Susan C. Smith

After a couple of years in the Real World I decided to go back to school to get an Master's in Linguistics at Wayne State. I was an Art major in undergrad at Kalamazoo College with aspirations to web design but linguistics relates very well to my enduring interest in language and it encompasses so many fields that I see it as a very versatile investment in future career opportunities.

I had joined Peace Corps after I graduated and I served as a Water Sanitation volunteer in Mali, but when I returned to the States I found that good jobs were scarce and ended up working at Starbucks and then as a receptionist at a pediatrician's office, so I'm very excited to be back in school again and using my brain. Working at Linguist List is exciting for me, not just because of the experience and learning opportunities it affords, but because it relates in some way to my undergrad studies in web design.

So... for now I'm learning as much as possible. For fun I play guitar, hang out with my brother, fiddle around with art programs on my computer, read and numb my brain with late-night TV.