Hello and welcome to my website.

I am Aspen K.B. Omapang, a Filipino-American scholar. I trace my genealogy from the Visayas through agricultural migration to Kohala, Hawai’i Island.

👛 Current Role

I am a PhD Candidate at Cornell University in the Information Science department. There, I am advised by Drew Margolin, Steven Mana’oakamai Johnson, and Karen Levy. I am supported by both the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship and the Sloan Foundation’s Minority PhD Fellowship. Most recently, I was a sociotechnical systems intern at Intel Labs.

🤓 Research

• Indigenous identity and practice.
• Native legibility to western government.
• Computational social science, ethnography, community-based research.

Most recent publication: Worlds Apart: Technology, Remote Work, and Equity

🦾 External and Community Roles

• Advisory Committee Member, ADVANCE Resource Coordination (ARC) Network External Advisory Committee
• President, Indigenous Graduate Student Association (IGSA) at Cornell University
• Mentor, Multi-Cultural Academic Council (MAC) Cornell University
• Graduate & Professional Coordinator, The Gender Equity Resource Center, Cornell University

🤘 Bonus Level

I am an avid writer. I write poetry, song lyrics, fiction (short stories and novels), and blog posts.

Alma Mater: Cornell University, Master of Information Science; American University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

📬 Contact

aspen [at] infosci [dot] cornell [dot] edu

If you are a marginalized scholar and have questions about grad school, please reach out!

📆 Events

Upcoming

Recent

• Mahalo nui loa to the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP), y’all really made the whole experience at ITM!
• I was recently elected the president of the Indigenous Graduate Student Association at Cornell!
• I attended the ARC Network Equity in STEM Community Convening in Baltimore, MD this June.

full timeline here