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 and we encourage you to find out even more about alumni like these by visiting our graduate alumni profile page.

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