Education

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Buffalo State College Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2000 “I would never be here if I hadn’t first fallen in love with philosophy in Dr. Edgar’s class, then been encouraged to pursue it by Dr. Blackman, and then been given the opportunity as a teaching assistant for Dr. Everett

College President Independence Community College Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 1990 After more than a decade of school, I was finally learning about things that I hadn’t learned before! Philosophy encouraged my curiosity about the world and gave me the tools to express myself clearly. My background in Philosophy has been central to

Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2004 I majored in English with the intention of becoming a teacher at the secondary level. Like many other Geneseo students, I combined my major field with a secondary education minor in the School of Education. As an English major, I discovered that

Author and Writing Teacher The Poem Farm Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 1992 As a little girl, I wrote in big letters in a gingham diary and pretended to teach my dog to read.  At forty-three, my life is, happily, much the same. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, I combined my

English Teacher Great Neck Public Schools Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2008 When I came to Geneseo, I knew I wanted to be a teacher, but was torn between music and Spanish. After enrolling in one music class, zero Spanish classes, two English classes, Humanities I, and my honors seminar, my focus began

Assistant Prof. of English & Film Oklahoma City University Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 1997 I wanted to write the fourth greatest vampire tale of all time – after Dracula, Carmilla, and I am Legend – so I thought that majoring in English and studying Catholic theology as a Medieval Studies minor at Geneseo would give me

Korean Government Scholarship Program Grantee Yonsei University Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2009 I chose English as a major because I enjoyed writing as a creative outlet. After graduating from Geneseo in December of 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing I began applying for positions teaching English in South Korea. From

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

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

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