Professor Atiyah

Professor Atiyah, a character in The Freshman and The Sophomore series, is a professor at Hartfeld. She made her first appearance in The Freshman, Book 1, Chapter 5.

Professor Atiyah has an extremely minor role in Book 1 and Book 2, but she begins appearing more frequently in Book 3.

Professor Atiyah is also the faculty liaison to the Hartfeld Student Government, and thus attends and adjudicates all meetings of that body.

She appeared in Chapter 10 of The Sophomore, Book 2 as one of the guests in the murder mystery party.

Appearance
Professor Atiyah has short, black hair, brown eyes and light skin. She wears a turquoise blouse, a black undershirt and pearl earrings.

Personality
There isn't anything publicized about Professor Atiyah's personality yet.

Book 1

 * Chapter 5: Game Day

Book 2

 * Chapter 12: The Debate
 * Chapter 14: Inauguration Night

Book 3

 * Chapter 1: New Leaves (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: Budgetary Concerns
 * Chapter 10: Caught in the Middle
 * Chapter 11: Rock 'Roll' Hartfeld
 * Chapter 15: Take a Chance on Me
 * Chapter 16: Never Gonna Give You Up

Book 2

 * Chapter 10: Get the Party Started

Your Character
The late Professor Enrique Vasquez assigned your character the task of completing his final novel to keep her scholarship. Professor Atiyah is assigned with mentoring Your Character to the task's completion, although it is Gabriela who has the final word on whether the book is satisfactory. In The Freshman, Book 3, Chapter 10, Atiyah and Your Character meet to discuss her progress on the book. Professor Atiyah is worried about the fact that Your Character is currently under a lot of stress and asks her if she is okay. If Your Character is dating James and says that things have been hard, she tells Atiyah - since Yasmin threatened her - that she was stupid believing that nothing could get in the way when dating an upperclassman. Atiyah assures her that all efforts are worth it for the right person. She also gives Your Character some advice for her writing.

Trivia

 * She mentions in The Freshman, Book 3, Chapter 10, that she has been married for 15 years, but does not mention the gender of her spouse.
 * The surname Atiyah is of Arabic origin, which means "giver of gifts".

Memorable Quotes
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