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Alumni, Careers, and Futures

Where Will a Humanities Degree Take Me?

Alumni Profiles

Read more about what our alumni have been able to do in their professional and personal lives with their humanities education. 

  • Claire (Kalikman) Akkan '21

    The classes and professors were phenomenal. But the best part was the community. 

  • Jason Weinberger ’96, MusM ’97

    I owe my involvement in the Humanities major to a fellow student who pushed me to look into it—probably the best advice I’ve ever received.

  • Josh Spanogle '93

    Actor, Park Ranger, Author and Doctor: “I liked the focus on the interconnectedness of thought across disciplines.”

  • Margaret Litvin '95

    After working for a couple of years as a journalist, Margaret entered the PhD program at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

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