Our graduates have pursued many career paths, from business to law to education. Some have gone into publishing, journalism, and marketing. Some are now professors at other institutions. Some have changed fields entirely, going to graduate school in other areas or entering businesses far afield from literature.

How is this possible? Because our graduates are good learners, confident in their abilities to read and understand texts, to write about complex topics, and to research anything from Chaucer criticism to cyber sources on the web. The skills that an EC literature graduate gains are readily transferable to other areas.

Examples of career paths for some of our alumni:

Susan Russ Walker (’77), Rhodes Scholar, J.D. Yale Law School, Federal Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Alabama

Charles Waxberg (’80), M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon, Faculty in Script Analysis and Scene Study at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theater, playwright, artistic director, Unitas Theater

Sarah Stocker (’87), Producer, Assistant Director of New Business, Stormfront Studios, developer of CD-ROM games

Erin Cayce (’04), graduate student, Master’s Degree Programme in Medieval History, University of Wales at Bangor

Kristin Harrison (’01), photojournalist, Associate Editor, WHERE Magazine, Washington DC

Ann Garman Rittenberg (’79), owner, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, Inc., NYC, serving clients such as Eckerd College alum and author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River)

Cara Brody (’97), Education Outreach Coordinator, Seattle Children’s Theatre

Marilyn Ibach (’75), Architectural Reference Specialist, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

James Hall (’69), Ph.D. University of Utah, Professor of Graduate Literature and Writing Florida International University, crime fiction novelist

Pamela Cruz (’84), Vice President, Archival Services, Miramax Films

Sterling Watson (’69) MFA University of Florida, Prof. of Literature and Creative Writing, Eckerd College, novelist

Jennifer Dickerson (’92), Senior Editor, Running Press Books, Philadelphia

Kim Matot (’00), J.D. Stetson Law School, Assistant State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, Florida State Attorney’s Office

Suzan Harrison (‘77) Ph.D. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Prof. of Rhetoric and Associate Dean of General Education, Eckerd College

Melanie Green (’94), Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, conducting research on the psychology of narrative

Beth Rogers (’92), Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Sarasota, FL

Douglas Winter (’81) President, Douglas Winter Numismatics, rare coin dealer

James D. Jordan (’73), Director, Columbia University Press

Joy Packer Waltemath (’76), J.D. Stetson Law School, Commerce Clearing House, Inc. Portfolio Managing Editor

John Pearson (’81), Ph.D. Boston University, Professor of English, Stetson University

Caroline Maun (’90), Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor of Literacy and Critical Thought, Wayne State University

Amy Robinson (’01), Ph.D. candidate in English, University of Florida

Beverly Haulmark (’88), Arts Education Director/Master Teacher, Canterbury School of Florida