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Continue reading →: Mapping the move to Cali.Thing have so fallen so perfectly into place over the past couple of days that this move is shaping up to be an absolute dream. ✊ 🪵 Since my last post I have crossed all my t’s and signed on the dotted line. I signed my lease and completed all…
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Continue reading →: One month (and counting)Time has been ticking away and I have been BUSY! My apartment has been completely packed up for weeks already, but I finally have a place to lay my head in Long Beach! Remember a couple of posts back when I was raving about how much I wanted to visit…
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Continue reading →: Happy Mothers’ Day!I wanted to take a minute this Mothers’ Day to celebrate and appreciate my two favorite moms, who also happen to be my two best friends. This is just a quick blog post, but the love and appreciation that I have for this little family could fill a library. I’ll…
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Continue reading →: Five things I’m most excited to do and see in Long BeachThe semester is over, my apartment is packed, and in about 80 days I will set off a journey to Long Beach, California where I am entirely prepared to live my best and happiest life. As I begin to search for housing, I’ve been doing my research on the area,…
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Continue reading →: That’s a wrap on Augusta UniversityWell, it’s official, y’all! My time at Augusta University has finally come to a close. I cleaned out my office last week, I submitted grades last night, and I turned in my keys earlier today. I hustled to get it all done this week because I wanted to put my…
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Continue reading →: Moving update: T-minus 3 months and countingMy time at Augusta University is finally coming to a wrap, and with fewer than three months to go before I set foot in Long Beach I’m slowly getting my ducks into order. The first of those ducks involved moving out of my office on campus, which I just finished…
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Continue reading →: “That my best friend, she a real bad bitch”Those who know me well know that my time in Augusta has been a solitary one. While I’ve come across pockets of queerness in the area, as a whole I have found the community conservative and uninviting. I haven’t made many friends here, but drag introduced me to two of…
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Continue reading →: The last quick trip homeGoodbye (again), Athens; Hello, Theodore Gray As golf enthusiasts and athletes flocked to Augusta for the 2024 Masters Tournament, I fled for the foothills of Ohio, in what will likely be my last trip to Athens for a very long time. Augusta University was closed for its Spring Break, so…
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Continue reading →: Go Beach!I am beyond excited to announced that I have accepted an assistant professor position in California State University Long Beach’s journalism and public relations department! I will move out West this summer and begin teaching at the university in August. I’m so grateful for my time at Augusta University, but…
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Hello, stranger: A fall semester round-up
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Continue reading →: Hello, stranger: A fall semester round-upWhile this very well may have been the biggest break I’ve taken since I started this blog, rest assured that there is a story behind my absence. The story of a Ph.D. student struggling to stay on top of her classes and keep up on sleep while maintaining a small…
Hello, I’m Ash! I am an assistant professor in the Journalism and Public Relations Department at California State University, Long Beach. This blog serves as a personal love letter to Long Beach, as I find my community and tread toward tenure.
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