Florida International University
Audio4Inclusion Analysis: George
Analysis of George's narrative George describes himself as white transgender male who has been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and ADHD. People would see him and assume I was born male from hearing my voice-- the voice actor who reads for George also has a low...
Analysis of A4I Participant Audio: Srihari
I want to try writing some analysis of our Audio for Inclusion audio narratives to prepare for a journal paper. The two lenses by which I will be commenting are: 1) the figured worlds (or cultural worlds / social worlds) that students experience (and that faculty may...
Analysis of A4I Participant Audio: Enola
I want to try writing some analysis of our Audio for Inclusion audio narratives to prepare for a journal paper. The two lenses by which I will be commenting are: 1) the figured worlds (or cultural worlds / social worlds) that students experience (and that faculty may...
Analysis of A4I Participant Audio: Amber
I want to try writing some analysis of our Audio for Inclusion audio narratives to prepare for a journal paper. The two lenses by which I will be commenting are: 1) the figured worlds (or cultural worlds / social worlds) that students experience (and that faculty may...
The Honest Methods Section
I think one of the most subtly important parts of a journal paper is the methods section. Too many people fill up a methods section with content that is technically appropriate, but doesn’t consider the audience and doesn’t provide much valuable insight into the way the study was completed.
The Paper Argument Squiggle and Transformative Contributions
One of my first tips for writing is: it’s not about you, it’s about your reader. I think early on in academic we think a lot about writing to express, writing to impress, writing to prove we are smart, writing to critique. These are fine to practice with, but ultimately, I think we probably want to write to persuade, to inform, to help, to move a reader in some direction.
A Low Hanging Fruit Ethnographic Research Agenda
Sometimes I feel I don’t have a very sophisticated research agenda… The things I’ve tended to write about can seem obvious, ordinary, everyone knows about it. Competition, ability, culture, classrooms—it’s everyday, ordinary stuff. I’ve been told I’m now “Mr....
A Doctorate in Philosophy…and Translation and Collaboration and Action
In the coming year I’ll go up for tenure, which is a time for clarifying my individual approach and contribution. As such I’ve been reflecting on our research group’s work together and what characterizes it. For start, of course, we named it Equity Research Group, and...
Evidence and Epistemology in Diversity Equity Inclusion Work
I’m thinking about epistemology, how we know what we know, what the evidence is in DEI. If we think we’ve been generating knowledge about DEI and we know many more things, how come what we know isn’t more directly useful or tangible?
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