Tip-toeing Through Academia | Patricia (Tish) J. Lopez

25 Apr Disruptions and things

Posted at 18:53h in Academia, circuits of power, dissertation proposal, grad school, Uncategorized by maoquai 1 Comment

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I've had one question that has been my research question for the entirety of my graduate school experience, whether it was in DR Congo or Haiti (a well-advised location-switch from the chairs): what is it that the people being "helped" really actually truly want or...

22 Apr No such thing

Posted at 19:13h in citizenship, Clinton, Haiti, poverty by maoquai 0 Comments

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By all accounts, i should be conferenced out; but, i dragged myself out to another one today and was delightfully surprised by the fantastic talk given by Carolle Charles from Baruch College, CUNY. The event is the Bridging the Antilles: Caribbean Conference Spring 2011, put...

22 Apr Follow up #3

Posted at 09:15h in Uncategorized by maoquai 0 Comments

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The wheels are churning since the AAGs...

22 Apr Classical Liberalism and the post-Washington Consensus vs. my soul

Posted at 04:18h in Academia, ethical conundrums, Uncategorized by maoquai 0 Comments

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This is being reposted from 29 December 2010 - i pulled it down on the off-chance that the funders might do a search on me. It didn't matter - i still didn't get the money. That's "no" number 6. I came across a funding opportunity...

21 Apr Dissertation Proposal #3

Posted at 16:10h in dissertation proposal, Uncategorized by maoquai 0 Comments

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Today's goal is to rewrite my third dissertation proposal. A few weeks ago, i was told that i may not travel to Haiti. While there was always a chance i may not make it, trying to reframe the entire thing so soon has been a...