BioHazard
Its fun being an up and coming academic or scholar and not having any established parameters for my work. So when I give presentations, no one knows anything I've done usually, so they ask for a bio or a description to present me. Its always fun putting them together, because while some things always go into them, other things I can shift around and play with.
For example, this line goes in nearly all bios,
"Michael Lujan Bevacqua is a graduate student in Ethnic Studies at The University of California, San Diego and the editor of the Chamorro Zine Minagahet (http://www.geocities.com/minagahet)"
The next line I always try to sneak in, but almost always gets taken out by the people who read it or publish it,
"He is the grandson of Elizabeth Flores Lujan (familian Kabesa) and the Chamorro Master Blacksmith Joaquin Flores Lujan (familian Bittot)"
I guess its a somewhat unconventional thing to have in someone's bio, but this is how I am known throughout Guam, as the …
For example, this line goes in nearly all bios,
"Michael Lujan Bevacqua is a graduate student in Ethnic Studies at The University of California, San Diego and the editor of the Chamorro Zine Minagahet (http://www.geocities.com/minagahet)"
The next line I always try to sneak in, but almost always gets taken out by the people who read it or publish it,
"He is the grandson of Elizabeth Flores Lujan (familian Kabesa) and the Chamorro Master Blacksmith Joaquin Flores Lujan (familian Bittot)"
I guess its a somewhat unconventional thing to have in someone's bio, but this is how I am known throughout Guam, as the …