The Wanderlust Threader

These 10 tips are designed for graduate students, and potential graduate students, during their grad school journeys.

Reflections on adventure and travel after receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award.

I wrote this in 2019 after a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego. I strumbled across it and felt it was fitting with the major changes in...

Music fills the air, and the vibrations tiptoe down my spine, Whispering loud reminders of who I was once, And am now, And will be. A...

The following entry includes two excerpts from a section of my memoir focused on my diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm and how it influenced...

This entry is about my identity as a white, Korean neurodivergent woman. Part of this identity also encompasses my connection to my...

Several weeks ago I put together a small research lab through the nonprofit, The Dignified Learning Project (DLP). This research lab is...

“I feel so smart!” one student exclaimed. I looked over as she had her phone out, using the Desmos app as her calculator. Calculating her...

I’ve found there are two major schools of thought when it comes to research - you’re a [qualitative, quantitative, etc.] researcher, or...

I stood trembling in a library. I gripped the small, blue book tightly. Surveying the entire library, family members were present,...

** If you haven’t seen the Barbie movie yet, please note that there will be spoilers in this piece.** I played with Barbie dolls, but...

Right around the end of May, you’ll find me preparing my car, preparing it for an annual road trip to Illinois, where I spend a...

This is the final reflection I shared in my dissertation. I reflect on my Korean culture and heritage, and the process of using the...

What's after the PhD?

I am currently sitting at the dining table at my house in the Midwest. I don't actually live here - my dad does - but this house has been...

I initially started this website a year ago when I felt as if I was drowning, struggling to find out what my next steps would be and...

This piece is on my journey as a PhD student and encouragement for others to remember to remain whole.

Perhaps you are a newly minted Ph.D., out in the scary world of academia trying to weather the storm, unsure of when to ease the...

The pounding in my ears coupled with the beating of my anxious heart reminds me of my humanness. Soul tapping deep into cavities unknown,...

Photos in here are my own photos I've taken from my trip to Belize in March 2023. Let's go to Rome, To see the Trevi Fountain, Or visit...