Distinguished University Professor Sonalde Desai didn’t think she’d stay at the University of Maryland for the remainder of her career—evidenced by the fact that she didn’t sign up for the State Retirement and Pension System, she laughingly admits.

“The university was such a good home for the kind of work that I was doing, I never thought of leaving,” she said.

As Desai prepares to retire in June after 30 years with the UMD Department of Sociology, she’s looking back at how UMD positively impacted her life—and her colleagues are looking back at how she positively impacted theirs.

Read the full story on the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences website.