Amy Block Joy is Professor Emerita in Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology. Her research focuses on strategies to improve the health and well-being of diverse audiences. In her short video, she shares a pivotal moment in her undergraduate experience at UC Berkeley. “I found my passion when I, a female undergraduate, helped a male graduate student prepare and then pass his oral exam In bacteriology. I knew nothing about bacteriology but then became passionate about the subject. By challenging the idea that a female can succeed in science, I learned my first life lesson:...
Michael J. Austin is Professor Emeritus, School of Social Welfare. In this video, he discusses how close attention to his passion led him from a struggling undergraduate student without a clear direction to one engaged with topics he deeply cared about.
Brian Donohue retired from UC Berkeley as a Business Contracts Administrator. In this video he shares his trajectory from a Star Trek afficinado in highschool to earning a law degree with a specialization in information technology.
Kent G. Lightfoot is a Professor of Anthropology.. Trained in the field of North American archaeology, he specializes in the study of late pre-colonial people and their subsequent encounters with diverse European colonial regimes. In this video, he shares the story of how he pursued his love of archaeology despite his parents’ expectations of becoming a medical doctor.
