My Word for 2018
- Dec
- 30
- Posted by qualla
- Posted in Grad School, Personal
- 3

2017 was a really rough year…. I struggled a lot – with myself, my business, my research, friendships, my marriage, everything. There were so many times that I wondered “why am I doing this?” and “how am I totally failing at everything right now?”. P.S. As everyone keeps telling me – I wasn’t really failing […]
read moreThe Undivided Life
- Apr
- 26
I don’t know why this last blog post was is being so difficult to write for me… But the more I think about it the more clear that muddiness becomes. It’s that point in the semester where panic ensues almost everyday and where the rest of your life seems to just be placed on hold […]
read moreWoah… Just Woah…
- Feb
- 04
Woah… Honestly, Kohn just kinda blew my socks off… There were so many moments where he really just knocked me off my game & really made me question my way of thinking… To tie back to previous discussions – that’s part of being mindful in your teaching though. Reading things, especially things outside of your […]
read moreGa-Du-Gi – Building Community
- Jan
- 31
- Posted by qualla
- Posted in Grad School, Native American, Personal
- 2
As graduate students, how do we build communities? This is something I’ve really been thinking about and struggling with lately as a community is something I have found I require in order to be successful in life whether that’s academia, business, or just in my personal relationships. Community is in my blood. It always has […]
read moreHappy Indigenous Peoples Day…
- Oct
- 10
- Posted by qualla
- Posted in Native American, Personal, Preparing the Future Professoriate, Teaching
I’ve been especially distracted in my classes today… Today is a weird day for me… I actually forgot what day it was until I got on Facebook this morning when I reached campus. I shared one video then politely asking no one to wish me a “happy” Columbus day and then I went about my […]
read moreIntroductions
- Aug
- 23
- Posted by qualla
- Posted in Background, Introduction, Personal, Teaching

This blog was created mainly as part of an assignment for my Preparing the Future Professoriate course I’m taking right now at Virginia Tech. However, I have enjoyed blogging in this past so my hope for this blog is to keep a record of my research, teaching, and personal experiences & observations while here at […]
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