Taking Rest into the New Semester In my last post, I wrote about exhaustion and its many forms. But it would be impossible for me to spend so much time thinking… Posted on February 9, 2020April 28, 2022 by Monica
PhD, Semester 4: An Inventory of Exhaustion At the end of last semester, I stopped telling people I was “good.” Instead, when they asked, “how are you?” my answer went from “tired”… Posted on February 2, 2020April 28, 2022 by Monica
Researching the Margins: A Qualitative Symposium From Thursday, Nov. 14 to Friday, Nov. 15, I attended a new symposium at IU on qualitative methods. The theme and title of the event… Posted on November 25, 2019April 8, 2023 by Monica
Why I Wake Up at 6am (Morning Time Part 2) A few days ago, another student asked what time people woke up in the morning. My reply – “6 am” –was followed by gasps and… Posted on October 27, 2019April 28, 2022 by Monica
Morning Time Part 1 (Or a Tangent on Blogging) Most days I wake up at 6 am. “Most days” excludes weekends and days I don’t have to be on campus. I wake up early… Posted on October 11, 2019April 28, 2022 by Monica
“Wrong Asian; Try Again!” On Mixing Up Racial Minorities My last post talked about White Woman Tears, the concept behind one of my recent pin designs. The second design in that series, with the… Posted on September 4, 2019December 21, 2022 by Monica