Life after Trinity

After graduation, Trinity’s English majors enjoy a wealth of opportunities. Some go on to excel at graduate school or to work in professions in a broad range of fields—law, publishing, marketing, journalism, and others—where the ability to read and write critically, proficiently, and inventively serves them well. Here are only a few of the department’s distinguished graduates:

• Elizabeth Egloff, award-winning playwright;
• Joanna Scott, novelist and professor of English at the University of Rochester; awarded the MacArthur "genius" Fellowship and numerous other prestigious literary prizes;
• William K. Marimow, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and managing editor of The Baltimore Sun;
• John Levy, president and CEO of Waban, Inc.;
• Robert B. Stepto, professor and director of Afro-American Studies at Yale University;
• Peter T. Kilborn, national correspondent, The New York Times;
• William H. Lewis, professor and award-winning short story writer;
• Linda A. Wells, editor of Allure magazine;
• Sara R. Throne, Esq., partner, Sonnenschein, Sherman, and Deutsch, New York.