What do Bryn Mawr alumnae do after graduating with a degree in classics?
An impressionistic sketch of the post-Bryn Mawr careers of some recent A.B.s (1980- present) from the Departments of Greek and Latin.
NB: This list is far from complete, and is meant only to show the range of career and graduate educational opportunities that Bryn Mawr classics majors have found over the last decade and a half.
Bryn Mawr AB year/# of majors Post-AB education [alphabetical, by institution]. Here one should assume that the graduate study is of a subject in the humanities-though not necessarily classics-unless otherwise specified. Careers [as known, random order]
1980/seven majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Berkeley/UMinn (MD)/NYU/Villanova (JD)/Yale
Careers (random order, as known): Assist. Prof. Univ. Virginia/Attorney, Colorado State Legislature/Librarian, Yale Univ./Assist. Prof. Tufts Medical School/Museum Director of Development
1981/six majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UMichigan/UPenn (Vet. MD)/Princeton
Careers (random order, as known): Prof. UC Berkeley/Brown Univ. administration/real estate
1982/four majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Berkeley/UIowa (science)
Careers (random order, as known): Assist. Prof. UCLA/UIowa research (medical)/UPenn administration/preschool head
1983/two majors in year
Post-AB education (as known): Stanford
Career (as known): Assist. Prof. Loyola U
1984/six majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Davis (JD)/Calif. Inst. Arts (MFA)/Ohio State/Yale
Careers (random order, as known): Assist. Prof. Duke/Proofreader-editor/Assist. Prof. Eastern Michigan U/Assist. City Attorney/High school teacher
1985/four majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UChicago/UMich (JD)/St. John's Univ. (JD)
Careers (random order, as known): USAID Congressional Liaison Officer/Law (NYC)
1986/nine majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UArizona (astronomy)/Bryn Mawr/Harvard (M.Ed.)/NYU/UPenn (two)/Wesleyan
Careers (random order, as known): School counseler/Co-manager local Bryn Mawr Bookshop/Theater (stagemanager)/owner of independent press/Cambridge U. post doc.
1987/six majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): Cornell (two)/NYU (film)/UMichigan
Careers (random order, as known): Assist. Prof. Swarthmore
1988/five majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): Cornell/ULondon
Careers (random order, as known): Editor/manager, Bryn Mawr College bookshop/Harvard post doc.
1989/four majors in year
Post-AB education (as known): UOxford
Careers (as known): Assist. Prof. Columbia Univ./acupuncturist
1990/four majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Berkeley/UOxford (two)
Careers (random order, as known): Lawyer/Primary school teacher
1991/five majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Berkeley/Emerson
Career (as known): Youth workshop director
1992/three majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): Columbia (M.Ed.)/Harvard/Princeton
1993/three majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Irvine/Tufts/UOxford
1994/three majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): Columbia/UIllinois
1995/six majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): UCal Berkeley/UCLA/Cornell
1996/one major in year
Career: University press (marketing)
1997/eight majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): Baylor (MD)/Bryn Mawr/Drexel (MLS)/Michigan (M.Ed.)/Princeton
Careers (as known): Prep school teacher/museum curatorial work/Program director, American Philological Association
1998/six majors in year
Post-AB education (alphabetical, as known): BrynMawr/Maryland (MLS)/Oxford+UCal Berkeley
Careers (as known): Prep school teacher (three)/ Program director, American Philological Association
1999/one major in year
Post-AB education: Penn
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