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From 2014 to 2017 I was in Indonesia working with the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program in various capacities. I began as a Fulbright ETA in Malang, East Java, where I spent nine months teaching English at a public high school. I then returned to Indonesia for a second ETA grant, this time as a Senior ETA (SETA) in Gorontalo, Sulawesi, where I taught at a madrassah, or Islamic public high school. Finally, I returned to Indonesia for a third and final year with the ETA program, this time working with the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) as the ETA Researcher/Coordinator (RC). While I did not teach in this position, I did develop training and support for the ETA cohort that year, and conducted research on collaboration between ETAs and their Indonesian counterparts in extracurricular contexts.
ETA, Malang, East Java
All of the following blogs are from my first year as a Fulbright ETA in Malang, a small university city in East Java.
Dragons, Weather, and Stars: Preparing for a Fulbright ETA Grant to Indonesia
Welcome to Six Star Bahasa Babbling: Orientation Part One
Navigating Volcanoes, Drinking Coffee, Playing Futsal, and Being Bule: Orientation Part Two
Whirlwind Wandering: Pit Stops in Jakarta and Singapore
Song and Dance and the Ruminant Digestive System: My Experience with Idul Adha
A Weekend of Weddings, The Javanese Way
A Very Happy Birthday to You, SMAN 10
Swimming with Monkeys: Sendang Biru Beach and Sempu Island
Birds, Flowers, and Surprise Temples: Exploring the City of Malang
Terima Kasih: The Thanksgiving Post
Venturing Out of Java: A Trip to Northern Sulawesi
Dangling Confidence and Coconut Heads: The Art of Learning Bahasa Indonesia
Toto, We’re Not on Java Anymore: Christmas in Bali
Here There Be Dragons: Komodo Island
Space to Breathe: Scattered Reflections from a Motorbike Ride in Flores
From Belum to Sudah, and Back Again
Mountain Climbing in East Java
The Art of Being Lost, or, Finding Home
Meet Kelas Sebelas, or, The Emma Blackery Project
Warning: Visibility May Vary, or, Being White in Indonesia
If I Were to Write a Letter to the World…: SMAN 10 Malang WORDS Competition 2015
That Time I Went to Church in Indonesia, or, The Religion Post, Part I
Stepping into the Past: Candi-Candi Borobudur dan Prambanan
Ode to Afi, or, The Journey to WORDS, and Back Again
In One Word… Love: 2015 WORDS Competition
The Recipe for a Perfect Birthday
The Question I Don’t Want to Be Asked, or, Sometimes I Have Bad Days
Essays from the Students of SMAN 10 Malang
436,320 Minutes, or, An Attempted Summation of an Indescribable Experience
SETA, Gorontalo, Sulawesi
All of the following blogs are from my time as a SETA in Gorontalo, the capital city of a young province by the same name in northern Sulawesi.
forthcoming, updates still in process
RC, Jakarta
While I did not write as frequently during my year as RC, I did keep up with my blog to a certain extent, and all of those blogs are listed here.
forthcoming, updates still in process
