Subject: [AUDITORY] Sorry | Thank You | Onward From: Adrian KC Lee <akclee@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:15:13 -0500--Apple-Mail=_D4A4068E-7B7F-4DC2-AD75-DA8FD0D1C155 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_56B2B4FC-458A-4E20-AD60-2D6003723A63" --Apple-Mail=_56B2B4FC-458A-4E20-AD60-2D6003723A63 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear all I joined this list over 2 decades ago and I am particularly saddened by = the discourse we have had in the past 3 weeks. Sorry: I want to apologize to all the trainees and junior faculty on = this list. I have heard from many of you privately. I want to apologize = that I have not spoken up against the problematic gatekeeping practices = that the recent email threads have once again exposed. Be assured that = many of us who are in the position to make institutional change is = working to make the systems better for everyone. I know we are not going = to make a difference by generating more discussions on this list. The = mistake that I have personally made is to think that I should just keep = my blinders on and chalk these emails as just the outliers from the = system of the past and that I can safely ignore them. I was wrong and I = hope you would all accept my apologies. Thank you: I want to thank all the senior folks who use their privileges = positively to painstakingly point out that we need to finally reconcile = with our collective fragility in academia. Thank you for your bravery = and well crafted emails. We must not continue to blindly defend our = system being purely meritocratic. Only through accepting we are falling = short from this ideal that we can improve in the future.=20 Onward: Make no mistakes, many trainees and junior faculty are observing = this thread in total frustration. Many respected colleagues have = apparently left this list a long time ago because of these biased = experiences. I hope you don=E2=80=99t. I hope that we would use this = list to lift everyone up in our field and help each other to improve the = ecosystem that we are all codependent on. With respect and humility KC =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Adrian KC Lee, ScD Professor and Chair Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences University of Washington, Box 357988 Seattle, WA 98195-7988 Phone: (206) 616-0102; Fax: (206) 221-6472 Email: akclee@xxxxxxxx Web: www.akclee.com --Apple-Mail=_56B2B4FC-458A-4E20-AD60-2D6003723A63 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Dear = all<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I joined this = list over 2 decades ago and I am particularly saddened by the discourse = we have had in the past 3 weeks.</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><b class=3D"">Sorry:</b> I want to = apologize to all the trainees and junior faculty on this list. I have = heard from many of you privately. I want to apologize that I have not = spoken up against the problematic gatekeeping practices that the recent = email threads have once again exposed. <font color=3D"#000000" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"">Be = assured that many of us who are in the position to make institutional = change is working to make the systems better for everyone. I know we are = not going to make a difference by generating more discussions on this = list. The mistake that I have personally made is to think that I should = just keep my blinders on and chalk these emails as just the outliers = from the system of the past and that I can safely ignore them. I was = wrong and I hope you would all accept my = apologies.</span></font></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><b class=3D"">Thank you:</b> I want to thank all the senior = folks who use their privileges positively to painstakingly point out = that we need to finally reconcile with our collective fragility in = academia. <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, = 0, 0);" class=3D"">Thank you for your bravery and well crafted = emails. </span>We must not continue to blindly defend our system = being purely meritocratic. Only through accepting we are falling short = from this ideal that we can improve in the future. </div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Onward</b>: Make no mistakes, many trainees and junior = faculty are observing this thread in total frustration. Many respected = colleagues have apparently left this list a long time ago because of = these biased experiences. I hope you don=E2=80=99t. I hope that we would = use this list to lift everyone up in our field and help each other to = improve the ecosystem that we are all codependent on.</div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">With respect and = humility</div><div class=3D"">KC</div><div class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div style=3D"font-style: = normal;">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br class=3D"">Adrian KC = Lee, ScD<br class=3D"">Professor and Chair<br class=3D"">Department of = Speech and Hearing Sciences<br class=3D"">University of Washington, = Box 357988<br class=3D"">Seattle, WA 98195-7988<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Phone: (206) 616-0102; Fax: (206) 221-6472<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:akclee@xxxxxxxx" class=3D"">Email: akclee@xxxxxxxx</a><br = class=3D"">Web: www.akclee.com</div><div><i class=3D""><br class=3D""><br = class=3D""></i></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_56B2B4FC-458A-4E20-AD60-2D6003723A63-- --Apple-Mail=_D4A4068E-7B7F-4DC2-AD75-DA8FD0D1C155 Content-Disposition: attachment; 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