News: Profiles

"Environmental humanities bridged my interest in literature and my concerns for the environment."

"I am lucky to have people around me who always make me feel like my work is worthy; whatever I'm doing is interesting and valuable."

"Writing is just what I do. I've always been a reader, and at some point I thought to myself, 'I wonder if I could do this?' As it turns out, I could!"

"I'm looking at how cultural science is informed by experience, storytelling, and narratives of both places and people. I look specifically at the Caribbean to do that."

The ability to analyze, understand, and synthesize text is important [in a job like mine]. You get this from essentially every English course you take. Good writing skills are equally important, and English courses that focus on writing (language, composition, rhetoric) equip you with the writing skills to succeed in “the real world.” 

"In terms of a career path, the best advice I can give is just to always be open. Don’t have the blinders on; you just never know where your education can take you."

Samaya Abdus-Salaam is Development Manager at PushBlack and a Law Student at Rutgers University.

Jesse Adams is an attorney.

Genevieve Sly Crane is a Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Stonybrook.