Public Scholarship

Public Scholarship

Stepping off the Asian American Achievement Treadmill

(Imagine Otherwise) — Conversations about the Asian American experience often come back around to status. Tug on a thread discussing the model minority myth, discrimination, or family immigration histories; and you’ll find them tied to questions of where we stand in a given hierarchy, how we got there, and where we hope to go. This […]

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The Influencer in Eden: De/coloniality of the AI Data Paradigm and the Counter-exegesis of Human Life

(Contending Modernities) — Would Noah have updated his Instagram story while building the ark? On TikTok, millions have watched Artificial Intelligence-generated short videos that imagine just that: Bible characters recast as modern-day influencers in 2025. We see a pregnant Mary posting vlogs from a barn—giving it five stars for privacy and zero for comfort—and Daniel […]

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Will the next dalai lama be a machine?

July 6 marks the 90th birthday of the 14th dalai lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who is considered to be a Buddhist bodhisattva, or one who recognizes their interdependence with all others and aspires to reincarnate to serve all beings. Since his exile in 1959, the Dalai Lama has become a symbol of religious freedom and national […]

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