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Roxanne Prichard, PhD

@roxanneprichard.bsky.social
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Professor, Sleep Researcher, Speaker. Passionate about Inclusive Excellence in Teaching, Sleep as Social Justice, and Pleasure Activism.

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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm watching @netflix.com Famous Last Words with Gloria Steinem now. I am so grateful for her life's work, and immensely proud to have published in @msmagazine.com. I learned today that Gloria's mother was also one who experienced menopausal sleeping pill addiction. msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/w...
msmagazine.com
Sleep Is a Feminist Issue: Why Women’s Rest Is Political
the medical system has long dismissed women’s sleep struggles—especially during menopause—putting their health and lives at risk.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I appreciate this list -- especially Narcan & emergency contraception. I would also include a tourniquet. #StopTheBleed Here in MN, we talk about what can and can't be left in the car. Naloxone doesn't do well at extreme temps. www.cnn.com/2026/08/29/h...
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Healthcare adulting begins with a well-stocked first aid kit for college life | CNN
A physician and mother recommends common medications, emergency supplies and other helpful tools for a first aid kit that’s easily accessible for college students.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I went to Hugh school in East Tennessee and got to perform in some of the same theatres where she started singing. Thank you, Dolly. What a magnificent legacy she leaves. #ImaginationLibrary #VaccineDevelopment
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Where does your "Mind after Midnight" wander? Mine frets about the excessive space junk induced Kessler Effect. I had the chance to ask the Papal astronomer (Br. Guy Consolmagno, PhD) if it was a rational worry. He replied it was an inevitability. That didn't help. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
nytimes.com
A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I talked to a neighbor whose Somali US citizen grandmother was wrongly detained by ICE and sent to a detention center in Louisiana. Access to beds was in eight hour shifts in a room like this, and they drugged the women to get them to sleep during the day.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was thankful for a church service this weekend on grieving political violence. Here in St. Paul, it’s the 10th anniversary of the murder of Philando Castile, a beloved school team member and part of our neighborhood. So much grief, so little accountability.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I used Fitbit for > 10 years to track sleep and CV activity. Im so disappointed with the Google Health takeover a few weeks ago. The data reliability is poor & UX stinks. As a sleep researcher, I know I don’t need a wearable to tell me how well I slept. Ps: I slept a fine 6.5 hr last night.
Google health sleep assessment indicating only 24 minutes of sleep
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Enjoying summer solstice from one of the most amazing buildings on the continent. The gardens are so peaceful at the North American Baha’i temple.
The Baha’i temple on the cloudy day with sun peeking through the clouds and flowering shrubs in the foreground.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I'm heading to Baltimore for #SLEEP2026! I'm so excited for my students' presentations and to learn from colleagues. Our lab's presentations are on: 1) ICE Stress, Insomnia & Nightmares College Students: 2) Sleep Locus of Control, Cannabis & Alcohol 3) Idiopathic Hypersomnia Misdiagnosis
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🧵I was educated in Knox County, TN public schools. Even though Pulitzer-winner Alex Haley was literally the next county over, and I was in high school the year he passed, his name was never mentioned in school. Nor was hometown hero & poet Nikki Giovanni name. www.wbir.com/article/news...
wbir.com
Knox County Schools adds Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Roots' to list of banned books
Knox County Schools recently took Alex Haley's influential novel, "Roots," off library shelves under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This Mother’s Day, I’m grieving all the senseless loss in our community. * the Hortman’s assassinated on Father’s Day; * mass shooting at Annunciation; * Good & Pretti murdered by ICE *Thousands of neighbors deported, with grieving students left behind * 70 children in held in detention
Five turtles sunning themselves on a rock in a greenish pond.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Just a reminder from my N of 20 health psychology class who completed the POMS (profile of mood states) before and after a 45 minute walk along the Mississippi River: taking a walk outside is good for the mood, with the effect sizes on par with a 12 week training in meditation or yoga.
Blue chart showing decreases intention, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion, and large increases in vigor and friendliness after a 45 minute walk.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
THIS! Stress testing --> *canceling childhood cancer research *ending USAID *crippling forest service *kneecapping mRNA vaccines *dictating medical school curriculums *eliminating social groups from military service *disenfranchising women and on and on
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
25th.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I went to Dr. Charles R. Drew elementary so I knew of his legacy establishing blood banks and fighting against medical segregation. Today I learned he was one of the too many physicians who died young in a fall asleep at the wheel accident after working all night. bloodcancer.org.uk/news/charles...
Selfie of a middle aged woman in a black Bruce Springsteen t shirt is reclining and donating blood.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hi sleep folks— it’s starting to be the season of school sponsored all night grad parties with the extremely sleep deprived teens driving themselves and others home in early morning. Does anyone have policy briefs about this? www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/l...
kitsapsun.com
After drowsy driving tragedy a year ago, all-night Bainbridge grad tradition will go on
Last year, a Bainbridge grad reportedly fell asleep while driving after the event and hit two joggers.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings with thousands of my neighbors.
Folks congregating a mile from Minnesota State Capitol.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A 70F day in Minnesota in March means class outside, even if it’s brain 🧠 dissection day.
Three students (only gloved arms visible) dissect sheep brains on a weathered round picnic table. It’s a sunny day.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
In honor of #BrainAwarenessWeek, students @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social created a Brain Injury & Recovery exhibit inspired by alum Paul Rousseau’s memoir of surviving a gunshot wound to the head: Friendly Fire. @paulwrites7.bsky.social @danafoundation.bsky.social
People examining posters about brain injury in a library. Flyers from the breed injury alliance of Minnesota are present in the foreground as are yellow and purple flowers. A female professor stands in front of a poster about the exhibit. The poster includes statistics about the frequency of brain, injuries, and QR codes to additional resource resources.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. The survey is available in English and Somali stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share! (Thank you, @twincitiesgeek.com)
Flyer that has a QR to a take a survey  "Stress and Sleep during Operation Metro Surge". The flyer has photos of "ICE OUT" protest signs and text explaining that the anonymous survey takes 10 - 15 minutes to take.  People with questions should contact Prof. Prichard at jrprichard@stthomas.edu.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I’m here today at the Minnesota State Capitol, offering expert testimony in favor of HF 1944 adopting permanent standard time. I was also the person to “fix” the clock in the senate committee room, winding it back one hour outside of natural time. @savestandard.bsky.social
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. Please share! @twincitiesgeek.com stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Pls Share: Twin Cities metro area residents: We want to know about your experiences of stress and sleep during Operations Metro Surge. Take the 10 min anonymous survey here. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I love speaking about sleep & mental health, athletics, and academic success! So many college students have questions about sleep health. Often I am able to help a student with an undiagnosed sleep disorder navigate to the appropriate clinician. www.hypersomniafoundation.org has a free webinar Th!
hypersomniafoundation.org
What are hypersomnia sleep disorders, such as idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy types 1 and 2, and Kleine-Levin syndrome? - Hypersomnia Foundation
The Hypersomnia Foundation is building a community to educate, empower, and support people who have idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and related sleep disorders, including narcolepsy types 1 and 2 (NT 1 an...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
In winter, I like taking pictures of tree branches that look like dendrites.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I'm about halfway through this nearer-than-I-want-it-to-be AI takes over medicine speculative fiction novel and loving it. As a sleep neuroscientist and pre-health advisor, I particularly appreciate Dr. Key's precision throughout regarding MedEd culture & science discovery. Thank you!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Minnesota great & respiratory titan Jessie Diggins! Medaling in three Olympics, already the most decorated US Nordic skier of all time before this morning’s epic kick for Bronze with bruised ribs. A fierce sleep and mental health advocate who openly discusses her ED recovery. Thank you.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Free share: Great suggestions here! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
nytimes.com
5 Sleep Habits to Steal From Winter Olympians
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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.
Veggie platter at an Ethiopian restaurant Cuban coffee shop coffee and pastry A group of white neighbors at St. Paul city hall with tape over their mouths representing people who don’t feel safe speaking.A statement from Pope Leo supporting immigrant dignity surrounded by paper butterflies with stories of those held in prayer.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I needed to make an extra sign for yesterday’s neighborhood first amendment activities here in St. Paul, MN.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Candles at 7 pm tonight.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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
Snowy garden with large metal sculpture of a heart, framing a snowy field.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/01/2026
Protest still going
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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
Catholic silence in the face of ICE violence is not neutral
When outrage no longer feels adequate, the temptation to fall silent grows, but neutrality is how violence advances.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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...
today.com
Exclusive: Lindsey Vonn shares struggle with insomnia for the first time
The retired Olympic skier revealed on TODAY that she's struggled with the sleep disorder for nearly a decade.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Anecdotal evidence from advising meetings confirms this. The #BrainDrain is really, and disproportionally impacting women and genderqueer folks.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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...
greencardvoices.org
HARDCOVER—Vol. 3 Chasing Dreams, Becoming a Doctor: Our Stories Carried Us Here - Green Card Voices
This unique English-Khmer bilingual graphic memoir starts and ends in Cambodia for a girl who will inspire readers to hold on to their dreams.  Kim Uy and her parents waited 15 years in Cambodia befo...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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. :)
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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...
mprnews.org
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I found this to be a convincing argument. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is fantastic-- I'm showing this in my classes this week.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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...
space.com
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.
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