Mentor

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Health Ethicist

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Consultant

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Chainmaille Artist

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Editor

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Interdependent Scholar

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Teacher

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Problem-Solver

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Nurse

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Story-Teller

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Mentor | Health Ethicist | Consultant | Chainmaille Artist | Editor | Interdependent Scholar | Teacher | Problem-Solver | Nurse | Story-Teller |

Em Rabelais

PhD, MBE, MS, MA, RN

I'm a disabled, queer & trans interdependent scholar, mentor and editor, ‘DEI’ consultant to ‘DEI’ consultants, and chainmaille artist. See below to learn more and contact me for a consultation.

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Academic & Business Consulting

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As an Interdependent Scholar, I’ll assist you in clearing through the fog. I focus my work on transformation as a problem-solver, ethicist, story-teller, critical analyst, and dismantler of whiteness and white feminisms in education, research, healthcare, business, tech, and other settings. Also available for medical advocacy and more.

Tutoring, Mentoring,
& Editing

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Learn with an award-winning educator for career development, dissertation/thesis mentoring, teaching mentoring, and more. Over the last 15 years I've worked with students ranging in ages from 16-60s, and from first semester undergrad through post-doctoral levels.

Custom Chainmaille Creation

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I make, from your desires and ideas matched with my innovation, custom chainmaille jewelry and attire. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, body chains and other decoration, crop tops, arm ‘warmers’, shoulder pads, shirts, belts, toys for adults and children, and more. The necklace above (2022) was a commission for a client in France.

Testimonials

  • Picture of a seated woman, smiling toward the viewer. She has dark brown hair, a purple sweater, and a stethoscope around her neck.

    Robin Tarter, PhD, RN

    “A few months ago I asked Dr. Rabelais to mentor me in finishing my dissertation. I have never felt so seen, understood, and supported by a mentor before. She is exactly what we need in academic nursing.” — October 2022

  • a silver chainmaille flog rests on a blue fabric surface. The pommel has a purple stone with emerging strands to make a necklace. The flog's spiral tails are arranged as hearts.

    Steph

  • A woman speaking and gesticulating, with dark hair and a black and white vertical striped top.

    Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine, PhD, RN

  • A smiling woman, with red lips and a plunging V-neck black top shows off a silver shainmaille necklace shaped as a "choke-chain."

    March 2023

    “I had a vision for a chainmaille necklace I wanted to have for myself but my knowledge of where to start or what to ask for did not exist. After seeing some of their other designs, I went to Em and we got started right away.

  • Bee

    Em had very specific questions ready to go at the beginning of the process which was crucial to help me to better understand how the necklace would look, lay, feel, plus other things I didn’t consider. She gave me a lot of information and choice throughout the whole process. After we agreed on specifics, I figured it would be quite some time before the necklace was complete but I was pleasantly surprised when Em had completed the design at a super reasonable pace! The very first thing I noticed is that the weight of this necklace is *perfect*. It also makes me feel incredibly sexy when I wear it! I love playing with it both while it’s on AND off which was a totally unexpected perk. It’s multi functional as an accessory, a fidget type toy and can also be used during some sexy kinky times, too! Working with Em on this custom design was a pleasure and got me thinking of lots of other ideas I would love from her. I hope to work with Em again in the very near future.”

  • A person in a blue suit with brown curly hair is wearing long, dangling chainmail earrings that show the trans and rainbow pride colors.

    Laura

  • Undergraduate Student

    April 2018

    “Dr. Rabelais has made an everlasting impression on me. She stands out from every other professor and teacher I have ever had through all my years of schooling. She not only is understanding of the student's unpredictable life, but also is accepting that we all have struggles that pop up and need to be addressed. I will forever remember and talk about Dr. Rabelais and the lasting impression she had made on me, and if one day I decide to teach young minds I hope to be a teacher just like her.”

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    River

    Rainbow Fidget Toy