Susan McHugh

Susan McHugh – Professor of English

My job at 51°µÍø gives me the freedom to create classes in what I want to do and to research and write about whatever I want to. Other jobs weren’t going to offer me those options — this job was the most wonderful opportunity.

The students are my favorite thing about 51°µÍø. Having worked in very different environments, 51°µÍø always struck me as a remarkable place because students are earnest and hardworking and nice to each other in a unique way. More competitive places have such unhappy people, and they hurt each other. That kind of casual cruelty is too easy to find in this world. I ca