“Aaquilah never writes anything without having something to say. Relentlessly inquisitive and having an infectious enthusiasm for new ideas, she fearlessly questions orthodoxies and pushes boundaries in her thinking and in her writing. This has led her to produce work that has been challenging, original and stylistically innovative. Aaquilah has been among the best student writers with whom I have worked.”—Tony Scott, Associate Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition

“Aaqilah's senior distinction project interrogates questions of being and place through a blend of reflection, memoir, and philosophical analysis and questioning. For the project, she read challenging philosophical texts, pushed her knowledge and understanding of questions of metaphysics, and came up with creative and courageous ways to apply philosophical questions to explorations to her lived experiences. Aaqilah's work and also her insightful questions and comments on other students' writing in the Distinction course have inspired and improved the individual and collective work being created across the course.”—Eileen Schell. Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition

“Aaqilah is a student who loves to learn for the sake of learning. Whether studying Russian literature, political science, geography, or writing, Aaqilah has made the most of her liberal arts education. When Maisha Winn, the Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor, was on campus last year, Aaqilah joined graduate students for a discussion on what it means to promote just futures across our schools. She is a leader with a great deal of promise.” —Patrick W. Berry, Associate Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition