My faculty advisor, Professor Hassold, has incredible insight into the New College system. I believe she's been here longer than any other professor on campus. She definitely gave me a lot of freedom for my first contract because she knew that I wanted to get a feel for different fields of study. She even let me into one of her advanced seminar classes. Despite its rigor, I love the class so much that I will be taking another seminar class with her next semester. She's always available to help guide students, whether it involves their academic or personal lives. She's probably the most mentally sharp person I've met; plus she's a radical feminist and blows me away with her knowledge of art history. Hard to believe considering she's in her late 70s!
I'm really interested in Gender Studies and Sociology. I'm always pretty excited in my Sociology of Development class because I love the material so much. I've definitely gone on longwinded rants about the horrors of neo-liberalism in Latin America while in that class. Professor Hernandez always pleases me with her smiles and her comments about the Zapatista movement in Mexico.
