Alumnae Profiles
Sherry Ortner '62 »
Anthropologist
University of California, los Angeles
"At Bryn Mawr, I felt the world open up to me."
Farar Elliott '87 »
Chief and Curator, Office of History and Preservation
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
"Bryn Mawr focuses intellectual effort on the relentless pursuit of one's passion."
Maya Ajmera '89 »
Founder and president,
the Global Fund for Children
Washington, D.C.
"Bryn Mawr encourages young women to step into places where no one has been before."
Bernadette Sargeant '83 »
Attorney and former adviser to the U.S. House Ethics Committee,
Washington, D.C.
"Democracy works only if government officials act in the public interest rather than their own narrow self-interest."
Annalisa Crannell '87 »
Mathematician,
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, Pa.
"Choosing to go to Bryn Mawr really helps you reframe the way you think about yourself."
Maggie Siff '96 »
Actor,
Los Angeles, Calif., and New York, N.Y.
"Stimulating the mind, in any way, can stimulate the imagination. In this sense my intellectual life has a profound impact on my craft."
Cheryl Holland '80 »
Principal and CEO, Abacus Planning Group,
Columbia, S.C.
"Creating a successful business in a rapidly changing world means not being afraid to teach yourself new things."
Drew Gilpin Faust '68 »
President, Harvard University,Cambridge, Mass.
"Noticing your life, reflecting upon it, is perhaps the most valuable thing that a liberal-arts education equips you to do."
Faculty Profiles
Rhonda Hughes »
Professor of Mathematics
"A less diverse pool of talent means a less robust pool of talent."
Kate Thomas »
Associate Professor of English
"Gender and sexuality are historical and theoretical categories, made and made again by the shifting complexities of our culture."
Deepak Kumar »
Professor of Computer Science
"Robots are part of our lives. So the question is, how can we empower students to use robotics, to shape it?"
Ellen Stroud »
Assistant Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities and Environmental Studies on the Alderfer Fund
"People, and the structures and social processes they create, are an integral part of nature."
Peter Magee »
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
"What drives me is the opportunity to challenge stereotypes."
Student Profiles
Akua Nyame-Mensah '10 »
Major: growth and structure of cities
"Before coming to Bryn Mawr, I never imagined being able to attend graduate school."
Nicole Gervasio '10 »
Major: English and growth and structure of cities
Concentrations: creative writing and Africana studies
"Bryn Mawr has enabled me to pursue all of my interests, academic and extracurricular."
Shayna Israel '08 »
Major: sociology
"Feminism is not a dirty word to me. It is like a freedom song."
Amanda Preston '09 »
Major: English
"I love the person I've become here."
Aheli Purkayastha '09 »
Majors: history of art; political science at haverford
"This was an environment where I could see myself both learning and growing—and not just in the classrooms."
Tiffany Shumate '08 »
Major: psychology;
Minors: education and Africana studies
"Education transforms. When I came to Bryn Mawr, I wasn't thinking of teaching or working with schools. Look how much I have changed."
Holly Stewart '08 »
Majors: biology, philosophy
Minor: Latin
"Socially and academically, you always have a chance to go someplace new."
Colette Young '11 »
Proposed major: biology
Proposed Minor: Music
"I've done so much in my first four months as a Bryn Mawrter. What could possibly be next?"