my current research interests and things that i'm thinking about right now

1. as a member of GSE's academic support staff, i've been really fascinated by the intersections of writing, power, identity, and social positioning in the support staff person's experience of the academy.  in spring 2009, i did a small study and wrote a paper about a few support staff members' ideas about and experiences of writing at work.  looking at workplace writing on a small scale, as well as comparing to my own workplace writing and connecting it to ideas about ownership and power was really interesting work.  i hope to do more work on this topic in the future, including further studies and writing.  i also plan to teach some writing workshops to GSE staff in spring 2010.

2. i'm also interested in asian pacific american and immigrant identity construction, understandings of social positioning, feelings of othering, and notions of success.  i'm still in the beginning stages in this strand of work.