Ph.D. Candidate with the Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Group at the University of California, Merced.
I advanced to candidacy earlier this year when I completed coursework, passed my comprehensive exams, and defended my prospectus. It was a major milestone and such an important moment for me and my family. However, something even more important happened shortly after—I became a dad.
Last week, I was awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship… (continue reading)
Last week, UC Merced hosted its annual Graduate Visitation Day for prospective grad students… (continue reading)
Last year, I intended to create a graduate school resource blog that might help fellow or prospective first-generation students of color in the humanities… (continue reading)
Earlier this year, I enrolled in a graduate seminar under the IH-210 series… (continue reading)
This is it. My first blog post. A character count of three thousand and forty-four bytes to process the world as it currently stands. It's not exactly what I expected my first blog post to be and I'll try to explain some of that below. You see, earlier this year, I had an idea to start a blog that would outline the experiences, challenges, and accomplishments of my graduate education—the ups and downs as they materialized with an occasional tip here and there. Nothing novel, but something that could help students like me.
