Sarah Gunning, Ph.D.
@sgunning.bsky.social
Associate Professor of #techcomm and Director of M.S. Professional Writing & the Communicating Complex Information certificate @ Towson University, MD.
Loves: outside, plaid, wool, weird perfumes, gardening all the things, seeing new places, reggaeton
Loves: outside, plaid, wool, weird perfumes, gardening all the things, seeing new places, reggaeton
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New article out! on nonprofit #grantwriters journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
Love when a S starts a project in Rhetoric then builds it out even further in Methods and ends up w a conference talk or paper! The best! Think long term for your grad program goals
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Love when a S starts a project in Rhetoric then builds it out even further in Methods and ends up w a conference talk or paper! The best! Think long term for your grad program goals
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It's the big beautiful 50 year mortgage that's like a school loan that won't ever decrease in principle until you pay three times the amount of the loan.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It's the big beautiful 50 year mortgage that's like a school loan that won't ever decrease in principle until you pay three times the amount of the loan.
Apt.
Genesis (social media)
Genesis released "Land of Confusion" #OnThisDay in 1986 as a single from "Invisible Touch".
Genesis released "Land of Confusion" #OnThisDay in 1986 as a single from "Invisible Touch".
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Apt.
me, reading what I just revised: oh this is so INteresting
a man in a suit is sitting in a chair in front of a microphone with a w logo on his jacket .
ALT: a man in a suit is sitting in a chair in front of a microphone with a w logo on his jacket .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
me, reading what I just revised: oh this is so INteresting
this Monday evening online writing group has been instrumental for me to chug away at these two chapters before December! No one was there tonight, but I still chipped away, built up 546 good words this hour.
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
this Monday evening online writing group has been instrumental for me to chug away at these two chapters before December! No one was there tonight, but I still chipped away, built up 546 good words this hour.
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Going to a research conference next week. One of my panels featured researchers coming from Asia, who decided to withdraw given the uncertainty about domestic travel with flight cancelations. Just one more reference point for how the US under Trump has become seen as a basket case country.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Going to a research conference next week. One of my panels featured researchers coming from Asia, who decided to withdraw given the uncertainty about domestic travel with flight cancelations. Just one more reference point for how the US under Trump has become seen as a basket case country.
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GO! Write like the wind!
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
GO! Write like the wind!
honestly so exciting to give Ss feedback about writing letters of intent, conference proposals. ✨Let's maximize these out ✨
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
honestly so exciting to give Ss feedback about writing letters of intent, conference proposals. ✨Let's maximize these out ✨
nooo didn't want to have to deal with curriculum issues todayyyy
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
nooo didn't want to have to deal with curriculum issues todayyyy
ofc what am I doing? Ordering stickers for PRWR's 40th anniversary (which was in 2024) #nottoolate
today's tasks:
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ofc what am I doing? Ordering stickers for PRWR's 40th anniversary (which was in 2024) #nottoolate
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“A crucial verb for writers is revise. Which means, of course, to re-see.” —Allan Gurganus
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“A crucial verb for writers is revise. Which means, of course, to re-see.” —Allan Gurganus
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We invite undergraduate/graduate students to submit a proposal to this year’s Student Research Competition (SRC). The SRC offers a forum for students to present their original research.
Proposal submissions due: January 10 (A) or March 30 (B)
Submit here: gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Proposal submissions due: January 10 (A) or March 30 (B)
Submit here: gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
SIGDOC 2026 - ACM SIGDOC 2026 Conference
sigdoc.acm.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We invite undergraduate/graduate students to submit a proposal to this year’s Student Research Competition (SRC). The SRC offers a forum for students to present their original research.
Proposal submissions due: January 10 (A) or March 30 (B)
Submit here: gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Proposal submissions due: January 10 (A) or March 30 (B)
Submit here: gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
80s fashion + hair + makeup = unmatched
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
80s fashion + hair + makeup = unmatched
80s fashion was so 💯
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
80s fashion was so 💯
today's tasks:
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
today's tasks:
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
✅walk pups
✅write & upload a LoR
✅read for tomorrow's class
✅outline tomo's lecture
☕plan tomo's activities
✅plan out the week
☕feedback 6 assignments
☕design overdue conference poster(!)
☕write a conference abstract
☕writing group 1 hour
trying to alternate long tasks w short ones📚
a new mascara is HOPE
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
a new mascara is HOPE
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
Last roses before the first frost ❄️
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Last roses before the first frost ❄️
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Charity shops, STOP DOING THIS
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Charity shops, STOP DOING THIS
omg I forgot I have to design a poster for a conference later this month
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
omg I forgot I have to design a poster for a conference later this month
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SLUGGO’S SUNDAY
I'LL SPEND THE DAY UP IN THE ATTIC READING OLD COMIC BOOKS
I'LL SPEND THE DAY UP IN THE ATTIC READING OLD COMIC BOOKS
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
SLUGGO’S SUNDAY
I'LL SPEND THE DAY UP IN THE ATTIC READING OLD COMIC BOOKS
I'LL SPEND THE DAY UP IN THE ATTIC READING OLD COMIC BOOKS
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946