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Pat Tillman Foundation Scholars 2021 Essays
Read more: Pat Tillman Foundation Scholars 2021 EssaysLast year I applied to Pat Tillman Scholars program. It was the last time I would apply since I am no longer eligible. It’s not the first scholarship I applied to (and certainly not the last) that I’d be rejected from. However, I think it is important to recognize that rejection happens and it happens…
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Queering the military: Thank you for your service (abstract)
Read more: Queering the military: Thank you for your service (abstract)I’m excited to present my research again at the Linguistics Society of America’s 94th Annual Meeting. The title of my paper is “Queering the military: Thank you for your service.” The extended abstract is below. Abstract: In the United States, national identity and military identity are inextricably linked. And, the U.S. military is arguably an…
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Queering the military: Doing “being a heterosexual” during Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Read more: Queering the military: Doing “being a heterosexual” during Don’t Ask, Don’t TellThis post was originally published on the Linguistic Society of America’s COZIL ( Committee on LGBTQ+ [Z]) blog for Pride Month 2021. This year, service members in the United States Armed Forces celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the implementation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) repeal act of 2010, the discriminatory policy that prohibited lesbian, gay, and bisexual…
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On being the “model minority”
Read more: On being the “model minority”The last few weeks have been challenging for many Asian-Americans as we witness the rise in violent anti-Asian American hate crimes throughout the United States. It’s been nearly three weeks since the shootings in Atlanta that killed Yong Ae Yue, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Daoyou Feng, Xiaojie Tan, Paul Andrew Michels,…
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Explaining “contradictory” identities, joining the military, a sense of service, and military benefits
Read more: Explaining “contradictory” identities, joining the military, a sense of service, and military benefitsLast week while reviewing some of my dissertation data with the research assistants, we dove into some contradictory remarks. My data consist of interviews, or “semi-structured conversations,” with veterans at a university during their first semester as undergraduates. During these conversations, I have a set of questions that guide my question-asking. I like this method…
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Queering leadership: leadership narratives as stories of self-commodification
Read more: Queering leadership: leadership narratives as stories of self-commodificationRecently, I was invited to contribute my research about how Naval Officers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender talk about their leadership performance through “sea-stories.” The book, which centers on Queer Linguistics as an approach, really forced me to re-examine my analysis through a Queer Theory and Queer Linguistics lens. The chapter will…
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Linguistic Landscapes on US Navy Ships
Read more: Linguistic Landscapes on US Navy ShipsThis week in Language and Society (a class I’m a teaching assistant), we’re talking about linguistic landscapes. I remember when I was a kid, I used to read signs and billboards out loud when driving around with my parents. I always thought it was cool when there were signs in other languages because it felt…
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Create (your own) back up (and check your Document System) in MAXQDA!
Read more: Create (your own) back up (and check your Document System) in MAXQDA!My dissertation project has seven participants who I interviewed three times over the course of their first semester. I then transcribed each interview during the same semester to start my analysis mid-January. (It’s going ok, not as fast as I’d like it to). To facilitate my analysis, I am using MAXQDA. It’s been really helpful…
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First dissertation post
Read more: First dissertation postLast semester I defended by dissertation prospectus which is a major milestone in finishing my PhD. To add some context because only 4.5% of the U.S. population has a PhD, I’ll explain what the process looked like. In 2017 I entered my linguistics program as a master’s student at Georgetown University. The requirements for my…
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