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After Macalester

Classical Mediterranean and Middle East majors pursue a wide variety of careers and interests after Macalester.


  • Fulbright Teaching Scholarship in Athens
  • Main project lead for the DC Solar for All program
  • Applied Human Rights Masters Program in Vienna, Austria
  • Graduate school in Classics at the University of Illinois
  • PhD in Religious Studies at University of Chicago
  • Master’s degree in Geographic Information Science at the University of Minnesota, and working for the City of St. Paul’s Office of Technology and Communications
  • Masters program in Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Free-lance writer and editor in NYC for the Paris Review, Huffington Post
  • Associate Software Consultant for Fishbowl Solutions in St. Louis Park MN
  • Master’s of Divinity program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Missouri 
  • Degree in Architectural Preservation at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Working in the Conservation labs of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • US Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.
  • Working at a kibbutz and studying Hebrew at a Hebrew Ulpan
  • Medical School at the University of Minnesota
  • Building and Technical Operations Assistant at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota
  • Masters Degree in Latin at the University of Minnesota
  • Graphic design for the communications department at Macalester College
  • Joint JD/MBA degree at the University of Chicago
  • Police officer in Seattle, Washington
  • Fulbright Scholars grant to study in Mexico
  • Fulbright grant to conduct research in Kuwait 
  • Master’s in International Relations at Oxford
  • Law school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen and Television at the University of Southern California
  • Assistant professor at Boston University
  • Published author
  • Masters in Classical Archaeology at CU Boulder.
  • School of International Service (SIS), Washington, DC.
  • Community organizer for Jewish Community Action in St. Paul, Minnesota
  • PhD program in Public History at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Receptionist and yoga teacher at Tula Yoga & Wellness in St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Medical School at the University of Ben Gurion, Beer Sheva, Israel
  • Master’s degree in Jewish studies at Harvard Divinity School
  • Farm manager at Green Dirt Farm in Kansas City, MO
  • English teacher in the northern West Bank, before joining PRISM (People Responding in Social Ministry) in Golden Valley, Minnesota
  • Master’s degree in classical archaeology at Oxford University and PhD in Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam
  • Peace Corps teacher in Morocco
  • Israel Teaching Fellow and education specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education
  • PhD program in Religion at Princeton University
  • IPCAA’s PhD program at the University of Michigan
  • PhD at Stanford University
  • Licensed psychologist in the Santa Clara area
  • Program director at Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture in Amman Jordan.
  • Grant writer for the Project Possible program at Teach for America 
  • Development at the Minnesota Historical Society
  • Fulbright Teaching Award in Turkey
  • Communications and public relations at the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
  • JD at New York University’s School of Law