Olivia Gonzalez interviewing Truc Hoang! (UIW student)

 As I might have mentioned in class, I am in fact a biology student! The world of writing and the works in English is not necessarily what I'm taught in my everyday life so I wanted to interview one of my professors in the chemistry/biology expertise to talk about this more. Unfortunately, the professor I had originally planned had to take an emergency leave so instead I interviewed one of my peers, Truc, that is working with me in forensics! 

O: 1.) What was your first Jane Austen book? If this was Pride and Prejudice, did you have any background of Jane Austen yourself?

T: My background of Jane is pretty limited. In high school I was able to read pride and prejudice, and that was pretty much it! In university at UIW is where I was able to see more writing samples of her and got to read a few chapters of Northanger Abbey. 

O: 2.) Do you think that STEM students have lost their touch in writing, or the feeling of romanticism in your experience? 

T: I think they get too lost in their careers! I see these students too focused on the lab reactions and the issues are typically seen in the lab reports. For some students in the beginning, it's hard to "write like a robot." No writing in 3rd person, no mentioning feelings, it gets rough. But as you grow into the STEM field, that's normalized and that's where you see student seniors lose touch of their inner-self. 

O: 3.) Do you think that Jane’s ideas of romanticism and romantics is continued to be seen today or is it instead criticized? 

T: I do think that in the outside world it is a trend to romanticize things that usually aren't, so maybe that was because of Jane? If we are talking about within the science classes, it's definitely not seen there haha! I enjoy reading, I really do, but not everyone in these science majors are so it's nice to see a change or to hear more interests about people that don't require us to be lab partners. 

This interview was taken at the AT&T center and Truc had to go back to her job as the lab assistant. However I want to sincerely thank her for coming to join me in this interview and we get to talk books for the first time of our friendship!