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Dawna Ballard

Dawna I. Ballard, Ph.D., a Public Voices Fellow, is an associate professor in the Moody College of Communication in the department of communication studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dawna's Latest Articles

Why Women ‘Having It All’ Is an Empty Concept

By Dawna Ballard, Sunshine Webster & Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● March 31, 2015

After all this time, maybe we don’t have the answer because it’s the wrong question. Better to wonder: Can we achieve alignment?

Holiday Stress, Like Holiday Magic, Is Home Made

By Dawna Ballard & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● December 29, 2014

What gets us in trouble is the unexamined belief that various holidays and other special dates are magic time containers of our shared values: Just add water (in the form of perfectly timed and elaborate preparations) and mix.