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: Time to politicization: the emergence and effects of politics on science YouTube videos
🦾 External and Community Roles
- Taking a break from service 🙂
🤘 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
- The end of semester was very reflective, and capstoned the most important service accomplishment of my time at Cornell: the David L. Call Award from the Indigenous Studies program at Cornell for academic excellence and contributions to Indigenous community within and outside of Cornell.
- In April, I visited Yale University to be officially inducted into the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
- I was honored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence with a Graduate Excellence in Leadership Award.
- 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.
