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The best way to learn about the ��ֱ�� experience is to hear from the people that make up our exceptional community.

��ֱ�� students, faculty and alumni are smart and engaged, and they care deeply about their work and the world around them. Get to know more about our faculty and their impactful research, find out what drives our students, and see how our graduates are making an impact in the world. Meet some of the people that help make ��ֱ�� what it is.

Erin Ay

Alumni Politics

Erin discovered a love for the music industry through ��ֱ��’s Core Program. She spent the next three years interning in almost every area of the industry, building expertise that helped her land her first job out of college.

Belle Bashaw

Belle Bashaw ’20

Alumni Diplomacy & World Affairs Economics

Encouraged by faculty mentorship and an internship with the U.S. Department of State, Belle decided to pursue a master’s degree in international relations in Germany. ��ֱ��’s career center helped her at each step of the way.

Will Power

Faculty Theater & Performance Studies

A writer and theater artist working in the area of performance, Will Power is a pioneering creator of hip-hop theater and has been called “the best verse playwright in America” by New York magazine.

Mai Thai

Faculty Sociology

Meet Mai Thai of sociology, who examines topics related to social control, youth and race/ethnicity. Her expertise is in education, the criminal justice system, and race and racial justice.

Benjamin Weiss

Faculty Sociology

Meet Benjamin Weiss of sociology, whose research examines how organizational conditions shape experiences of and responses to gendered deviance and crime.

Professor Robert Sanchez

Faculty Philosophy

Meet Robert Sanchez of philosophy, who specializes in Mexican/Latinx/Latin American philosophy, as well as existentialism. He also has interests in the philosophy of race, the philosophy of food and the history of philosophy.

Katarzyna Marciniak

Katarzyna Marciniak

Faculty Media Arts & Culture

Meet Katarzyna Marciniak of Media Arts & Culture, who focuses on the aesthetics and politics of transnational visual cultures, particularly on representations of foreignness, immigration, national (un)belonging, and the construction of border zones as sites of contention.

Amanda Tasse

Faculty Media Arts & Culture

Meet Amanda Tasse of Media Arts & Culture, who has over 15 years experience working as an animator, designer and director in the film industry and media art world.

Lindsey Ingram '19

Lindsey Ingram ’19

Alumni Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture Economics

Lindsey parlayed her academic concentration in literature and economics into a job in the health insurance industry, which allows her to help others and offer her clients peace of mind.

Kira Elliott '19

Kira Elliott ’19

Alumni Economics Diplomacy & World Affairs

Initially intimidated by the career center, Kira leveraged her own talents along with the dedication and expertise of her career advisers to land a job in economic consulting three months before graduation.

David Wang '19

David Wang ’19

Alumni Economics

David’s experience with undergraduate research and extracurricular involvements all came to bear when he attended the ��ֱ�� Career Fair as a senior and met his future employer.

Professor Madeline Baer

Faculty Diplomacy & World Affairs

Meet Madeline Baer of Diplomacy & World Affairs, whose teaching interests include global political economy, human rights, the politics of globalization and development, and Latin American politics.