Student Blogs

Hello! My name is Samantha Rogers , but I go by Sam and I am excited to start the journey of Romance Studies! I am a second year student with plans to major in Psychology. I was born and raised in Vancouver. I am an avid reader and often read non-school required books everyday. I […] read full post >>

Hey Everyone, my name is Toluwalope Ayedegbe Paul, which is a Yoruba name. Yoruba is a tribe that originated in Nigeria. I was born and raised in Nigeria till I was 13 and then moved to Toronto, then moved to Calgary in Junior high. I also attended a 2 year college in Cupertino California before […] read full post >>

Hi all welcome to my blog! My name is Farahnaz and I am a third year student studying International Relations. I will be honest I definitely thought that this class would be all about the world of romance in a black and white sense, so when the professor said it would be more complex I […] read full post >>

Hi, sunshine! ˙ᵕ˙ My name is Shanelle Danimae Cuevas (Yes, I have two first names) but you can call me Shan! I am currently a first-year student here at UBC and I am pursuing a Bachelor in Political Science. My goal is to achieve my Bachelors to eventually study law with the ambition of becoming […] read full post >>

Hi everyone! My name is Franchesca Jolicoeur, and I am a third-year student in the Arts department. I am majoring in psychology and minoring in family studies! I highly recommend taking a family studies course; it is always so fun and (usually) easy to learn about. Anyway, I am 20 years old, and I was […] read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Steve Kim. This is not my legal name, but still, everyone calls me by this name. I am a psychology major. I am from Seoul, South Korea. In other words, English and other Romance languages are second languages for me. It is nervous to read stories with a language I […] read full post >>

Hi everyone! My name is Jessica Jensen, and I am a second-year student majoring in Psychology. I am considering minoring in philosophy, but am still determining if I will pursue that path. I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, just like my dad, but my mom is from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. My […] read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Meave (pronounced Maeve, like the sex-ed character). I’m a first-year student in the Bachelor of Arts program and hope to major in psychology. I’m from Hong Kong, and I have yet to meet many people who are also from HK, so if you are, feel free to come up to […] read full post >>

Hello all! As you can tell from the title of this post, my name is Sean Deacon. I’m a fourth year student at the University of British Columbia in the Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology. I was born in Durban, South Africa, but moved to small town Chilliwack, British Columbia, at only 10 months […] read full post >>

Hey everyone! My name is Ava and I am a second-year Bachelor of Arts student interested in majoring in Political Science. I was born in Vancouver and so I grew up loving hiking, camping, and any other outdoor activities. I was always super close with my family, my mom used to read me books when […] read full post >>

Hello to everyone here! My name is Arella Ng and I’m a second year student at UBC (though this is my first year here). I’ve declared my major in Psychology, and I intend on pursuing grad school in the future (thinking of going into clinical or research) and declaring a minor in Ancient Mediterranean and […] read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Gabby, and I’m super excited to be a part of this class with all of you. Growing up, I was a huge reader, but nowadays, I have no time to sit down and read. While this class is a literature requirement, it is also an elective that interests me. I […] read full post >>

Hi all! I go by Ellie and I am currently a second year UBC student pursuing a career in sociological research and professorship. This career choice has only been a recent development in my life as I was initially at UBC to acquire a degree in English Language and Literature, and proceed into the Education […] read full post >>

Hi to everyone in RMST 202!! My name is Maia Dueck (she/her). I’m currently in 2nd year general arts, with interests in creative writing, english, and history. My hope is to be an author (specifically for the YA genre) and to be involved with script writing/film production. I am always down to talk about books […] read full post >>

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