PinnedSix Elann (AMD)an ongoing journey …This blog is a project. I’ve given up trying to distinguish whether it is a more personal or professional endeavor. It is both. It is a…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
Six Elann (AMD)All that MattersI remember the last week of my first year of graduate school. I had called my sister after taking a day off from going to campus. I had had…Dec 11, 2017Dec 11, 2017
Six Elann (AMD)My mother: the storytellerMy mom has always been, in her own right, a storyteller.Dec 5, 2017Dec 5, 2017
Six Elann (AMD)Chapter Three: “I Know all About You People”By the end of my first year in graduate school, I still had not gotten over the culture shock of being at a prestigious, predominantly…Aug 12, 2017Aug 12, 2017
Six Elann (AMD)Chapter Two: “Do I belong here?” A Glimpse of Two CommunitiesAs an undergraduate at Northeastern Illinois University, I took an Urban Sociology course. One of the major projects was to visit a…Jul 29, 2017Jul 29, 2017
Six Elann (AMD)Chapter One: Leaving HomeOnce I had finished completing applications in November of 2012, I reserved myself to thinking that I would not be accepted into graduate…Jul 26, 2017Jul 26, 2017