Students who major in modern languages and literatures follow diverse career paths. Their understanding of other cultures, highly developed communication
and analytical skills, and foreign language fluency makes them desirable employees in many fields.
From professional careers to graduate studies to non-profit work, here is a look at how recent MLL graduates make their mark beyond the Hill.
Rachel Cohn '19
Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Clara Altfeld '19
Summer Programs Intern, Kenyon Review, Gambier, OH
Sophie Alexander ’18
Reporter, Bloomberg News, New York, NY
Sonia Calzaretta ’18
Market Development Program Assistant, Cengage, Mason, Ohio
Kraig Davis ’18
English Teaching Assistant, Fulbright Fellowship, Hamburg, Germany
Frederick Josephson ’18
English Teacher, IF Bilingual School, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hannah Russ ’18
Fulbright Scholar, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
Marie Laube '16
Teach for America participant, San Francisco, CA
Anne Malkoff '16
Graduate student in clinical psychology, Marquette University
Luke Hodges '15
Marketing assistant, Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC
Olivia Lott '15
English teaching assistant, Fulbright Colombia, Tunja, Colombia
Paul J. Hoehn '14
Fulbright teaching fellow, Germany
Sarah Kahwash '14
Fulbright teaching fellow, Malaysia
Catherine Novack '14
Fulbright teaching fellow, Taiwan
Elisabeth Thoreson-Green '14
Fulbright teaching fellow, Spain
Lauren E. Amrhein '13
Blog writer, WorkingAbroad.com, New York, NY
Philip C. Ayers '13
Research assistant, Sterling International, New York, NY
Alex S. Kieselstein '13
Fulbright teaching fellow, Bulgaria
Jamie L. Samuel '13
Project coordinator, contemporary art, Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA
Marcia Schwartz '13
Graduate student, Georgetown University, Baltimore, MD
Joseph Lerangis ’12
Fulbright teaching fellow, Mongolia
Susan Livermore ’12
Fulbright Teaching Fellow, Mexico
Elizabeth McBean ’11
Fulbright teaching fellow, Russia
Grant Sunderland ’10
BNP Paribas, Paris, France
Michael T.S. Vanacore ’09
Union organizer, SEIU Local 500, Maryland and Washington, DC
Jian Lu ’08
Program/development coordinator, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Peter E. Robbins ’07
Resident Director, CET Kunming/C.V. Starr-Middlebury School, Kunming, China
Kelly M. Bielen ’07
Administrative coordinator, International Economic Development Council
Clara K. Hoellerbauer ’05
Spanish teacher, Potomac School
Jacob D. Howley ’03
Attorney, U.S. Postal Service Law Department, Washington, DC