
Our Favorite Media

Rhoda Cerny
Rhoda Cerny
Co-lead Wellness Champions
Environmental Science & Engineering, Culture of Health
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- SoulSpace, Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life – Creating a Home that is Free of Clutter, Full of Beauty and Designed by You (by Xorin Balbes)
- House Thinking – A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live (by Winifred Gallagher)
- Biophilic Design – The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life (by Keller, Heerwagen, and Mador)

Myka Elliott
Myka Elliott
Co-lead Wellness Champions
Maternal and Child Health
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- Shoot First (by Stuart Woods)
- If I Was Your Girl (by Meredith Russo)
- The Murderer’s Daughter (by Jonathan Kellerman)

Deshana Cabasan-Hunte
Deshana Cabasan-Hunte
Gillings Office of Student Affairs
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- Caste (by Isabel Wilkerson)
- The Color of Law (by Richard Rothenstein)
- Catherine House (by Elisabeth Thomas)
Top Three Podcasts
Tamala Grissett
Maternal and Child Health
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- White Fragility (by Robin DiAngelo)
- Lovecraft Country (by Matt Ruff)
- Killing The Black Body (by Dorothy Roberts)

Kira Jones
Kira Jones
Environmental Science & Engineering

Maija Leff
Maija Leff
Health Behavior

Julie McManus
Julie McManus
Facilities
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- The Overstory (by Richard Powers)
- Good Housekeeping Christmas Cookies
- The Grommet Catalog
Top Three Podcasts

Linda Mitchell
Linda Mitchell
Gillings Human Resources
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- APT packets
- Emails
- Texts

Melissa Walter, MPH
Melissa Walter
Nutrition
Wellness Tip
Breathe. It is the cheapest and easiest thing we can do to improve our health and wellbeing! Set timers throughout the day reminding you to stop and take a few deep breaths, and see if you notice the improvement in your focus, sense of calm, digestion, aches and pains, etc.
Three Things I’ve Read Recently or am Currently Reading
- Think Like a Monk (by Jay Shetty)
- The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs (by Tristan Gooley)
- The Genomic Kitchen (by Amanda Archibald)
Top Three Podcasts
- Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
- Sweaty and Pissed
- NPR Life Kit