Their study often seems to help them take the next step. She had other offers when she chose to join the faculty at USM in 1995. She chose to come here, she said, because she really liked the department and because USM has a growing minority student population. She's found some stereotypes about the South to be true while others are not. And though she finds being an African woman in a Southern culture to be frustrating sometimes, she also feels her role as teacher extends far beyond the classroom.
People always think of Africa as hot.
I think what bothers me is people who are consciously ignorant. Sometimes people just don't know.