Martha Chew Sanchez, global studies assistant professor, has an abundance of experiences to share in the classroom--she has traveled, studied and lived in Texas, New Mexico, California, New York, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Austria. Sanchez received her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas and the Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico. She did post-doctoral studies at UCLA and studied to be a primary school teacher at the National School of Teachers in Mexico. She studied in the City and Guilds of London (England) Institute in Reading and was a research guest at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Sanchez says she enjoys most about teaching at St. Lawrence "the support I have from my colleagues and the institution to carry out my research." She recently published a book on Mexican dance. Sanchez offers courses in intercultural studies, popular culture, migration, nationalism and transnationalism. "It is important that students situate themselves in their society and in history," she says, "and that students have a vision of themselves, that they think actively about where they want society to go and how they can become critical citizens." "My goal in the classroom," says Sanchez, "is to develop an atmosphere and a community where learning comes first. The crucial role of the learning experience is to practice the theory and theorize the practice, so students envision ways of applying outside the classroom what we discuss in the classroom." In her spare time, Sanchez enjoys "traveling, reading and watching foreign films."