You likely saw the below picture when I shared it on Facebook or Twitter back in October..
I had only been at Wayne State for a short while when I met someone in marketing and communications at CLAS (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). They were immediately interested in my work on edible insects, which made me someone to keep in mind when it comes to promoting the work of WSU faculty.
A short while later I received a mock-up of the below image, with a fake quote "eating bugs is cool!" It absolutely cracked me up. I would post it here, but I don't really want my image with that fake quote out on the interwebs because it does make me sound ridiculous out of context. However, I was given a questionnaire so that they could pull a real quote from me. Questions were things like: Why anthropology? Why entomophagy? What was your favorite book? What did you want to be when you grow up? When did you know you wanted to be an academic? etc.
I gave many quote-worthy entomophagy statements, but I was taken aback when they decided to use a statement about teaching instead.
All of the interest in entomophagy lately has been a bit of a whirlwind. I have been studying insects in the human diet for almost a decade now, but it has only been in the most recent years that the world is starting to really care. I consider myself lucky in terms of my favorite definition of the word - preparation meets opportunity. All of a sudden the opportunity is there for my work to be of public interest. I am amazed by all the momentum I currently have, but it took this CLAS promotional material to remind me that I have been preparing for this for a very long time. I am a teacher first and foremost. It is what I love and what I have wanted to do my entire adult life. It meant a lot to me that CLAS found this fact just as interesting or important as my trendy research topic.
"#FacultyFacts highlight CLAS profs inspiring @waynestate students in and out of the classroom. Meet @JulieLesnik"
I am truly proud to be a Wayne State Warrior.
A short while later I received a mock-up of the below image, with a fake quote "eating bugs is cool!" It absolutely cracked me up. I would post it here, but I don't really want my image with that fake quote out on the interwebs because it does make me sound ridiculous out of context. However, I was given a questionnaire so that they could pull a real quote from me. Questions were things like: Why anthropology? Why entomophagy? What was your favorite book? What did you want to be when you grow up? When did you know you wanted to be an academic? etc.
I gave many quote-worthy entomophagy statements, but I was taken aback when they decided to use a statement about teaching instead.
All of the interest in entomophagy lately has been a bit of a whirlwind. I have been studying insects in the human diet for almost a decade now, but it has only been in the most recent years that the world is starting to really care. I consider myself lucky in terms of my favorite definition of the word - preparation meets opportunity. All of a sudden the opportunity is there for my work to be of public interest. I am amazed by all the momentum I currently have, but it took this CLAS promotional material to remind me that I have been preparing for this for a very long time. I am a teacher first and foremost. It is what I love and what I have wanted to do my entire adult life. It meant a lot to me that CLAS found this fact just as interesting or important as my trendy research topic.
"#FacultyFacts highlight CLAS profs inspiring @waynestate students in and out of the classroom. Meet @JulieLesnik"
I am truly proud to be a Wayne State Warrior.
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