{"id":10214,"date":"2023-10-18T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2023-10-19T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:47:05","slug":"ewu-mcnair-scholar-brendan-roof-completes-summer-research-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/ewu-mcnair-scholar-brendan-roof-completes-summer-research-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Completes Summer Research Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/10\/2023-SRI-Complete_-Brendan-Roof-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/10\/2023-SRI-Complete_-Brendan-Roof-2.png 480w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/10\/2023-SRI-Complete_-Brendan-Roof-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/10\/2023-SRI-Complete_-Brendan-Roof-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/brendan-roof\/\">Brendan Roof<\/a> <\/strong>for completing his McNair Summer Research Internship! He worked with mentor <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/plindholdt\/\"><strong>Dr. Paul Linholdt<\/strong><\/a> on his summer 2023 research, &#8220;<em>The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan\u2019s Heart<\/em>&#8220;<em>. <\/em>&nbsp;His research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brendan explored how Carlos Bulosan, and his seminal work, &#8220;America Is In The Heart&#8221;, are an illustration of the complications of truth and morality in regards to Filipinos in the early 20th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>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<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brendan is interested in researching Philippine literature in English, pre-colonial Philippine culture, the Filipino diaspora, Philippine politics, environmentalism, and foreign and domestic drug-reform and decriminalization. Brendan is dedicated to addressing the impacts of narratives in society, particularly those concerning race, drugs, and the quality of Filipino life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &#8220;The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan\u2019s Heart&#8220;. &nbsp;His research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium. 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