I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

And welcome to another episode of Boccaricellis podcast today.

You can't see me, but I'm actually rocking my South Carolina State sweatshirt.

Shout out to the Celebration bowl is happening in Atlanta, Georgia

between Florida and him University and Howard University.

Howard University Bison had to think about that.

So shout out to everybody in A who is participating in that. Today we actually have a show with somebody who is utterly brilliant, but Adia Wingfield is joining the show today. How are you doing today?

I'm fine. Thanks so much for having me. Where are you by the way? I'm the windows are throwing me off there.

I'm in St. Louis. We have nice weather here today. Oh yeah, well it is it's in between I'm in South Carolina today it's in between like 30 in the morning and 75 an afternoon.

Yeah sounds right. My mom calls it get sick weather. Yeah so my show is unique because we start each one of our shows with the same question

and we have our guest walk us through the arc of their career. So you've had a story career in sociology and the academy,

including the work you're doing now at

Washington University in St. Louis. Walk us through the arc of your career and

tell us about why you chose a career in academia in the field of sociology.

Oh, that's an interesting question.

I was interested in higher education from an early age.

My father is retired now, but he was a college professor.

And so I kind of grew up on college campuses

and just always was in love with this idea of thinking

about ideas and research and concepts and teaching and things like that.

Sociology struck me as a great path. I found that actually in high school. I took an 11th grade

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