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A Modest Proposal Re-imagined: How this Work Began

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We were always an unlikely pair of collaborators. Our partnership first begins as we, two faculty members from separate campuses in different fields, meet over coffee at a local cafe. It is so hot on this day, of course Hawaiʻi is a warm place, but for some reason, this cafe seems to be the hottest spot on Oahu.

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Iorio, J.M., Tanabe, C.S. (2019). A Modest Proposal Re-imagined: How this Work Began. In: Higher Education and the Practice of Hope. Rethinking Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8645-9_1

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