Abstract   This paper is an exploration of the intricacies of the language of alterity, or, how the social categorization of the “other” is mediated by language use.  This approach necessarily includes a critical discussion of ideologies that are constitutive of a particular belief system of a person or group.  The exploration of the language […]

I was required to submit this blog post at end of my tenure as Connected Academics Fellow and it’s meant to be my contribution to a nationwide discussion about humanities PhDs job prospect.

My reflections: The following is an excerpt from a paper I intend to submit to a peer reviewed journal. I must confess that this is a long delayed endeavor. Last semester, I took a course where every student writing a final paper was expected to submit it to a journal of their choice. The idea seemed so foreign and unrealistic at that time that […]