There are many reasons to love anthropology. But, one of the most amazing things about studying anthropology is that you end up having friends that travel, live and work EVERYWHERE. I have only been in London for 3 days, and I have already seen two old friends!
A.A. was a fellow graduate student at Arizona State University. She completed her dissertation on teeth, but now works for the London School of Health and Tropical Medicine. I saw her on the first day that I arrived. Today, I was surprised in the Duckworth by M.G., a former student in the NSF-REU that I co-directed at Notre Dame. He is now finishing his dissertation at Cambridge.
On Sunday, I will be joined here by S.S., a colleague that I have worked with at Notre Dame since I was an undergraduate there. Later this summer, I will meet up with R.F. She and I started our PhDs at the same time at Ohio State, and she is now a lecturer at University College Dublin. I will also meet up with T.M., another fellow grad student from Ohio State who now lives in Bristol.
You meet a lot of wonderful people in anthropology. The amazing thing is that you can find them years later wherever you go in the world!
--Professor Ullinger
I wish I was in London bumping into you too. How great.
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