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Imprints: Taking passion to the next level
Grad student November Papaleo uses her enthusiasm, dedication to make change
Amanda Robbins
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: News
Papaleo went on to get another bachelor's degree in women studies. Papaleo has never been a "girly girl."
"I got Barbies and decapitated them because they were not GI Joes," Papaleo said. "Who is built like that? Their heads floated and the rest of their body didn't. I also didn't wear a skirt until I was 14. I had to dress nice for my soccer games."
Shaw recruited Papaleo to OSU when they met at a conference in Vancouver. Shaw said she likes having Papaleo as a student.
"I like teaching her because she cares," Shaw said. "She digs deeper, works hard and wants to be a good student. She has a great sense of humor," Shaw said. "She has a gentle and funny sarcasm, which makes it easy to tease her and give her a hard time."
Shaw remembered one humorous memory of Papaleo: she was assigned to act like an important person in the women studies field.
"November acted like Donna Haraway (a feminist who writes scientific books) and had to talk all tech cyborg," Shaw said. "But when I started to talk in Star Wars language, she didn't know about it."
By taking her school work very seriously yet still having a sense of humor, Shaw described Papaleo as being enthusiastic.
"She goes above and beyond what we ask her to do," Shaw said.
"She is fun, energetic, and vivacious," added Gail Bjorkman, a graduate student in women studies who went with Papaleo to New York and Washington D.C. last summer. "She has a heart of gold."
"She knows a lot about pop culture and how it is relevant to academia," Bjorkman said.
Heather Ebba Maib, a graduate student in women studies, has known Papaleo since she was an undergraduate at Washington State University.
"We go to movies together, coffee shops, and study together," Maib said. "We are like a support network for each other."
When Papaleo is not working hard she takes a break and enjoys fishing.
"I like deep sea fishing," Papaleo said. "I really like to fish for Marlin, but I can't land them because they are too heavy."
Papaleo likes to fish on the Puntochavato run. The fish come out of the water in swells and wranglers dip their nets in and catch them.
"We grill them on the boat," she said.
Although she does like to do other things, women studies is Papaleo's passion.
"She is very committed and passionate," Shaw said.
"I got Barbies and decapitated them because they were not GI Joes," Papaleo said. "Who is built like that? Their heads floated and the rest of their body didn't. I also didn't wear a skirt until I was 14. I had to dress nice for my soccer games."
Shaw recruited Papaleo to OSU when they met at a conference in Vancouver. Shaw said she likes having Papaleo as a student.
"I like teaching her because she cares," Shaw said. "She digs deeper, works hard and wants to be a good student. She has a great sense of humor," Shaw said. "She has a gentle and funny sarcasm, which makes it easy to tease her and give her a hard time."
Shaw remembered one humorous memory of Papaleo: she was assigned to act like an important person in the women studies field.
"November acted like Donna Haraway (a feminist who writes scientific books) and had to talk all tech cyborg," Shaw said. "But when I started to talk in Star Wars language, she didn't know about it."
By taking her school work very seriously yet still having a sense of humor, Shaw described Papaleo as being enthusiastic.
"She goes above and beyond what we ask her to do," Shaw said.
"She is fun, energetic, and vivacious," added Gail Bjorkman, a graduate student in women studies who went with Papaleo to New York and Washington D.C. last summer. "She has a heart of gold."
"She knows a lot about pop culture and how it is relevant to academia," Bjorkman said.
Heather Ebba Maib, a graduate student in women studies, has known Papaleo since she was an undergraduate at Washington State University.
"We go to movies together, coffee shops, and study together," Maib said. "We are like a support network for each other."
When Papaleo is not working hard she takes a break and enjoys fishing.
"I like deep sea fishing," Papaleo said. "I really like to fish for Marlin, but I can't land them because they are too heavy."
Papaleo likes to fish on the Puntochavato run. The fish come out of the water in swells and wranglers dip their nets in and catch them.
"We grill them on the boat," she said.
Although she does like to do other things, women studies is Papaleo's passion.
"She is very committed and passionate," Shaw said.
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Kathi Papaleo
posted 5/11/09 @ 9:06 AM PST
This amazing young woman is my cousin; the daughter of my cousin Steven.
When November was little, I used to babysit for her..she was three years old at the time and was a spectacular person even at such an early age. (Continued…)
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