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The Positionality Series

December 2024 The Positionality Series Hello everyone! I was speaking with a friend and colleague in my program who pointed out that I haven’t written on my blog in awhile. So, I asked what should I write about. He had a quick response: academic positionality....

The Importance of Rejection in Academia

December 2024 The Importance of Rejection in Academia At this point, I have lost count of how many applications I have submitted since becoming an “academic.” Though, the labyrinth of folder trees remembers (it always remembers). For many of us, the...

Zettelkasten: My New Everything System

November 2023 Zettelkasten: My New Everything System I know, I know. Did a PhD student once again get distracted by the tools to get their reading annotating, and storage of papers in order, rather than just reading and writing? The jury may forever be out on that...

Academic Conferences are Settler Colonialism

April 2023 Academic Conferences are Settler Colonialism Positionality Statement:I am a hapa haole with a diasporic relationship to the Hawaiian Islands lasting over 100 years. My mother’s side immigrated from an island off the shores of Cebu City in the...