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Jay Marsac ’92 majored in public policy and went on to work for several big-name companies in the entertainment industry such as NBC Universal. He now works as the director of advertising sales for A+E Networks.

Jennifer Andrews '88 graduated with a major in creative writing and minor in mathematics. She details her journey transitioning careers to become a physical therapist.

Dr. Meagher’s main research interest is in ethics and social implications of human and pathogen genomics. Dr. Meagher graduated from Hamilton College, class of 2004, with a major in biology and minor in philosophy. She then completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at Michigan State University, focusing on ethics and public health. From 2012--2016 she worked as a senior policy and research analyst in ethics, science and technology policy for President Barack Obama’s advisory body, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. In 2018 she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in qualitative research methods at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since joining Mayo Clinic as an assistant professor of biomedical ethics research in 2018, she has held the position of associate director of public engagement in which she leads a community engagement network for the Mayo Clinic Biobank. She is currently conducting studies on stakeholder attitudes toward the creation of a COVID-19 pandemic biobank, and ethical and social aspects of implementing microbial genetic technologies in antimicrobial stewardship contexts.

Sarah Downey '21 graduated with a major in mathematics and a minor in art history. She now works as an upper school math teacher at the Brooks School. Downey discusses the importance of building confidence as an undergraduate in order to have a successful career.

Sara Conklin '01 graduated from Hamilton with a degree in mathematics. She currently works as the Director of Client Experience at Pitney Bowes. Conklin describes her journey from attending graduate school to working for a Fortune 500 company.

Timary Malley graduated from Hamilton in 2020. She describes finding her purpose of helping others through her work as both a strength and conditioning coach and firefighter.

Catherine Ryczek ’21 graduated from Hamilton with a major in physics and a minor in computer science. Currently a graduate student at CalTech, Catherine works on luminescent solar concentrations in the Atwater lab. These consist of quantum dots within a polymer waveguide and work to direct sunlight that is collected onto smaller solar cells. In this way, solar energy can be collected across a large area with less expensive materials and weight typically associated with solar cells. This has particularly exciting applications in space where the energy gain must be balanced against the cost required to send the device into orbit.

Victoria Freeman '16 graduated from Hamilton with majors in art history and economics. She currently works in the Marketing Operations department at HBO. Freeman details the importance of maintaining the connections made while networking in order to have a successful career.

Anna Paikert ’13 graduated from Hamilton with a major in creative writing. She currently works as a special education teacher at the Freemantles School in England. Paikert discusses her passion for teaching and details her path to working with special needs students.

Andrew Horton '66 is the The Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Media Studies at The University of Oklahoma. Horton describes how he discovered his love for cinema studies at Hamilton during a period of time when the college did not offer film and media courses.