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Where They’re Headed: Theo Schefer ’24
Schefer, who majored in history at Haverford and minored in museum studies at Bryn Mawr, begins his career with an internship at New York’s South Street Seaport Museum.
Where They’re Headed: Elena Bien ’24
The neuroscience major identified her career path in disability studies and education during her four years at Haverford.
Distance Learning
For two years, students at Haverford and the American University of Sharjah worked together online to study human rights. This spring break, they met in person.
Where They’re Headed: Benjamin Graham ’24
An economics and mathematics major with a minor in philosophy, Graham is a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, under its Economics Studies program.
What They Learned: Isabel Thornberry ’24
Thornberry’s thesis focuses on oxygen minimum zones in our oceans. It builds on work she engaged with through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fellowship program.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
What They Learned: Robbie Spratt ’21
The anthropology and French double major’s two theses explore unlikely sites of queer solidarity.
What They Learned: Shreya Kishore ’21
The chemistry major’s thesis research identified a compound that could function as an antibiotic.
What They Learned: Hannah Beilinson ’20
The computer science major’s interdisciplinary thesis applied computer science methods to study fairness in social networks.
What They Learned: Nyla Robinson ’21
The mathematics major and economics minor used her thesis to model the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and discuss ethics in mathematical research.
What They Learned: Jonathan Sudo ’21
The history and East Asian languages and cultures double major analyzed the dynamics of Japan as an imperial power in the interwar period.
What They Learned: Claire Nicholas ’21
The English major’s thesis investigates what makes Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An American Lyric” such a formative reading experience and temporally distinctive work of poetry.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Marisa LaBarca ’21
Chemistry major Marisa LaBarca ’21 is going to veterinary school at Tufts University.
Where They’re Headed: Grace Coberly ’21
The music and linguistics double major will teach elementary music this fall at Shrewsbury Montessori School.
WHERE THEY’RE HEADED: Jordyn Greenbaum ’20
The biology major and neuroscience minor is now working at the National Institutes of Health as a postbac IRTA fellow, studying cardiovascular development and abnormalities.
Where They’re Headed: Becca Richie ’20
The English major, French minor, and gender and sexuality concentrator is both working at Beautiful Trouble, an organization supporting social movements and grassroots change around the world, and teaching English in France.
Where They’re Headed: Annie Connolly-Sporing ‘20
The chemistry major has taken her experience to the Grayson School, where she is teaching science.
Where They’re Headed: Emily Shutman ’20
The biology major and health studies minor is now an analyst at ClearView, a life sciences strategy consulting firm in New York City.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
COOL CLASSES: “On Higher Ed: Introduction to Critical University Studies”
This first-year writing seminar explores the structural and historical conditions that define higher education, and offers an opportunity to explore those conditions by asking what college is as a historical, political-economic, and cultural institution.
COOL CLASSES: “Childhood and Children’s Literature”
This writing seminar focuses on how British and American culture has defined the child since the 18th century, tracing the ever-evolving definitions of childhood through books, games, and toys of different periods.
COOL CLASSES: “First Language Acquisition”
This linguistics seminar explores how humans acquire their native languages.
COOL CLASSES: “Asian American Psychology”
This seminar course addresses major theories and findings in Asian American psychology, with a focus on immigration and acculturation, ethnic identity, stereotyping and discrimination, families and development, and mental health.
COOL CLASSES: “Chemical Dynamics”
This chemistry course introduces students to the rules of thermodynamics and then uses them to explain and predict things at many levels, from systems as small as atoms and molecules to the entire planet.
COOL CLASSES: “Astronomical Ideas”
This astronomy course provides an introduction to both modern and ancient astronomy, and provides a framework to discuss the nature of science and astronomy.
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