Max Dawson’s connection to the groundbreaking reality TV series Survivor began long before he became an assistant professor at Northwestern University and taught a class about the show.

It started in 2000 when Dawson, a recent college graduate, was home visiting his mom during season one, Survivor: Borneo.

“She was obsessed with this show and said, ’You’ve got to check this out,’” Dawson recalled. “It was the final episode, and during the final tribal council, I turned to my mom and said, ‘Why is this guy Greg from my class at Brown on TV?’”

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