“What’s Your Normal?” is a series of personal essays, accompanied by resource lists, highlighting the different kinds and forms of identities within APA populations.
After the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5, 2012, an APALA member forwarded an email, which included basic information about Sikhism and links to resources, and asked if we, too, should post something. As librarians and information professionals, it makes sense that we should be providing information to the public whenever we can, especially if we can include lists of resources. When it comes to any of the APA populations, APALA should definitely be the one to take the lead.
Learn about the inspiration for “What’s Your Normal?” and how you can contribute.
Read our most recent essays here:
- What’s Your Normal?: “A Pandemic Hire: Thriving as a New Academic Librarian” by Sarah Cruz
- What’s Your Normal?: “The Infinity Loop: A Recent Grad’s Job Search during COVID-19” by Alvina Lai
- What’s Your Normal? Your Stories During COVID-19
- What’s Your Normal?: “Carving out the in-between” by Brian Leaf
- What’s Your Normal?: “My normal is dog” by Paul Lai
- What’s Your Normal?: “Five Generations of Asian Americans” by Molly Higgins
- Cambodian Invisibility in Education
- Mosaics: My Muslim-Indonesian-Okinawan Identity by Ariana Hussain [Edited]
