Interdisciplinary research projects that lead to amazing careers.
Studying the humanities in this way, students develop flexible modes of critical thinking that allow them to pursue an incredible range of careers after their time at WashU. From software engineers to policy analysts, our alumni are doing amazing things. Check out a few outcomes from the past few years alone below.
Jin Seok Park (2017)
Consequences Unintended: How Empathetic Virtual Reality Reshapes Personal Identity
Currently: Software Engineer at Google Korea
Natalie Runkle (2017)
Origen For or Against Plato? An Analysis of Origen of Alexandria’s Engagement with Non-Christian Philosophy
Currently: Internship Program Coordinator for the American Enterprise Institute
Joyce Zhou (2017)
Unboxing the Casket: A History of the Sixteenth-Century Limoges Enameled Casket in St. Louis
Currently: Pursuing graduate study in art history at Bard Graduate Center
Oya Atkas (2016)
Beauty Pageants and Soap Operas: How Cultural Actors Have Mobilized Images of Women to Align Turkish Identity Alternatively with Secular and Ottoman Values
Currently: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Riva Desai (2016)
The Politics of Restaging under Authoritarianism: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Chile During the Pinochet Regime, 1973-1990
Currently: Medical student at Georgetown University
Cassie Klosterman (2016)
The Jester and the King: Understanding the Role of the Nabokovian Textual Commentator
Currently: Atlantic Media Business Fellow at National Journal in Washington, D.C.
Samantha Rogers (2015)
David, Josiah, and Henry VIII: Politics of Reformation Kingship in the Image of the Old Testament
Currently: Pursuing a PhD in History at Vanderbilt University