 It is a great pleasure to introduce Dr. Alwin Lim. This is truly the highlight of my career in terms of teaching and mentoring graduate students. Alwin is somebody who would have succeeded, who would have finished an excellent dissertation and have gotten a job at a top institution. Under anyone's guidance, I was just lucky to have him. I was at the right place at the right time to have him as my very first graduate student advisor. Well, I chose Michigan from a graduate program, essentially because we have one of the country's best programs in economic sociology. And that's the topic that I study. So the faculty in the Department of Sociology that do work in organizations in economic sociology are literally the best in the field. And that's why I decided to come to Michigan. Well, the culture of sociologists in general and especially Department of Sociology here in Michigan is usually one that encourages people to work together. So it's either collaborative work. And I think in the Department of Sociology, I had a lot of very close friends. And I think the Department of Culture really encourages people to support one another emotionally. To get through the program and to complete work, that's academic work, that's a really high caliber. Well, completing the dissertation, especially receiving this award for my dissertation, has been very touching for me and my family members. I am what you would call a first generation college student. And not being an American, having been in the United States for the very first time in my life and spending a very long period of my life with sacrifices for members of my family, and then later being what I would call personally successful at finishing my dissertation and obtaining this award for my dissertation has been particularly touching for me and for my family members as well. Having been back in Michigan for a while, it's really great to be back. It's looking at the buildings and the people and never realized that I would actually miss this place that much.