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I see immense skill in being able to conceptualize and envision a paradigm for research to translate knowledge-to-action. If one of our goals is expanding notions of what counts as data and expertise, we have members especially skilled in different ways of knowing, in different methodological styles, and in different content and thematic expertise. For e.g. just going by who is in the room today: we have skills in educating (whether to family members or to K-12 schools or university students); in designing curriculum across different environments; in collaborating with different kinds of knowledge partners (NGOs, government agencies, schools); in negotiating interpersonal relationships; in memorialization and archiving practices; and various technical skills.

I hope to build and sustain relations of collaboration, understanding, and even friendship. I am using friendship the way Mike Fortun thinks about the concept in his "coming out soon" book. 

"Friendship is a volatile conglomeration and an opaquely patterned set of precarious habits and practices that nevertheless still comports us toward openness and attentiveness. Friendship is trying, always."

On a more professional level, I want to be supported in my career development with interdisciplinary research methods and styles that allow me to explore, experiment, and engage with diverse communities and knowledges.