Unfortunately, due to personal reasons I had to reduce my Anthropology major into a minor during my last semester of classes. After graduating in August of 2003, I followed another passion and went to work in the software industry for a company based in Houston, TX. My Anthropology training has not been forgotten, however, and in fact I find myself needing to use the cultural relativity training that was hammered into me from day one in Nancy’s class. In my job, I constantly come into contact with people of various cultures all around the US, Canada, and the Caribbean, as I’ve traveled to those various places to work with different types of business. Each group I work with has a different dynamic to it, and my Anthropology studies have really helped me to not only understand, but appreciate them as well.

In addition to my professional life, I now volunteer at a developing flight museum in Houston, and am finding myself using some of the museum theory lessons that I learned in assisting with the growth of this organization. This goes along with another passion that I am pursuing… earning my private pilot’s license.

PJ Gustafson, Class of 2003
pgustafson@csisoftwareusa.com
832-236-2710