Amanda Z. Randall, PhD

About me.

 

 

I was born in Kingsford, Michigan (Upper Peninsula). I have lived in Chicago, IL, Austin and Houston, TX, Bonn and Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and I spent a summer as a volunteer in Lusaka, Zambia. My husband and I have two sweet, energetic little boys with whom we love reading, traveling, and playing Mario Kart.

 

My favorites...

 

Place:  Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Food to cook:  Maggi Auflauf

Food to eat:  Torchy's Tacos

Gelato flavor:  Coconut

Board game:  Ticket to Ride Europe

Fitness activity:  Yoga and pilates

Movie:  "9 to 5"

Musician:  Glen Hansard

French social theorist:  Michel Foucault

Book:  anything by David Sedaris

 

What I love most about my job as a college professor is talking with my students about vocation and sharing their journey to discern how to combine their loves, talents, values and goals to create a meaningful life.

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When I'm not working, I love to sing (Broadway, art songs), dance (ballet, salsa, Middle Eastern), and go for leisurely bike rides with my kids.

 

Quotes:    

 

"The obstacle is the path." - Zen proverb

 

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." - Albert Schweitzer

 

"Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies." - Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"De gustibus non est disputandum." ("There is no accounting for taste.")