The English Program remains committed to providing an opportunity to pursue the Ph.D. to as many qualified candidates as we can accommodate. At the same time, we trust that students who enter the Program recognize the difficulties of finding a full-time academic job in the current economy. During the past seven years, however, in contrast to the rather grim statistics nation-wide (as compiled by the Modern Language Association), we have been able to place in full-time tenure track positions a larger percentage of our graduates seeking such employment than is the national average. Our students had very good success on the job market last year. Following is a list of students who have found full-time teaching positions (most of them tenure-track).
- Jennifer Abeles, University of Hartford [full-time, one-year appointment]
- Marta Bladek, John Jay College, CUNY [full-time, tenure-track]
- Kristen Case, Lebanon Valley College [full-time, one-year appointment]
- Frank Crocco, BMCC, CUNY [full-time, tenure-track]
- Sean Egan, Hudson County Community College [full-time, tenure-track]
- Andy Fitch, University of Wyoming [full-time, tenure-track]
- Louise Geddes, Adelphi University [full-time, one-year appointment]
- Alina Gharabegian, New Jersey City University [full-time, tenure-track]
- Lizzie Harris, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY [full-time, tenure-track]
- Brooks Hefner, James Madison University [full-time, tenure-track]
- Robert Kaplan, Temple University [full-time, renewable]
- Chris Loots, Mercy College [full-time, five-year appointment]
- Mark McCullough, Ave Maria University [full-time, tenure-track]
- Andrea Parmegiani, Bronx Community College, CUNY [full-time, tenure-track]
- Chris Schmidt, University of Michigan [full-time, four-year renewable]
- Sandra Smith, Union College, KY [full-time, tenure-track]
- Karen Weingarten, Queens College, CUNY [full-time, tenure track]
- Ronaldo Wilson, Mount Holyoke College [full-time, one-year appointment]
- Rebecca Wisor, West Point [full-time, three-year appointment]
- Sung Hee Yook, Korea [full-time, one-year renewable]