A woman named Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck earned her Ph.D. from Cardinal Stritch University in Wisconsin with the help of her dissertation, titled: "Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions."

Vandyck, who was born Marijuana Pepsi Jackson 46 years ago, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview published Wednesday that she was inspired to choose her dissertation topic on unique black names after living through her own fair share of experiences with her name.

"People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn't get away from it," she told the paper.

Vandyck, who earned her doctoral degree in higher education leadership last month, said she asked black students with similarly unique names at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree, about how they were treated differently than other students by teachers.

She said a number of students she interviewed each reported different treatment from their teachers. One experience Vandyck said she and the other students shared was being singled out by a teacher for their names during class attendance.

Vandyck recalled her experience being called out by a teacher at Whitewater in the interview.

"I'm sorry," Marijuana remembered saying in response to the professor. "You didn't ask anyone else that. Why are you asking me? My name is Marijuana, thank you."

Though Vandyck works full time at Beloit College as the head of a program that helps first-generation college students and those from low-income backgrounds, she said she is also considering working as a professor after earning her doctoral degree.

And, despite her name, Vandyck set the record straight that she doesn't partake in marijuana use and she barely drinks soda.

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What a name!

We are more discriminatory towards name here,
If she lived in Nigeria with that kinda name, she would have probably changed the name cos of everyone’s reaction towards it.

There are similar names like bush, rice et al in US and no one cares

Marijuana!!?? Thats why she's smoking hot

Cool name!

Sound sexy.

May be I could remodify and name my baby girl Marijuana Cocaine

With that name, she's on the intersection between two controversies - one a substance that naturalists say it's natural and the other one naturalists say is artificial.
But since she didn't choose her name, no one can accuse her.

I wish her a magnificent life ahead.

She's dope
Congrats.

Eyaaa, beautiful, and is not by name but destiny

goodluck to her

She looks dope like 'Juana.

Ok

Marijuana
Pepsi
vanDYCK

Haba, only u carry 3 strong names. If na me, I for do another naming ceremony for myself.

If na for naija, Police and jail will be her regular customer for misleading people with her name

Go and work for Akeredolu in Ondo

ryloy:

"I'm sorry," Marijuana remembered saying in response to the professor. "You didn't ask anyone else that. Why are you asking me? My name is Marijuana, thank you."

Try responding to an average Nigerian lecturer this way, you'll spend your extra years telling the story...

Na only marijuana pepsi.

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Is not by name my broda
Some people are named miracle and still doesn’t have sec skul certificate
Imagine someone been Named marijuana, Now I think I will name my son heroine or Cocain

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Bush and Rice are not similar to Marijuana. They are names that indicate an origin of one's ancestors being involved in a particular trade or profession; Rice refers to a rice farmer or trader, bush refers to a person who clears bushes for a living.

In Nigeria, particularly among Yorubas you have names like Ojedele meaning "the hunter has come home" which reflects an ancestor who was a hunter and Ogunniyi meaning "it is profitable to worship Ogun" which indicates a ancestor who was an ironsmith since Ogun is the god of iron in Yorubaland.

Marijuana only suggests that her parents are drug dealers. There's nothing respectable about that.

Rednaxelot:
We are more discriminatory towards name here,
If she lived in Nigeria with that kinda name, she would have probably changed the name cos of everyone’s reaction towards it.

There are similar names like bush, rice et al in US and no one cares

Which kind bloody combo name be that.... SPITS

blackaxe78:
Cool name!

Sound sexy.

May be I could remodify and name my baby girl Marijuana Cocaine

y not pussy dick