Originally from Knoxville, Tenn., Ralph Eugene Cash always knew that he wanted to seek higher education and get a doctoral degree. “Nobody in my family had even gone to college. A few had gone to high school but that was it,” said Cash. “My goal was always to get a doctorate in something.” When Cash […]

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Suzanne Ferriss always loved reading but never thought that it would one day lead her to a career teaching literature. “I had originally thought of studying economics or finance,” said Ferriss. “I was really good at math and I liked numbers and thought that was what I was going to do.” […]

Growing up in Ghana, West Africa, Joyce Avotri-Wuaku always felt that teaching came naturally to her. After all, teaching runs in her family. Both of Avotri-Wuaku’s parents were teachers and her father taught at an agricultural college. “I have always come from the teaching environment and gained a lot of experience helping and teaching my […]

Sarah Valley-Gray, associate professor in the Center for Psychological Studies, was always interested in the field of science and initially thought of going into the medical or dental field. It wasn’t until she was a student at the University of Miami that she realized her interest in psychology. “Every time that there was a spring […]

Originally from northern New Jersey, Frank Cavico, professor of business law, knew from an early age the career path he wanted to pursue. “My father was a lawyer and my mother was a high school English professor, so I always thought about teaching and going into law,” said Cavico. In 1972, Cavico graduated from Gettysburg […]

From a young age, reading inspired Robin Jacobs to live a life dedicated to helping people. “As a kid, people would play outside and I would be arguing with my mother that I wanted to go to the library. I spent a lot of time reading and knew I really wanted to help people in […]

Timothy Dixon, associate professor and coordinator of history and politics at Farquhar College Arts and Sciences, never imagined pursuing a law career until his senior year of college. Dixon attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. on a debate scholarship. While he was in college, Dixon participated in competitive public speaking and debate, […]

Ana Karina Mascarenhas never expected to become a dentist. Growing up in Goa, India her favorite subject in school was math. “I loved math,” said Mascarenhas. “Math, for me, was relaxing. When I wanted to de-stress, I would do math.” After taking public entrance exams in India, she was eligible to pursue a career in […]

Staying busy is not a problem for Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su. Creating projects, conducting research, and collaborating with schools across the nation to advance the study of mathematics has become a vital part of her life. Growing up, math was just something Su did for fun. “Math always came very easily for me. I […]

Despite it only being Stephen Andon’s second year as an assistant professor of communication studies in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Division of Humanities, he has made his presence felt on campus. Born in Danbury, Conn., Andon attended high school near Baltimore, Md. before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston College. […]