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Sophia Mandt

Oct 9, 2026

4:31
What do students do?
4:34
So banner drop is really what kicks off homecoming here.
4:38
And what happens is representatives from various dorms, sororities, fraternities, they prepare a banner and, you know, using various paint and design.
4:51
It's very artistic.
4:52
A lot of effort goes into it.
4:54
based on each year's homecoming theme.
4:56
And this year's theme was Disney.
6:01
Can you talk a little bit about that? What did they say went into all of this?
13:24
And what made him want to become a professor?
13:27
I know that he said that he enjoys teaching and hopes his students develop, you know, epistemological humility or the idea that one can't know everything about the world.
13:40
And I know that he enjoys teaching others and students who've taken his classes, such as Sophomore Stephen Comis have mentioned, that they were instructed that instead of learning the names of other students in the class, Guzman has his students learn about something else and say everything about them.
14:00
But I do think it's a similar drive to wanting to help people.
14:04
That was first started when he was a childhood student.
14:07
psychologist that inspired him to really want to do that through teaching.
14:14
And also, he does have a fair bit of experience in the academic world.
15:20
What did he say he is looking forward to at Hillsdale?

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