"I consider the time I spent in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology to be absolutely formative in my intellectual and academic journey. Faculty, administrative staff, and other graduate students helped me cultivate and develop my own academic interests and research skills, while illustrating the importance of professional development and collegiality. In short, the academic and intellectual life in the Department was vibrant and stimulating, and I still reflect fondly on that environment for shaping my curiosity in critical thought and research. I have also remained close friends (and even collaborators) with many in my cohort, which I believe is rooted in a culture of collegiality, collaboration, and mutual support fostered by administration and faculty in the Department. Of course, I have to mention the incredible administrative staff in the Department – they truly care about students and I am still appreciative of that today."
