Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

MARRIAGE: Arie Angeledes to Morgan Swindell , Savannah, TX, on Dec. 1, 2018. Maxime Boneza , Houston, TX, published an article titled “Cultivar Affects the Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Commercially Available Lemon Balm ( Melissa officinalis L.) Varieties” with Professor of Chemistry Emily Niemeyer in the journal Industrial Crops and Products . The article is based on Boneza’s chemistry capstone project. Meili Criezis , Houston, TX, published an article titled “Islam, Gender, and the Algerian Revolution for Independence” in vol. 11 of Visions and Revisions: New Scholars, New Interpretations (2018). Published annually by the History, Politics, Languages and Cultures Department at Edinboro University, Visions and Revisions is an interdisciplinary journal for outstanding graduate and under- graduate essays. The article was based on Criezis’s history capstone project and drew from her original archival work as part of a faculty–student research project with Associate Professor of History Melissa Byrnes in Paris during the summer of 2016. Rod Khansari , Boston, MA, is in his second semester at Boston University’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. The experience has been full of excitement and challenges, and he is looking forward to the journey ahead. Sarah Matthews and Marissa Rosa ’18 had an article accepted for publication in the journal Frontiers in Psychology . Their paper, “Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs: Research and Publishing from the Undergraduate Perspective,” was based on their work in the research lab of Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano. Tanner Rogers , see Emma Walsh Rogers ’18 . MARRIAGE: Emma Walsh Rogers to Tanner Rogers ’17 , Lakeway, TX, on May 17, 2018. Marissa Rosa , see Sarah Matthews ’17 . 2018 to detail helped himmanage the development of databases for companies’ pension- related records. “I immediatelywas thrown into very detailedwork schedules there,” he recalls. He began managing projects within a year. Then, Hewitt Associates (now Aon) asked himabout transferring to their London office. “I had really caught the bug to see something outside the Stateswith aMother’sDay tripmy family took to Italy in 2001,” Reynolds says, “so the timingwas perfect whenHewitt offeredme the opportunity to work abroad.” Whileworking inLondon, he vacationed regularly over six years in dozens of places throughout Europe andAfrica. His penchant for record-keeping resulted in a catalog of cities and sites he was visiting along the way. His sense of adventure eventually ledReynolds to his partner, a newcity, and a new career. In fall 2004, he scheduled a round-the-world backpacking trip before returning stateside. A chance encounter at a bus stop in Borneo with a vacationing physician changed things just a few weeks in. They were booked at the same hostel and were en route to the same wildlife sanctuary. About three hours in, “Jill jokingly brought up that we should just get married,” Reynolds remembers. “I jokingly responded that the idea made a lot of sense.” Several weeks spent together led to a Christmas visit with her family in the Phil- ippines and then staying in touch while he trekked throughout Southeast Asia. He proposed a fewmonths after returning toManila inMarch 2005. After wedding cere- monies there and in the U.S., they moved to Hong Kong the following spring so that Jill could become a hospital radiologist. Reynolds, who was initially unable to work as a dependent visa holder, began pursuing anM.B.A. through a distance-learning programoffered by the business school at theUniversity ofWarwick, in theU.K.WhenHongKong’s labor rules changed a few months later, he also began teaching English part-time at the Lemon Tree Learning Centre, which focuses primarily on2- to 12-year-old students. “Therewas quite a lot of gratification that I felt teaching that I hadn’t felt in a corporation,” he notes, including getting to watch many of his 700-plus pupils grow up. Alumni Spotlight continued from page 9 Class Notes continued from page 39 2017 2016 44 SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUED ON PAGE 45 b Travel Tip Reynolds recommends that travelers avoid print guidebooks when preparing to go abroad. Why? Hotels and B&Bs sometimes stop maintaining their establishments once they earn a spot in print backpackers’ guides because those publications guarantee guests for as long as those books remain in circulation. Recognizing this moral hazard in the industry was what led Reynolds to researching—and then helping produce more reliable recommendations on—online travel websites.