Jennifer Mbutt-Mann is an Associate Professor in the Engineering & Mathematics department (http://www.bothell.washington.edu/engineering-math/faculty http://www

Jennifer Mbutt-Mann is an Associate Professor in the Engineering & Mathematics department (http://www.bothell.washington.edu/engineering-math/faculty http://www.bothell.washington.edu/engineering-math/faculty), and has a PhD. It's often worthwhile to mention when someone is the first in their family to get a bachelor's because it's damn impressive; she not "only" did that but got a PhD! The full implication of the "wrong" statement is thus "..the first in her family to earn even a bachelor's degree, not to mention a doctorate or professorship."