Life After Graduate School

There are over 9,000 Arts and Sciences graduate alumni living in the United States and abroad. These alumni have distinguished themselves as scientists, CEO's, business owners, educators, directors of nonprofit organizations, musicians, writers, and as leaders in a variety of other fields. The list below is a mere glimpse of the exciting and innovative careers our Arts and Sciences graduate alumni have pursued:

Steve Baldelli, Ph.D. '98, chemistry, assistant professor, University of Houston

Richard Berggren, M.S., '67, Ph.D. '70, psychology, NASCAR pit reporter for FOX Sports and executive editor of Speedway Illustrated magazine

Jan Brown, M.A. '89, urban and environmental policy, associate athletic director for student life enrichment and equity at the University at Albany

Henry Cooke, M.A. '84, history, owner, Historical Costume Services, Inc.

Rosalie Gerut, M.A. '84, education, musician, and president, One by One, Inc., an organization which brings together descendents of Holocaust survivors, perpetrators, bystanders, and resisters

Hendrik Gideonse, M.A. '97, music, principal engineer, Indecent Music, a recording and production studio

Mark Goodman, M.A. '94, philosophy, executive vice president, marketing, membership, and e-commerce, SAM'S CLUB

Gene Gregerson, M.A. '92, mathematics, chairman (co-founder)/chief technology officer, Breakaway Imaging

Gregory Maguire, Ph.D. '90, English, author of Son of a Witch, Mirror Mirror, and Wicked, on which the Tony Award-winning musical is based

Judith O'Hare, M.A. '64, drama, owner, You and Me Puppets, a company which exposes children, young adults, and school teachers to the world of puppetry through puppet theater productions and classroom training

Jose Blanco-Pillado, Ph.D. '01, physics, assistant professor, Tufts University

Mark Plotkin, Ph.D. '87, IDOC, president of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) and author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest and Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets

Evelyn Rydz, M.F.A. '05, studio art, artist and director of Gasp, a Boston-based gallery

Siv Schultz, M.A. '83, economics, senior director of transfer pricing and international tax operations, Pfizer, Inc.

Robyn Silverman, Ph.D. '04, child development, director of character development/child development specialist, EEMA Fitness and Martial Arts

Bryan Windmiller, M.S. '90, Ph.D. '96, biology, founder and president, Hyla Ecological Services

Judi Zazula, M.S. '82, occupational therapy, co-founder and executive director emerita, Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled, Inc., an organization that matches trained capuchin monkeys with quadriplegics

<h4>A Clear Vision</h4>

<p>Antonio Carneiro, G06, started having headaches when he was twelve years old. In 1997, he found out why.</p>
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<h4>A Mighty Wind</h4>

<p>The answer may be blowing in the wind for Antigoni Zafirakou, G00.  A faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, Zafirakou is part of a research project aimed at predicting the movement of ocean-based oil spills.</p>

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<h4>A Rare Breed</h4>

<p>Bryan Windmiller, G90, G96, is protecting rare animal species as the founder and president of Hyla Ecological Services.</p>
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<h4>Bullies Beware</h4>

<p>Robyn Silverman, G04, is giving kids dealing with bullies something she never had.  A fighting chance.</p>
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<p>Every day for the past four years, David Eatough, G94, has entered East Boston's Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in search of one thing–-coyotes.</p>
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<h4>Into the Amazon</h4>

<p>As an author and president of the Amazon Conservation Team, Mark Plotkin, G87, is working to conserve the biodiversity, health, and culture of the Amazon.</p>

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<p>Dick Berggren, G67, G70, may have stopped racing professionally years ago, but you can still find him at the track each weekend as a pit reporter for FOX Sports.</p>
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<h4>Lifelong Learner</h4>

<p>Marilyn Blumsack, J79, G82, and those who participate in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute are proof that learning never ends.</p>
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<h4>Medford Rocks</h4>

<p>Hendrik David Gideonse, A94, G97, bought a house with two other Tufts graduates a decade ago. He's been making beautiful music there ever since as the owner of a recording and production studio.</p>

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<h4>Power of Puppets</h4>

<p>For the past three decades, Judith O'Hare, G64, has brought the universal language of puppets to everyone from schoolchildren in Massachusetts to teachers in China.</p>
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<h4>Priceless Art</h4>

<p>Noreen Ryan, G99, took over a struggling art store in 2003. Today, the store is thriving, as are the developmentally disabled artists it serves.</p>

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