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  • Pat Tillman Foundation Scholars 2021 Essays

    Last 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…

  • Queering the military: Doing “being a heterosexual” during Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

    This 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…

  • 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…

  • The Lived Experiences of Transgender Service Members and Veterans

    This past week I saw my research manifest into a panel discussion with three women who served in the U.S. military and identify as transgender. As the president of GradPride, Georgetown University’s queer affinity group, my goal for this past semester was to “queer” veteran spaces and to elevate awareness of the transgender community, specifically…

  • When the communicative style misrepresents the message

    In a truly diverse workplace that “embraces” inclusion, are we actually communicating effectively with our diverse audiences? This week I attended the Washington DC Student Veterans of America (SVA) Summit because I recently joined (was hired by) the Georgetown University Veterans Office team as the graduate assistant. While I don’t play a leadership role in…