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Brendan R. Roof<\/strong> is a first-generation student graduating in Spring 2024 from Eastern Washington University with a major in English Studies with a minor in International Affairs. He was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska and Memphis, Tennessee. He is interested in researching the pre-colonial traditions, customs, and socio-political history across Philippine literature, familial dynamics and themes in Pan-Asian literature, and the socio-economic influence of the Filipino diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 2023 summer research internship was under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Lindholdt<\/a><\/strong>. He researched how Carlos Bulosan, and his seminal work, America Is In The Heart<\/em>, are an illustration of the complications of truth and morality in regards to Filipinos in the early 20th century. In the 2023-24 school year he collaborated with Pat Donahue, cofounder of Terrapin Legal, in addressing stigmas and legislative action surrounding decriminalization in Spokane. In his spare time he volunteers for the Cheney Food Bank and sits among the flowers contemplating dragonflies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2023 EWU Faculty Research Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Paul Linholdt<\/a>
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Research Title:<\/strong> The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan\u2019s Heart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract: <\/strong>A Dream Deferred: Bulosan\u2019s Heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My presentation focuses on the epistemological and moral implications of Othering projected on Filipino laborers by the U.S. government and businesses in the early 20th century. Using Carlos Bulosan\u2019s America Is in the Heart, I utilize portrayals of stigmatization, violence, and reinforcing legislative action against Filipinos to expose the reality of the Filipino experience at the height of U.S. imperialism. In previous scholarship, Bulosan\u2019s AIH has been subject to belittlement for its original 1946 publication advertised as a \u201cpersonal memoir.\u201d The work is a composite of multiple Filipinos\u2019 experience. Bulosan scholar and biographer, E. San Juan Jr. is encouraging: \u201cAIH is, rather, our grasp of the historical and social reality of the Filipino peasantry in the colonial \u2018lost\u2019 homeland, and of the Manongs, bachelors in the barracks, moving from place to place, ostracized from normal life by massive laws, by customary prohibitions of everyday life \u2014 a violently distorted, grotesque, and terror-filled landscape beyond the comprehension of sheltered academics\u201d (119). Other research surrounding Bulosan, his seminal work, and the Filipino experience consults various perspectives and methodologies, namely, Bulosan\u2019s 200-page FBI file, his poetry and letters, legislative action, and historical events surrounding his migration. The fecundity of Bulosan research has resolved decades-long debates on Bulosan\u2019s end-of-life activity, his communist associations, and the intention behind his patriotic finish in AIH. In this presentation, I provide an accurate representation of the America Bulosan details by exploring the manipulation of truth and the moral hypocrisy of U.S. imperialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Presents Research at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

In February, EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof presented his McNair Summer Research, The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan’s Heart at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference in Austin, Texas. Under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Lindholdt, Brendan explored how Carlos Bulosan, and his seminal work, America Is In The Heart, are an … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Completes Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof for completing his McNair Summer Research Internship! He worked with mentor Dr. Paul Linholdt on his summer 2023 research, “The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan\u2019s Heart“.  His research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium. Brendan explored how Carlos Bulosan, and his seminal work, … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Honored with Nick Begich Scholarship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof! Brendan has been awarded the Nick Begich Scholarship. This scholarship was created to carry on the ideals of the late Congressman Nicholas J. Begich from Alaska, who came to the state in 1956 as a teacher and believed that education was both a right and a privilege, one that must … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Honored with Carol Kabat Baumann Scholarship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof! Brendan has been awarded the Carol Kabat Baumann Scholarship. This scholarship is for juniors or seniors majoring in education, with a public school emphasis and GPA’s at or above a 3.0. Brendan is a first-generation student majoring in Secondary English Education. He was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska and Memphis, Tennessee. … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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McNair Scholars Connect with Research Librarians<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Dr. Liya Deng recently visited our classroom to inform McNair Scholars of all the research resources available at the EWU Library. Dr. Deng discussed using Research Guides, Databases A-Z, Academic Search Ultimate, and JSTOR, and best practices for key words and filters. Dr. Deng has always provided McNair Scholars with kind and generous support on … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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17 McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2023 Student Research & Creative Works Symposium<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

On May 10, EWU held the 2023 Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. The Symposium is back in person since 2022, allowing excellent shared engagement as scholars discussed their research (both proposed and completed) with fellow students, faculty, and the EWU community. Many scholars shared their work in poster format in the PUB, while others … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Brendan Roof Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to new McNair Scholar\u00a0Brendan Roof! Brendan was selected by the McNair Scholars\u2019 selection committee on the basis of his passion for research, commitment to attaining a PhD, and overall potential for success in graduate school. The federally-funded TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at EWU selects motivated and talented juniors and seniors who … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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