Cara, it was so interesting to hear about your analysis on "valenced" pedagogical material in terms of the vocabulary included in these textbooks for ELLs. I had never thought about that topic until you brought it up at our graduate student group meeting, but I found it so fascinating to consider. This would be such a cool topic to explore in the future and I'm glad to hear that your Laidlaw project is generating other potential research ideas!

Hey Sage! I found your response on the significance of your research question to be really interesting—it's so cool to hear about how your research is contributing to solar power advancements! Looking forward to hearing more about how your research progresses!

I can definitely relate to what you said about talking to individuals in the industry you're exploring to ensure you are considering alternate viewpoints! This is something I have been trying to do more in my own research as well!

I love what you said about the interdisciplinary nature of the program! I definitely agree that getting to interact with other scholars and learn from their respective areas of interest and expertise has been extremely enriching for my own research too!

I agree with what you mentioned about leading from within and about the different social styles! I also found it interesting to see how people adopt leadership in different but necessary ways. My project is also one that I am conducting independently, so, similar to you, the primary form of leadership I will use is leading from within.

1. I appreciated this week's workshops and discussions on leadership as they allowed to expand my personal definition of leadership, enabling me to consider how I will be a leader during my project this summer. Though I had previously been exposed to different forms of leadership, I found Pamela Sohn's conversation on the different forms of leadership to be especially beneficial. Breaking from the simplistic idea that leadership is about being at the forefront of a discussion or conversation, these workshops promoted the idea that leadership can take many different forms, such as being a leader from behind or a being leader from within. I also found the various conflict resolution scenarios we were provided with to be particularly beneficial, as they were extremely relevant in the context of research settings.

2. As much of my project this summer will be conducted independently, I plan on employing the 'Leader from Within' mentality. Keeping myself on task during the day, being organized in how I plan out my research, and being proactive in reaching out to interlocutors and my research supervisor, I will have several daily opportunities to demonstrate my ability to lead from within. It is my hope that my passion for my research project will help to cement my internal leadership abilities this summer.

3. I am most excited for the interviews I plan on conducting this summer as well as to look through Hawaiian archival materials. This is a project I have always wanted to do, but have never been able to dedicate exclusive time towards. As such, I am excited at the opportunity to devote significant time to further exploring endangered languages, specifically 'Ōlelo Hawai'i, and to engage with primary sources on the Hawaiian indigenous language's history and cultural context.