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Ala Mar B

My professional profile in Spanish on LinkedIn

One’s résumé or CV is an important document that conveys the experience, education, competencies, and skills that a person brings to roles…

Feb 18, 2023

Feb 18, 2023

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The Singles Tax

An Instagram post by the Better Wallet this week addresses how a person’s finances are impacted by living alone. This impact is called a…

Feb 14, 2023

Instagram post by @thebetterwallet that defines the “singles tax” as the “tax” one pays for living alone and not splitting rent

Feb 14, 2023

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My hopes for the class of 2022 as an educator on the eve of my 40th birthday

The May graduation and commencement ceremonies coincide this year with my fortieth birthday. Entering a new decade in my life has led me to…

May 15, 2022

Patsy Mink quote in blue and red lettering shared by the womensmarch Instagram account

May 15, 2022

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Bibliography of Reading on White Bias in Hiring

Below find a bibliography of research on bias favoring Caucasians in the U.S. context of hiring. Despite the shortcomings in inaccurate…

Apr 27, 2022

Bibliography of Reading on White Bias in Hiring

Apr 27, 2022

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Misadventures in Localization Project Management: Hazing in XXX Work

Misadventures in Localization Project Management is a series of stories from the trenches that I’ve collected from my time practicing as a…

Mar 27, 2022

Mar 27, 2022

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Babble Bias and Homogenous Leadership

This short essay was originally published as a series of LinkedIn posts.

Mar 23, 2022

Babble effect — or equating leadership with quantity of speech rather than quality of contributions — addressed with a virtual meeting dashboard that tracks the total run time of a meeting and the amount of time each participant has spoken.

Mar 23, 2022

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Should Decisions by Leadership Groups that are Majority White Be Penalized?

The HBR article, “Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter” by David Rock and Heidi Grant, references a study that tested the accuracy of decision…

Mar 18, 2022

Should Decisions by Leadership Groups that are Majority White Be Penalized?

Mar 18, 2022

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Diagnosing Brain Drain: How Gaslighting Keeps Homogenous Groups in Power

Gaslighting according to Wikipedia describes the behavior of a “gaslighter… who presents a false narrative to another group or person which…

Mar 17, 2022

Diagnosing Brain Drain: How Gaslighting Keeps Homogenous Groups in Power

Mar 17, 2022

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My relationship compatibility parameters

Dating is hard. I moved to Monterey, California in 2018 and got busy teaching. Then the pandemic hit, and human relationships went mostly…

Mar 17, 2022

My relationship compatibility parameters

Mar 17, 2022

Ala Mar B

Ala Mar B

Intersectional feminist, atheist. My pronouns are they/she. Associate Professor of Translation and Localization Management. Views I express are my own.

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