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Margaret Giordano

Margaret Giordano

Graduate Student Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2011 Reading has always been a passion of mine, yet it never occurred to me to pursue English as a degree until I was well into my sophomore year at Geneseo.  I arrived as an undeclared major and explored my options by taking classes in several

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Jennifer Estleford

Jennifer Estleford

Attorney Career Field : Law & Public Policy Graduation Year : 2010 I have known since a young age that I wanted to be a lawyer, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to major in for undergraduate school.  When I was in high school someone told me the best thing to major in before

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Ann Nicodemi

Ann Nicodemi

Director Donald F. Andrews College Writing Center Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2008 I always knew that I wanted to major in English. What that meant professionally, though, I hadn’t quite figured out when I started coursework at Geneseo.  Like many of my classmates, I assumed I would eventually become a high school

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Patrick Morgan

Patrick Morgan

Graduate Student Duke University Career Field : Media & Journalism Graduation Year : 2010 [Chair’s note: Pat had a bit more to report than we had room for here. In particular, he wanted to offer some advice to our undergrads. You can read his full text on the department blog at http://go.geneseo.edu/pm10.] The hardest thing about connecting

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Julie Nociolo

Julie Nociolo

Law Clerk NYS Court of Appeals, Central Legal Staff Career Field : Law & Public Policy Graduation Year : 2009 I graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2009 with a degree in English Literature, a minor in Philosophy, and as a member of the Edgar Fellows Honors Program. My goal was to attend law school and I

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Benjamin Allee

Benjamin Allee

Assistant United States Attorney U.S. Attorney’s Office Career Field : Law & Public Policy Graduation Year : 1999 I graduated from Geneseo in ’99 with dual majors in English and Philosophy. When I found out there was no English factory to go work in, I decided to go to law school, with the hope that

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Alanna Smith

Alanna Smith

Assistant Editor Marvel Comics Career Field : Arts Graduation Year : 2012 At Geneseo, I majored in English (creative writing path) with a minor in studio art. I also worked as a writer, cartoonist, and editor at the Lamron. I’m a writer in my free time, and since graduating my plays have been produced three

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Carly Smyth

Carly Smyth

Middle School English Teacher Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2010 I crave adventure.  During college, friends scoffed at me when I told them I planned to head west after graduation.  Many of them wanted to stick around and enter the fiercely competitive job market.  Five years later, several of them are still subbing.  More have finally

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Thaddeus Bates

Thaddeus Bates

Rehabilitation Counselor, Psychology Research Assistant Cornell University Career Field : Health & Medicine Graduation Year : 2007 I majored in English to gain insight.  Insight into the world, the people around me, and myself.  I thought reading and discussing literature would be a good means to do so, and I’m glad I did.  I studied

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Mike Varley

Mike Varley

Animation Producer Avalanche Studios Career Field : Arts Graduation Year : 2006 First off, it turns out writing your English department alumni profile is the most self-conscious act of grammar policing you’ll ever experience.  Remember this in ten years when a professor reaches out to you on social media to participate. I had the privilege

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