Catching up with...

Karen Brison, the Roger Thayer Stone Professor of Anthropology and department chair, grew up in Toronto, Canada, a culturally-diverse and accessible city.

Carolyn Rodak spent most of her high school free time in orchestra pits or marching down the streets of Farmington Hills, Mich., all the way to two state band championships.

Annie DeLoid grew up in Plymouth, Mass., and came to Union from Stevens Institute of Technology where she was the program’s first full-time assistant volleyball coach.

Jeff Corbin didn’t know until late in his undergraduate career what branch of biology would be his life’s focus.

Hans-Friedrich Mueller, the Thomas Lamont Professor of Ancient and Modern Literatures, grew up in Milwaukee, Wis., thinking sidewalks and walkability were a normal feature of the landscape.

Liz DeLorenzo grew up in Saratoga Springs, where she currently lives with her fiancé, Tyler, and their two-year-old rescue pup, Luna.

Visiting assistant professor of history Nicole de Silva grew up in Riverside, Calif., where a landscape once filled with orange groves is now more dominated by rows of midcentury suburban tract housing.

Jenn Byrd jumped at the opportunity to step out of the present century and into the tail end of the 19th.

Originally born in Saudi Arabia, Luke Dosiek spent his childhood in Upstate New York, developing a love for outdoor activities, fine cuisine (think: poutine and Michigan-style hot dogs) and collegiate sports.