Our graduates are doing great things. Here is a partial list of actual jobs our alums report. Click on the topic that interests you!
Arts
- Poet(s)
- Folk music performer
- Film and video makers
- Producer, Director
- Clothing Line Designer (Dharmagrrl Design)
- Actress, Boston Public Theater, City State Company
- Host of a folk radio station
- Textiles Curator, Allentown Art Museum
- Freelance Concert Producer (Tibetan Freedom Concert, Festival Productions)
- Owner, Dance Studio "Gotta Dance"
- Program Assistant, Kennedy Center Education Department
- Director and Producer of Out! For Reel LGBT Film Series
- Spanish to English Translator, Copy Editor, and Project Manager
Business
- Founder/Director, executive search firm
- Operations Manager, Bonita Software
- Vice President, Market Street Research, Inc.
- National Sales and Marketing Manager, The Larkin Group
- Marketing Manager, Visual Image Productions
- International banking consultant
- Analyst, Anderson Consulting, NY, NY
- Technical Training/Consultant, Liberty Mutual
- Technical Information Specialist, High Performance Ceramics
- District sales manager
- Commercial property management
- Manpower Temp Agency
- Massage Therapist at Body Solace
Hospice Shop of the Fisher Home in Amherst
- Founder of All Things Relaxation community stress reduction company
- Resolution Trust Corporation, Kansas City, MO
- Membership and Special Events Assistant, Organic Trade Association
- Head Instructor, Valley Women's Martial Arts
- Co-Manager of a bookstore
- Co-owner/Founder of North Valley Typesetting and Graphics
- Owner, "Cleaned by Sonics" an ultrasonic cleaning company
- Owner, Translation and Copyediting Business
- Business Manager, Family Dental Business
- Manager, craft store
- Manager, Mass Job Training Inc.
- Manager, Plant Nursery
- Cook/Administrator
Administrative and Technical Work
- Secretary
- Clerk Administrative Assistant to the Director of Administrative Services Franklin/Hampshire Community Health Center
- Town Clerk's Office, Burlington VT
- Secretary, Obstetrician's Office
- Administrative Assistant, Contact Singapore
- Administrative Assistant in Promotion Department, Capitol Records
- Reservations Agent, Delta Airlines
- Database Administrator
- Computer Programmer
- Technician of large computers, Digital Corporation
- Technical and course development for engineers and systems analysts - Digital Corporation
- Management Information System Specialist, Franklin/Hampshire Community Health
Education
Staff at College or University
- Area Coordinator, Student Affairs, Smith College and UMass
- Advisor, Women's Studies UMass
- Program Director, UMass Amherst Arts Council
- Director, Education/Access Department, Fine Arts Center, UMass
- Director of Alumni Relations, UMass Amherst
- Coordinator of Internship Program, Women's Studies, UConn
- Production Assistant, Communications Department, Adelphi University
- Editor of Freedmen & Southern Society Project, History/University of Maryland
- Curriculum Specialist, English Literacy Project
- Admissions Counselor, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Residential Life Coordinator, New College
- Honors Advisor, Brooklyn Campus Long Island University
- Staff Assistant, Dean of Students Office, Emerson College
Faculty at a College or University
- Lecturer, Afro-American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
- Lecturer, Liverpool Institute of Higher Education
- Assistant Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities
- Professor of History, University of Iowa
- Professor, Sarah Lawrence
- Professor and Chair of Women's Studies, University of California/San Diego
- Field site coordinator for pre-practicum
- Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State U., Master's Program Director
Instructors:
- Computer Science, Daniel Webster College
- Classes on Women & Work, Lesbians/Gay Men, UConn
- English, Mount Holyoke College
- History, University of Iowa
- Writing, Community College
- Intensive Learning Community Program
- Conflict Transformation, School for International Training
K-12 and related Educational Positions
- Daycare Teacher
- Elementary Teacher
- Elementary Art Teacher
- Elementary Special Education Teacher, Granby Public School System
- English Teacher - Middle School
- Somerville Public Schools - Bilingual Program
- Teaching Assistant, Alternative High School
- Teacher - Northeastern Family Institute
- Teacher - Teach for America
- Teacher, 8th grade English
- High school teacher, Japan
- Language Teacher, Japan
Health
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Doctors
- Pediatrician
- Midwives
- Certified Nurse Midwife
- Doula (childbirth labor assistant and postpartum family care)
- Nurse's Aide
- Nurses
- Supervisor of Nursing
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Community Health Worker
- Women's Occupational Health Coordinator, Department of Public Health, Boston
- Mental Health Assistant/Advocate
- Founder and Manager - International Family Health, London
- Nurse and Counselor, Tapestry Health Systems
- Mental Health worker, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
- Medical Assistant/Health Educator, Santa Cruz Women's Health Center
- Epidemiological Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Senior Management/Sales Manager/Health Care Staffing Firm
- Prevention Specialist
Human Services
Administrative
- Director, First Call for Help
- Residential Director of Shelton's Inc. (serving handicapped people)
- Assistant Center Manager, Library Adult Learning Center
- Coordinator, State Rental Assistance Program
- Manager, Minority AIDS Prevention Project
- Program Coordinator, Community United Against Violence
- Program Coordinator, Abortion Access Project
- Assistant Educational Trainer, Mediation and Training Collaborative
- Director, Alchini Binitsekees Naholzhooh Foundation, Inc.
- Director, Navaho Reservation, New Mexico
- Residential Coordinator of Seachanges
- Director of Membership, Western Mass Girl Scout Council
- Director of Teen Programs, YMCA/Northampton Youth Center
- Coordinator, Tapestry Health Systems
- Founder and Trainer, Mentors in Violence Prevention Program
- Social Services Director, Chicopee Council on Aging
Fundraising
- Fundraising Consultant
- Director of Funding, Ac' Tenamit/New Village, Guatemala
- Development Officer, Corporate and Foundation Funding, Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Fundraising Director, Neighbor to Neighbor
- Grants Coordinator/Database manager, Rosenberg Fund for Children
Counselors and Direct Service Staff
- Licensed Social Worker
- Psychotherapist, private therapist
- Clinical therapist
- Recreational Therapist
- Staff at adolescent and family counceling center
- Councelor of pregnant and parenting teens
- Public Health Advisor in substance abuse prevention program
- Relief staff, family shelter
- Elder care worker
- Abortion counselor
- Employee Assistance Counselor
- Recreational/Art Therapist, River Valley AIDS Project
- Technical Resource Specialist, Assistant Office Manager, Assistant Volunteer
- Hotline Assistant Coordinator, AIDS Action Committee
- Health Care Coordinator for a human service agency
- Residential Counselor with emotionally disturbed girls at Germain Lawrence School
- Hospice Spiritual Counselor, Hampshire County Hospice
- Volunteer Coordinator, YWCA
- Assistant Corportation Counsel Environmental Law Division, NYC Law Dept.
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs
- Staff
- Volunteer
- Counselor/Advocate, Transitional Living Program
- Fundraiser
- Evening Advocate/Shelter Program
- Program Coordinator, Office of Justice Program Grant - Everywoman's Center
- Fundraiser, Womanshelter/Companeras
- One Safe Night Coordinator, Akron, OH
- Advocate, National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Investigator of Care and Protection cases (child abuse for district court)
- Victim/Witness Assistance Program Advocate
- Domestic Violence Advocate, Center for Violence Prevention
- Teen Specialist/Volunteer Coordinator, Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital
- Criminal Defense Lawyer
Library Science
- Coordinator, Children's Services, Montague Libraries
- Curator, Massachusetts State Archives
- Serials Assistant, Acquisitions Department, MIT Library Science
- Librarian - Merrimack College
- Librarian - University of Vermont
Reference
- Librarian and Coordinator of bibliographic instruction
- Instructor of library research skills in Women's Studies
- Assistant Professor, Head of Reference, Southeastern Louisiana University
- Interlibrary Loan and Reference Librarian, University of Maine
Miscellaneous
- Parent
- Peace Corps
- Self-employed teacher/workshop leader, Body-Mind Relations
- Pet Sitting business
- Cook/Administrator
- Air Force - Personnel Officer
- Ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister
- Yoga Instructor
Political Action
- Local Political Official
- Mayoral campaign worker
- Legislative Aides
- College Outreach Coordinator, State Democratic Party
- Associate Director, Massachusetts Nurses Association
Organizers and/or Staff Members (at the following organizations)
- Connecticut National Abortion Rights League
- Massachusetts NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League)
- 9-5 (clerical workers), SEIU (Service Employees International Union)
- Political Organizer, SEIU, Local 509
- AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
- Field Organizer, Mass Voters for Clean Elections
- Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local
- Mass PIRG
- Mass. Coalition for the Homeless
- Assistant Coordinator of Massachusetts Youth Summit
- Program Coordinator for Community United Against Violence
- Anti-Racism Program Associate, Faith in Action Department, Unitarian Universalist Association
- Program Associate, New Voices Academic for Educational Development
Research
- Researcher, Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior and Policy at Harvard University, (adolescent
alcohol and drug abuse prevention)
- Research Technician on AIDS at a cancer institute
- Co-creator and Director of Mentors in Violence Prevention Project,
Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
- Curator, Massachusetts State Archives
- Epidemiological Researcher
Writing, Editing and Reporting
- Reporters
- Freelance writer and editor
- Author/Biographer
- Historian/Author
- Short story writer
- Essayist
- Poet
- Novelist
- Writer, program for homeless people
- Technical writer for environmental engineering
- Editor, arts & entertainment magazine
- Co-Editor, Anthology
- Assistant Editor, Health Week
- Assistant Editor, Campus Chronicle
- Editorial Assistant, Houghton Mifflin
- Technical Editor, CTB Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
- Business Assistant for The Writer
- Health and Science Writer, The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
Advanced Degrees
MA:
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Public Health
- Comparative Literature
- Women's History
- Counseling Psychology
- Economics
- International Relations
- History and Phenomenology of Religions
- Clinical Social Work
Ph.D.:
- History of Consciousness
- Business Administration (Minor)
- History
MD: Medical Doctor
MPH: Public Health
BS: Nursing
MFA: Writing, Fine Arts
MDIV: Masters in Divinity
MED: Masters in Education
MBA: Business Administration
MS: Textile History
MLS: Library Science
MSW: Social Work
M.Ed: English Education
JD: Law Degree
