In this post, I share four points of reflection on the 2025 spring retreat for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships.

In this post, I share reflections and key takeaways from Day 4 of NYU’s 2025 First Faculty-Look Program.

In this post, I share reflections and key takeaways from Day 3 of NYU’s 2025 First Faculty-Look Program.

In this post, I share reflections and takeaways from the second day of NYU’s 2025 Faculty First-Look Program.

In this post, I share a few key takeaways and reflections from the first day of NYU’s 2025 Faculty First-Look Program.

A brief, post-election reflection and a reminder of what’s at stake

This past week was jam-packed with events — a symposium, a public talk, a night market, a work day — and opportunities to reconnect with old friends and build pilina with new ones.

After talking with friends and colleagues about publishing peer-review articles, I was inspired to dedicate a few blog posts toward deconstructing the publication process.

In this post, I reflect on Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2009 TEDGlobal talk "the danger of a single story," which warns audiences of the violent consequences of failing to consult multiple stories and perspectives on diverse cultures and circumstances.

A review of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me (2015)

This week, I was reminded about the significance of intersectionality, a framework, theory, pedagogy, analytic tool, lens, and lifestyle that recognizes the interlocking nature of social identities and their subsequent impact on an individual's experiences with systems of oppression.

During a 1-1 meeting for work yesterday, a colleague and I discussed previous comments I made on May 3 after student protesters at UCLA and Dartmouth were attacked by zionists and brutalized by campus and local police forces.

Anishinaabe water protector, activist, educator, politician, and community leader Winona LaDuke calls on us to "be the ancestor your descendants would be proud of." As I continue to learn of new uprisings and encampments in support of Gaza across the U.S. continent, Winona's wisdom is ever present. But what does it mean to be a good ancestor today? What does it look like?

In this post, I reflect on personal experiences with rejection in academia and how I bounce back from feelings of failure.

In this post, I process and reflect on my experience publishing peer-reviewed articles as a graduate student and a first-generation college graduate.