It is nearly the end of the second half of my 3-week trip in East Asia. It has been the longest I’ve been out of the United States in over 20 years. It has been a time that has been impactful in ways that I haven’t been able to fully articulate. But, perhaps the articulation […]
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Closing a Chapter: Final Reflection for the Fall 2023 Semester
It is the end of the fall semester. As has been my tradition every semester that I teach, since the beginning of my academic career, that means it is time for a final reflection. This final reflection, however, feels both similar and very different from previous final reflections. It is similar in that I am […]
I am too tired to issue statements…
My Asian American friends, writer community & academic sisters are crying. We are filled with rage and grief, long denied to us. We have been denied our rights to grieve historically. We have been cast as harlots. As seductresses. As dragon ladies. As foreign invaders. And/Or… As submissive. As hard-working. As quiet. As voiceless. As […]
Protocol Over People: Why (Educational) Institutions Need to Stop Dehumanizing People of Color
In the fall of last year, I was asked to participate in a faculty diversity panel for a leadership retreat at my university. I did so. I rescheduled my week, drove 8 hours roundtrip, prepared my words carefully, spoke from my heart, and did it all for no compensation. As part of my participation, I […]
What is Academic Life Like?
I saw this academic meme once (variations of which have been published in relation to other professions) that noted that the perception from the outside is different than the lived experience of those of us on the tenure track. I’m actually pretty used to that, as prior to becoming an academic, I was a middle […]
The Value of Humanity: Fall 2014 Semester Final Reflection
After binge blogging during the 30-day blogging challenge in September and keeping pace for the first week of October, I fell woefully behind in blogging as the semester came into full swing and as I began to deal with the reality of my own limitations. But, it is the end of a semester and time […]
First Year Faculty Transitions
I’ve always believed that if you want students to do something and do it well, you, as a teacher, have to do the assignment yourself. And one of the things I have been advocating that my students (who are prospective teachers) do is to make sure that they take time out to reflect: now in […]