The final teaching demonstration in the Asian Americans in Education class began with a sheet of paper on each desk, with the poem “Hajichi: Tattoos and Diamonds is Forevah” printed on each paper. Lee Tonouchi’s poem, which won the 2021-2022 Tony Quagliano Poetry Award, is written in Hawaiian Pidgin and highlights Okinawan language, culture and life.  Students were curious as Cassie Miura introduced material about language discrimination, Hawaiian Pidgin and Okinawan Hajichi tattoos. The poem reflected Miura’s point of how cultural language is not considered “academic writing.”  “I’m interested in working with students in academic writing,” Miura said during a Q&A portion of the teaching demonstration. “Particularly with negotiating your relationship to advocating for and resisting academic language.”  Miura was officially named as the selected candidate for the role of distinguished chair of Nikkei Studies on June 17 and is the only new faculty hire at San Francisco State University...