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On the Periphery


Cool Kids
I am relieved and delighted to say that I passed my Comprehensive Exams and am moving into writing my dissertation proposal. I'm building...
Apr 6, 20251 min read


Point Foundation Flagship Scholar
Thank you so much to the Point Foundation for the opportunity to receive the Kevin Hummer Flagship Scholarship. I am truly grateful to be...
Jan 22, 20241 min read


psychic disequilibrium
Reading an article by Dean Spade about his thoughts and experiences with the use and misuse of pronouns, my brain stopped reading the...
Feb 14, 20224 min read


Solo/Single Parent PhD Student
My kiddos I have the immense privilege of being in my first year of PhD studies (which is hard…like, really hard). I am also what I call...
Feb 9, 20225 min read


Community of the unique
One of my dearest friends introduced me to Glennon Doyle by sending me a copy of Untamed. The prologue had me a blubbering mess: I was...
Jan 31, 20222 min read


5 things on my mind
I left my middle school English classroom at the end of the 2020-2021 school year to pursue a PhD. It has been seven months since I...
Jan 9, 20224 min read


public school or for-profit business?
Over coffee, I attempted to explain to my South Korean friend what the organizational structure of Texas public schools look like....
Jan 8, 20229 min read
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