Pamela Ralston Department: Lecture/Section Years with Upward Bound: 2nd Year I am completing my Ph.D and am currently writing my dissertation on: 19th Century American Nationalism.  I teach writing and literature in the English and American Ethnic Studies Departments at the UW.

Tell one funny event that happened in your life.

I don't think I should share it with impressionable minds.

Why did you decide to join the program?

I didn't really like high school and when I heard about UB, I liked the idea of a program that made high school more like college.

What do you think about the students in the program?

I like how individual and assertive everyone is.