Kinde, Michigan
Anthropology major
Hometown: Kinde, Michigan
Major: Anthropology
Career goal: Professor of anthropology and applied researcher in U.S. rural community-school relations
Study abroad: Bolivia and the Dominican Republic
Senior Honors Project: “The Drudgery of Society: A School Reconciles Public Education Policy with Rural Community Values”
Other research: “Owning an Honors Identity: Navigating Intersectionality”and “Achieving in the Academy: Transformative Learning in Film”
Service passion: Education
Other CMU involvement: Learning Roots, English Language Institute tutor and CMU’s ski and snowboard teams
Favorite Honors memory:
“The dark chocolate in Phame’s office! I also enjoyed my Latino Studies
class because it facilitated insights into immigration law,
English-only policies and human rights, which motivated me to study
English as a second language and Spanish.”
Value of CMU Honors Program:
“By embracing Honors’ core values, I have been transformed to place
value in each day, not only for how I experience it but for how others
in the world do as well.”
How Honors will help you postgraduation: “The
scholarly practice I’ve had through developing my Honors Senior Capstone
Project taught me how to establish relationships with mentors who share
my passion, explore an issue and write about the findings to present
them with excellence. Those experiences prepared me for rigorous
graduate studies and inspired my future professional and personal
aspirations.”