.
It's the start of #BlackHistoryMonth and the new semester.
Today, I'm grateful for the educational legacies of
George Washington Carver
Pauli Murray
bell hooks
Octavia E. Butler
Charles R. Drew
Ronald E. McNair
James Baldwin
What about you?
Today, I'm grateful for the educational legacies of
George Washington Carver
Pauli Murray
bell hooks
Octavia E. Butler
Charles R. Drew
Ronald E. McNair
James Baldwin
What about you?
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It's the start of #BlackHistoryMonth and the new semester.
Today, I'm grateful for the educational legacies of
George Washington Carver
Pauli Murray
bell hooks
Octavia E. Butler
Charles R. Drew
Ronald E. McNair
James Baldwin
What about you?
Today, I'm grateful for the educational legacies of
George Washington Carver
Pauli Murray
bell hooks
Octavia E. Butler
Charles R. Drew
Ronald E. McNair
James Baldwin
What about you?
I needed to make an extra sign for yesterday’s neighborhood first amendment activities here in St. Paul, MN.
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I needed to make an extra sign for yesterday’s neighborhood first amendment activities here in St. Paul, MN.
In December, I shared my Top 10 Sleep Threats on @drchriswinter.bsky.social Sleep Unplugged podcast. Here in these occupied but resilient Twin Cities, I stand by those rankings, but might temporarily switch #1 & #2.
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
In December, I shared my Top 10 Sleep Threats on @drchriswinter.bsky.social Sleep Unplugged podcast. Here in these occupied but resilient Twin Cities, I stand by those rankings, but might temporarily switch #1 & #2.
Candles at 7 pm tonight.
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Candles at 7 pm tonight.
Mourning VA ICU nurse snd beloved community member, Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE this morning in Minneapolis.
This afternoon, the memorial sculpture, Let My Heart Be Open, by Gene Piersa at Normandale Community College calls to me.
Mourn the dead, protect the living.
#ICEOUT NOW
This afternoon, the memorial sculpture, Let My Heart Be Open, by Gene Piersa at Normandale Community College calls to me.
Mourn the dead, protect the living.
#ICEOUT NOW
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Mourning VA ICU nurse snd beloved community member, Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE this morning in Minneapolis.
This afternoon, the memorial sculpture, Let My Heart Be Open, by Gene Piersa at Normandale Community College calls to me.
Mourn the dead, protect the living.
#ICEOUT NOW
This afternoon, the memorial sculpture, Let My Heart Be Open, by Gene Piersa at Normandale Community College calls to me.
Mourn the dead, protect the living.
#ICEOUT NOW
ICE just murdered another Minneapolis neighbor and observer. I am outraged and do not know how we can expect our students to learn in an environment of rampant state sponsored kidnapping and street executions. #ICEOUT NOW.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
ICE just murdered another Minneapolis neighbor and observer. I am outraged and do not know how we can expect our students to learn in an environment of rampant state sponsored kidnapping and street executions. #ICEOUT NOW.
Reposted by Roxanne Prichard, PhD
Grateful for the hundreds of clergy praying in -30 windchills and facing arrest for witnessing and protesting the human rights abuses. #ICEOUT
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Grateful for the hundreds of clergy praying in -30 windchills and facing arrest for witnessing and protesting the human rights abuses. #ICEOUT
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
One of the things I love about being a sleep researcher is the spontaneous conversations that arise. I'm at an airport bar now and another customer (a CPAP user for 10 years who talked about how life-changing it is) & I just got our fantastic (and sleepy) barkeep signed up for a sleep apnea test.
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One of the things I love about being a sleep researcher is the spontaneous conversations that arise. I'm at an airport bar now and another customer (a CPAP user for 10 years who talked about how life-changing it is) & I just got our fantastic (and sleepy) barkeep signed up for a sleep apnea test.
So incredibly happy for our Minnesota champion! Grateful for Lindsey for sharing about her experience recognizing and getting help for her insomnia. (Also, cheers to Olympic greats Simone Biles, Jessie Diggins & many others for being so open about mental health!)
www.today.com/health/sleep...
www.today.com/health/sleep...
December 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So incredibly happy for our Minnesota champion! Grateful for Lindsey for sharing about her experience recognizing and getting help for her insomnia. (Also, cheers to Olympic greats Simone Biles, Jessie Diggins & many others for being so open about mental health!)
www.today.com/health/sleep...
www.today.com/health/sleep...
A student was arrested at gun point at a campus near ours this week.
This morning a 55 year old woman citizen observer was arrested outside her home. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This is an abhorrent, cruel, authoritarian practice.
This morning a 55 year old woman citizen observer was arrested outside her home. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This is an abhorrent, cruel, authoritarian practice.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A student was arrested at gun point at a campus near ours this week.
This morning a 55 year old woman citizen observer was arrested outside her home. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This is an abhorrent, cruel, authoritarian practice.
This morning a 55 year old woman citizen observer was arrested outside her home. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This is an abhorrent, cruel, authoritarian practice.
What to do as a faculty member when the president, in between cabinet meeting sleep attacks, uses horrifically offensive racist language and plans military force against a specific cultural group who are a major part of your academic and home community?
How does this impact learning? Belonging?
How does this impact learning? Belonging?
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What to do as a faculty member when the president, in between cabinet meeting sleep attacks, uses horrifically offensive racist language and plans military force against a specific cultural group who are a major part of your academic and home community?
How does this impact learning? Belonging?
How does this impact learning? Belonging?
Anecdotal evidence from advising meetings confirms this. The #BrainDrain is really, and disproportionally impacting women and genderqueer folks.
“The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the US has created a large gender gap btwn them & their male counterparts.
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
Today’s 21-percentage-point gap btwn younger men (19%) & women (40%) wanting to leave the US is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.”🧪
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Anecdotal evidence from advising meetings confirms this. The #BrainDrain is really, and disproportionally impacting women and genderqueer folks.
The @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social is in a great position to add to the lingual diversity of medical professionals, particularly in Hmong. After indigenous languages, Khmer is the most needed. Read alum surgeon's Kim Uy's bilingual graphic memoir. www.greencardvoices.org/product/hard...
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social is in a great position to add to the lingual diversity of medical professionals, particularly in Hmong. After indigenous languages, Khmer is the most needed. Read alum surgeon's Kim Uy's bilingual graphic memoir. www.greencardvoices.org/product/hard...
I got up early this morning to watch the lights dance in St. Paul over the Big Dipper and stayed up late last night watching them too. :)
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I got up early this morning to watch the lights dance in St. Paul over the Big Dipper and stayed up late last night watching them too. :)
For me, this was epitome of Beaux-Arts glory, Fantasia come to life, transcendent choir and synesthetic splendor in one of the most magnificent buildings I've ever been in.
For my Gen alpha tween: "Meh, I've seen better filters on Reels."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
For my Gen alpha tween: "Meh, I've seen better filters on Reels."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Painting ‘transcendent beauty’ with sound, light and architecture at the Basilica
Hundreds gathered in the Basilica of St. Mary for “Luminiscence,” an immersive new light-and-sound spectacle. It is the first time the acclaimed European production has come to the U.S.
www.mprnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
For me, this was epitome of Beaux-Arts glory, Fantasia come to life, transcendent choir and synesthetic splendor in one of the most magnificent buildings I've ever been in.
For my Gen alpha tween: "Meh, I've seen better filters on Reels."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
For my Gen alpha tween: "Meh, I've seen better filters on Reels."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I found this to be a convincing argument. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I found this to be a convincing argument. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Sleep capstone was a great discussion of maps, circadian health, and the legacy of imperialism. We compared the Peters projection vs. Mercator maps & noticed 80% of the world's population follows solar time. We listened to this podcast. On the Peters map, you can see AK 4 time zone width well.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sleep capstone was a great discussion of maps, circadian health, and the legacy of imperialism. We compared the Peters projection vs. Mercator maps & noticed 80% of the world's population follows solar time. We listened to this podcast. On the Peters map, you can see AK 4 time zone width well.
This is fantastic-- I'm showing this in my classes this week.
Share widely - especially with your friends and family who aren't in science! 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is fantastic-- I'm showing this in my classes this week.
Excited to stay at the home with the newmexicosundial.com while at the Mentoring Conference! How do we keep this clock on time? Permanent Standard Time.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited to stay at the home with the newmexicosundial.com while at the Mentoring Conference! How do we keep this clock on time? Permanent Standard Time.
I'm at a mentoring conference in New Mexico, and enjoying getting away from the light pollution. This photoperiod extending space mirror plan- brighter than the moon!- has so many risks for sleep health and ecology. @darkskyintl.bsky.social @savestandard.bsky.social
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
Company's plan to launch 4,000 space mirrors alarms scientists
Reflect Orbital says their light-on-demand idea has generated significant interest from commercial and government customers.
www.space.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'm at a mentoring conference in New Mexico, and enjoying getting away from the light pollution. This photoperiod extending space mirror plan- brighter than the moon!- has so many risks for sleep health and ecology. @darkskyintl.bsky.social @savestandard.bsky.social
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
No Kings!
San Juan Co.
San Juan Co.
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
No Kings!
San Juan Co.
San Juan Co.
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Observing Indigenous People’s Day on Wahpekute land in Minnesota, Dakota for “Sky-colored water”.
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Observing Indigenous People’s Day on Wahpekute land in Minnesota, Dakota for “Sky-colored water”.