Shout #3 : Wendy

This one goes out to my friend/colleague Wendy (currently a professor at the New School in NY), because I saw a pretty picture of her on Facebook which reminded me that she is awesome and it has been waaaaay too long since we hung out. The first thing one may notice about Wendy is that she has massive personality in a petit package, but please don't call her cute or pick her up and hug her like a rag doll. She can probably kick your butt. I would put my hard earned money on it. That is because she is a fantastic dancer; an impressive athletic feat! Wendy also gets the cool card for excellent taste in food and liquor. She gives solid advice on personal and professional topics without sounding like a school marm. She is smart as a whip. I love the way she defends underrepresented research topics and admonishes the overabundance of fads that sound more "sciencey" than they really are. Thank you Wendy, for being a leader… and for making conference attendance fun. Rock on sista!