Shortly after graduating with my Masters in IAD this past June, I attended the Rural Sociology Society (RSS) annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was a great opportunity to hear about old and new sociological perspectives, network, and present my own master’s research on Rwandan farmer field schools. I also had the privilege of accompanying my advisor, Professor Amanda Crump, thesis committee member Professor Ann Visser, and fellow IAD colleague and lab member Soo-Young Choi, who had just completed her own summer fieldwork in Uganda.