GS boasts a diverse and well-rounded student body, some of whom enroll after achieving great success in their respective careers and lives. Having taught many of them as an English professor, Adams can personally attest to the academic excellence of GS students. This spring, after discovering new ambitions in STEM, she too returned to the classroom to become a student once again, this time at the School of General Studies.
When Adams first enrolled in college, she was convinced that science and math were not for her. Instead, she focused her studies in English, excelling in her courses and going on to earn her master's and doctoral degrees. Over the course of her education, totaling more than a decade, she specialized in American literature, with an interest in topics such as gender, sexuality, popular culture, and media.
With a desire to teach, Adams was ecstatic to be offered a position at Columbia University, and even more so when she was awarded tenure seven years later. In that time, her academic career accelerated—she fulfilled a long-held dream by publishing two books on American literary and cultural studies with The University of Chicago Press, and she continued to write and teach while becoming more invested in the Columbia community and settling down with a family.
I already have a career I love, but I plan to use my studies to become a better teacher, writer, and advocate for my son and other people with genetic disabilities.
Rachel Adams, GS Student
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