St. John’s College Viewbook 7 — Alumni Success

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH LIFE

SUCCESS

JOHNNIES THRIVE T H R O U G H E V E RY T H I N G

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hy did Forbes call St. John’s the “most rigorous college in America” and Quartz call us the “most forward-thinking, future-proof college in America”? It is our unique educational model: vigorous discussion, Great Books, and big ideas across dozens of subject areas in small classes with personalized attention. This education prepares Johnnies for future success better than any other college can.

A St. John’s education incubates thoughtful, ethical citizens. It also catalyzes success in the workforce, where

70 percent of our alumni lead from executive-level or mid-level positions, and in graduate school, shown by our place in the top 2 percent of u.s. colleges and universities for percent of alumni to earn phds.

Our alumni excel in a surprising array of fields. Many Johnnies pursue public policy, business, education, and law. In fact, 100 percent of our alumni who have

applied to law school since 2012 have been accepted.

We produce leading lights in medicine and STEM. The influential voices of our graduates shape the arts and media worlds. And some Johnnies break the mold: innovators in beekeeping, winemaking, fine arts, and more.

Our career offices help students unlock opportunities via mentorship, career fairs, and internships—more than

50 percent of students gain experience via a summer internship, most of which are funded by the college.

On the following pages, discover the lives and careers of a diverse and accomplished selection our graduates.

J O H N N I E S TH R IV E E V ERY W H ER E

Arizona State University

St. John’s graduates excel in a variety of workplaces, such as:

LAW & GOVERNMENT

University of New Mexico

Google

Yale University

THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY

Ancestry.com

St. John’s graduates pursue advanced degrees at:

Harvard University Princeton University Stanford University Boston University

Carnegie Mellon University

Harvard Divinity School Princeton Theological Seminary Oxford University

Audible Botanic Technologies United States Naval Observatory

University of Notre Dame

Los Alamos National Labs Sandia National Labs

Columbia University

The Catholic University of America

Santa Fe Institute

University of Chicago

Baylor University

Arete Wealth Management

University of Texas

University of Texas

Balbec Capital

University of Toronto

Saturna Capital

Boston College

Thornburg Investment

Georgetown University

LANGUAGES & LITERATURE Cambridge University Princeton University

ARTS, ARCHITECTURE & MEDIA

University of Paris, The Sorbonne American Film Institute Harvard University

Rhode Island School of Design

University of London

University of Southern California

Cornell University

New York University

New York University

Yale School of Drama

Emory University

Julliard School of Music

University of Iowa

Peabody Conservatory

Middlebury College

New England Conservatory

University of California, Berkeley

Art Institute of Chicago

STEM & MEDICINE

Savannah College of Art and Design

Johns Hopkins University Caltech Stanford University Dartmouth College MIT Tulane University Duke University University of California, Davis George Mason University Brandeis University Vanderbilt University Bryn Mawr College University of Pennsylvania Cal State Polytechnic Institute BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Harvard University University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business

Ecole de Beaux-Arts Pratt Institute

MD Anderson Los Angeles Children’s Hospital University of Chicago Yale University Harvard University New York Public Library United States Senate United States House of Representatives Maryland State House New Mexico Roundhouse New Mexico Department of Education Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office PBS New York Times NPR Bloomberg Businessweek Wall Street Journal CBS News ABC News The New Yorker Gimlet Media Reuters HuffPost National Review Santa Fe Prep Maryland Public Schools New Mexico Public Schools Meow Wolf

Rose Goldberg is a deputy attorney general in inmates and interned at a press freedom orCalifornia in the consumer protection section, ganization. Over time, I found that these two protecting vulnerable communities from sides of myself are not so separate after all. predatory practices. She also teaches at UC When I read or write, I’m trying to learn more Berkeley School of Law and pens numerous about myself, society, and justice. I’m lookop-eds on veterans and mental health-related ing to others’ lived experiences and philosotopics.

phies for answers about how I want to live in the world, about how I want to make it a bet-

What made you want to come to St. John’s?

ter place. St. John’s brought these two parts of

Despite my lifelong love

me into unison. The dis-

of books, when I heard

cipline I learned reread-

about St. John’s I wasn’t

ing passages of Aristotle

sure it was for me ...

or puzzling over an

My dad encouraged me

Einstein formula until

to at least visit. I’m so

I felt the meaning click showed me my inner

glad I did. My first night in Santa Fe staying in

Rose Goldberg (SF06)

strength ... Just as I’d

the dorms, it became

Deputy Attorney General, California Office

learned to turn the same

clear that St. John’s

of the Attorney General; JD, Yale University;

Greek sentence over

was in fact perfect for

MPA, Columbia University

again and again in my mind until I understood

me. Students were dis-

cussing books in their free time for fun. They its layers of meanings, I learned to sit with were playing chess ... The first seminar I sat and question the injustices I saw in the world. in on sealed the deal for me. It was a mathe- It takes more than humanity and empathy to matics seminar on Einstein’s relativity papers. change the status quo. It takes patience, disciUnlike high school, I had no desire to sneak a pline, and a tolerance for discomfort. St. John’s few chapters of my own book during this class. helped me discover and grow these strengths The seminar was inquisitive, engaging, and within myself. challenging ... Whatever I wanted to be “when I grew up,” I knew during this seminar that I first Are you proud of your ties with St. John’s? wanted to be at St. John’s.

I’m proud of St. John’s “contrarian” ways. So many other academic institutions, and other

Who did you become after St. John’s?

arenas of life, focus on external achievement

My love of books and intellectual curiosi- and promote speed over depth, and volume ty brought me to St. John’s. But I also brought over substance. St. John’s stands apart for its my personal passion for social justice. While sincere commitment to reflection and personat St. John’s, I found ways to engage with this al development and growth. side of myself. I ran the GED tutoring program in the Penitentiary of New Mexico. During the Everything Rose shared in this interview is in her summers, I served as a caseworker for female personal and not professional capacity.

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH LAW

J O H N N I E S T H R I V E T H R O U G H L AW

Derek Alexander (A99) Deputy General Counsel, Stifel Financial Corporation; JD, Harvard University

Joan Haratani (SF79) Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; JD, University of California, Davis

Joanna Baron (AGI09) Executive Director, Canadian Constitution Foundation; BCL/LLB (Law), McGill University

Johnathan Tincher (A12) Associate, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; JD, University of Maryland

“

The kind of thinking that’s required to get through the Program is the same kind of thinking you need in law school.

” Shawn Watts (SF00) District Court Judge, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Law Professor, University of Kansas; JD, Columbia University

Omar Manejwala is passionate about helping viewed work as how we solve problems in the people understand addiction. He also leads world, and from that lens, I can’t imagine better work addressing chronic health conditions at preparation than St. John’s.

Dario Health. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Manejwala Are you proud of your ties with St. John’s? makes regular TV appearances in his capacity I’m proud to be part of a community that has as an addiction expert.

committed itself to rigorous inquiry, asking fundamental questions, and learning

Tell us why the work you have chosen is from each other. I’m proud of how learning meaningful to you.

comes first at St. John’s,

Living with chronic

and the egalitarian spir-

conditions is hard, and

it. I’m proud of the fact

in the United States,

that we created a cul-

more than 60 percent

ture where anyone can

of Americans are liv-

ask any question and be taken seriously. I also

ing with at least one of these illnesses. I am in-

Dr. Omar Manejwala (A93)

believe that the com-

terested in how be-

Chief Medical Officer, Dario Health;

mitment to the tuition

haviors drive chronic

MD, University of Maryland;

reset was noble, and

illnesses. Chronic con-

Chief Residency in Psychiatry, Duke University;

I love that all tutors

ditions like diabetes, de-

MBA, University of Virginia

teach all disciplines.

pression, hypertension, and many others drive up cost, morbidity, and What is your favorite St. John’s memory? mortality, as well as absenteeism and presen- I remember sitting one day on the square with teeism. These conditions are getting worse, not tutor Peter Kalkavage discussing Plato and better, despite burgeoning healthcare costs. Palestrina. To this day, I can’t recall what it Most chronic conditions are driven by behav- was about the Missa Papae Marcelli that made iors—the choices we make, the things we do. I me want to connect it to Meno, but tutor Mr. am passionate about developing and deploying Kalkavage sat with me for a couple hours workscaled solutions that help people improve their ing through the ideas and questions. What I health and reduce the burden of these chron- do remember is reflecting afterwards at the ic diseases.

way that minds together can do what minds alone cannot. I remember thinking to myself,

How has your St. John’s experience directly “Here is a man who cares about me and what impacted your success?

I think ... He made all the time in the world for

At its core, the Program is about inquiry—how me, for an idea that might seem quite absurd at to approach first questions and those that fol- first.” I felt a kind of brotherly love that was, in low, and how to connect seemingly unrelated many ways, new to me. ideas in ways that open up new lines of inquiry. I don’t think in terms of careers. I’ve always

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH MEDICINE

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH MEDICINE

A.B. Singh (SF09) Nurse Practitioner, Boston Hope Medical Center; COVID-19 response team, Boston healthcare network; MS Nursing, Mass General Hospital

Dr. Martin Gaudinski (A04) Medical Director, Clinical Trials Program, National Institutes of Health; MD, Georgetown University

Dr. Matthew Carter (A95) Pediatric Physician, The Pediatric Clinic; MD, Wake Forest University

Dr. Carolyn Luppens (SF10) General Surgery Chief Resident, University of Utah Health; MD, Brown University

“ I use the skills I learned at

St. John’s on a daily basis.

Medicine is all about asking questions and seeking answers.

Many of the questions are difficult. They are complex and personal. They don’t always have a right answer. If there is an answer, it may not be easy.

” Dr. April Sharp (A07) Neonatal and Critical Care Neurology Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital; MD, Johns Hopkins University

Caitlin Cass is an artist and a cartoonist for The always about and continues to be about this New Yorker who has been building her own conversation. comic literary canon called Great Moments in Western Civilization Postal Constituent, a series Tell us a little more about why the work you which has been running for 10 years.

have chosen is meaningful to you.

I make cartoons to think on paper. The New

Who were you before you came to St. John’s?

Yorker sometimes refers to their cartoons as

I was a student who loved art, writing, histo- “idea drawings,” and I really identify with this ry, and philosophy. I wanted to think and talk description. Cartooning gives me an excuse about ideas. I wanted to

to have ideas. It allows

spend my life learning.

me to process the world

I thought I might teach

and my anxieties about

or become an academic.

it, and it makes me ob-

I figured I’d continue to

serve life more fully.

write and make art but

Teaching also keeps me

wasn’t quite sure what

learning and reminds

that would look like.

Caitlin Cass (SF09)

me to value communi-

Cartoonist, contributor to The New Yorker;

ty. It helps me care and

How has your experience

Art Teacher, Buffalo Seminary;

stretch and get outside

at St. John’s directly

2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

of my own head.

impacted your success?

It would be hard to separate my creative prac- Are you proud of your connection to St. John’s? tice from my St. John’s experience. St. John’s I’m proud to be a St. John’s graduate because helped me enter a conversation with ideas my time there was so impactful. St. John’s that I’m still engaged in with every comic helped me learn to think and care. The school I make and every class I teach. St. John’s gave helped me find intrinsic motivation, which me something to make art about. The more I is really what education should do. Before the teach, the more I realize that that’s a hard thing tuition drop I was self-conscious about the fito find.

nancial privilege necessary to attend the college. When the school lowered tuition—that re-

Who did you become after St. John’s?

ally mattered to me.

A few semesters into St. John’s, I realized that reading would be the foundation that would What is your favorite St. John’s memory? give me the courage to draw and write and con- I loved late night writing sessions with my tribute something myself, however humble. classmates. We would set up camp with snacks Learning for its own sake was good, but I want- and just work on our papers all night on a ed to synthesize what I learned and engage in a Friday or Saturday. There’s something about conversation with it. Making comics became a the communal grappling with ideas that stays way to converse with history and ideas. It was with you.

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH ARTS & MEDIA

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH ARTS & MEDIA

Kate Bennett (A97) White House Correspondent, CNN; Former head of fashion and lifestyle section, Washingtonian

Devendra Contractor (SF79) Founder and Principal, DNCA Architects; Designer, New Mexico Museum of Art’s Vladem Contemporary

Lydia Polgreen (A97) Head of Content, Gimlet Media; Award-winning New York Times reporter and editor; MS Journalism, Columbia University

Zusha Elinson (SF03) Reporter, Wall Street Journal; Co-author of The American Gun: How a Cold War Invention Became Our Nation’s Most Divisive Weapon

“

I am always asking myself if the work I’m doing matters, and if it’s true.

Those are Johnnie questions, I find.

” Salvatore Scibona (SF97) National Book Award Finalist; Director, Cullman Center at the New York Public Library; MFA Fiction Writing, University of Iowa

Jamaal Sebastian-Barnes has found his niche solve hit at the very foundation of the human in talent acquisition, first at Google and now experience. Through reimagining medicine at healthcare company Novartis. At Harvard, powered by data science and artificial intellihe earned a master’s in education and several gence, we as a company seek to approach comfellowships, and he gained his certificate in plex biology as a computational challenge—and product management at University of California, in my role, I get to stand at the front end of the Berkeley.

healthcare industry’s digital transformation.

How did you learn about St. John’s, and what How does your St. John’s experience influence made you want to come

your work?

here?

St. John’s has taught me

I learned about St.

a number of things that I

John’s through the his-

apply daily ... how to pro-

toric postcards (“The

cess complex informa-

following professors

tion, how to listen to the contributions of others,

will be returning to St. John’s … ”). The intellec-

Jamaal Sebastian-Barnes (A10)

and how to not be afraid

tual curiosity and small

Global Head of Digital Talent

of the nuances of indus-

community really in-

Acquisition, Novartis;

tries. This latter point is

clined me towards the

MEd, Harvard University

one that has particular-

college.

ly helped me as I’ve navigated five very different and complex indus-

Who did you become after St. John’s?

tries. I left the college with a type of reckless

St. John’s inspired me to fully embrace my in- fearlessness about the nature of learning, and tellectual curiosity both within and outside of that has translated to an equally reckless fearthe Program of study. At the college, I acceler- lessness when it comes to diving into radically ated my curiosity journey by practicing how to different industries. listen actively to multiple perspectives, by constantly attempting to maintain various sets What is your favorite Program book or St. John’s of contradictions, and by remaining open to memory, and why? learning through a variety of mediums.

Montaigne’s Essays is the answer to both.

The book is wonderfully witty and humanis-

Tell us about why the work you have chosen is tic. It is also timeless. I wrote my senior essay meaningful to you.

on the Essays, and my favorite memory was my

Now, perhaps more than ever, we see the in- essay defense. The room was packed, and Mr. credible necessity of advanced technology Nelson (then St. John’s president) attended. skills within the life sciences, healthcare, bio- I fumbled my way through it, just as I did my technology, and pharmaceutical industries. entire experience at the college, but it felt triThe complexity of human health and the prob- umphant in so many ways. lems that companies like Novartis are trying to

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH BUSINESS

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH BUSINESS

Joshua Rogers (A98) Founder and CEO, Arete Wealth; Board member, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Young Presidents’ Organization, and St. John’s College

Miyoko Schinner (A79) Founder and CEO, Miyoko’s Creamery; Author of five cookbooks, including Artisan Vegan Cheese and The Homemade Vegan Pantry

Lee Munson (SF97) Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Wealth Advisors; Financial market analyst, Fox Business, CNBC, CNN

Sean Di Ianni (SFGI13) Co-Founder and Executive VP of Exhibitions, Meow Wolf; BFA Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design

“

St. John’s requires students to read, write, speak, and think for themselves. That skill has been instrumental for getting NINAYO started and off the ground. In the business world there’s no textbook with the right answers. Why should there be in school?

” Jack Langworthy (SF07) CEO, NINAYO, fair trade platform for Tanzanian farmers; EMBA Entrepreneur of the Year 2018; MBA, Copenhagen School of Business

Talley Kovacs is an assistant attorney general environmental protection, music, gardening, supporting the Maryland Department of Natural the list goes on. I was a jill-of-all-trades then Resources (DNR). By preserving parks and and still am now. forests, protecting waterways, and defending wildlife, Kovacs simultaneously scratches her What or who was the catalyst for this change? itch for social justice, education, politics, and Self-doubt has to be examined and understood environmental protection.

to survive a St. John’s seminar, Don Rag, and essay discussion. I have come to a certain com-

Tell us about why the work you have chosen is fort level with who I am, with my strengths and meaningful to you.

weaknesses. I am not

DNR and Maryland

everything for everyone,

Environmental Trust

but I am confident in my

(MET) are entrusted

skills and with what I

with protecting pub-

can bring to any table.

lic resources that come

Learning to explore myself and to conform my

under many threats.

My part is to help those

Talley Kovacs (A01)

actions and beliefs to

state entities think

Assistant Attorney General,

my center instead of an

through issues and

Maryland Office of the Attorney General;

external source was the

problems in a manner

JD, University of Maryland

catalyst for bringing me from my pre-St. John’s

that is transparent, eth-

ical, legal, and in the spirit of protecting the re- 18-year-old self to today. sources for the benefit of the public now and in the future. My voice matters, and my analysis How has your St. John’s experience directly of issues is genuinely valuable to people tasked impacted your success? with making hard decisions.

When I look back on St. John’s, I consider it a great achievement that I made it through so

Who were you before you came to St. John’s?

many insanely hard texts and concepts at such

I was an only child with courage in my a young age. That gives me confidence to keep individuality, but few tools to develop my intel- engaging in hard things and to have the courlectual curiosity.

age to keep learning.

Who did you become or who are you becoming Are you proud of your ties with St. John’s? following your time at St. John’s?

I am proud to be part of a community

I am still becoming. I love to learn about peo- that chose a challenging, unconventional colple and about the world we live in. My family is lege education. strong, and we don’t sit still very often. There’s too much to do, see, help with, and learn. I am engaged in social justice, education, politics,

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY

Clare Davitt (SFGI07) Mayor of Bangor, Maine; Librarian, Bangor Public Library; Board member, National Alliance on Mental Illness

Ben Sasse (AGI98) U.S. Senator for Nebraska; Former President, Midlands University; PhD American History, Yale University

Michael Wu (SF07) Principal, Convergence Strategies, connecting military, government, and private sector to advance clean energy solutions; Officer in JAG; JD, Washington University

Lucy Tamlyn (A78) U.S. Ambassador to the Central African Republic; MA International Affairs, Columbia University

“

So many St. John’s students say this, but it’s true: the school began to teach me how to think, how to analyze what I was thinking.

” John Sifton (A96) Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch; Author of Violence All Around; JD, New York University

Anika Prather brings her classical education could be instrumental in closing the achieveand deep training as a professional educator ment gap. Working in the classics department to the table whether leading classes at at Howard University is really special to me beHoward University or at The Living Water cause I got my BA and one of my master’s from School, which she founded and leads. Prather there, and it is the only HBCU with a classics holds three master’s degrees and earned her department.

PhD studying the lived experiences of African American students reading classics.

What or who was the catalyst for your career choices?

What do you specialize

I was drawn to phys-

in within your education

ics and astronomy at

work

Howard

St. John’s, particularly in

University and The Living

Jack Steadman’s junior

Water School?

math course when we

I

at

combined

classi-

read Newton’s Principia.

cal education with the

I thought slingshotting

Sudbury Model in or-

Dr. Anika Prather (AGI09)

spacecraft off the grav-

der to provide primar-

Founder and Head of School,

itational fields of plan-

ily African American

The Living Water School;

ets in our solar system

and Latino American

Professor, Howard University;

was just so devastatingly

students with the tools

PhD Curriculum & Instruction,

clever and loved learn-

necessary to progress

University of Maryland

ing about it through the lens of Newtonian

in the United States and to experience what it really means to live in a multi-body problems. truly free and democratic society. At Howard,

I teach Humanities 1, where I get to intro- How has your St. John’s experience directly duce Black college students to the wonderful impacted your success? world of classics!

I have modeled The Living Water School and my class at Howard around my experience

Tell us why the work you have chosen is at St. John’s—all classes are done in seminar meaningful to you.

form, and I focus my assignments on students

My parents started a classical school in 2002, expressing their personal perspectives. and it was there that I first was introduced to this area of study. I saw the power of it in Are you proud of your ties with St. John’s? the lives of the students. This led me to want I am proud because of how it changed me to do my dissertation on the topic, which led and I believe helped me to identify my misme to discovering the history of classical study sion in life. Through classical education I hope in the Black community. Discovering this made to create racial healing and unity. I also hope me see how imperative it is for Black students to address the educational deficits in Black to gain a classical education, which I believe communities.

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH EDUCATION

J O H N N I E S T H R I V E T H R O U G H E D U C AT I O N

Dr. Daryl Haggard (SF95) Associate Professor, Physics, McGill University; MS and PhD Astronomy, University of Washington

Dr. Andrew Hui (A02) Associate Professor, YaleNUS College in Singapore; PhD Comparative Literature, Princeton University

Dr. Jeffrey Seidman (A93) Associate Professor, Philosophy, Vassar College; DPhil Philosophy, Oxford University; Rhodes Scholar

Dr. Leslie Kay (SF83) Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago; PhD Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley

“

I value that St. John’s College doesn’t use pointless tests that only value memorization— the education values ideas, criticality, and expression, and builds leadership and collaboration through dialogue.

These are real life skills in the 21st century.

” Karina Hean (A00) Visual Arts Chair, New Mexico School for the Arts; Returning Fellow, Ballinglen Contemporary Arts Center; MFA, New Mexico State University

David McGee is devoted to cybersecurity and in that precept (fellow students Josh Renfro, security leadership. After St. John’s he joined Phil Marnell, Jacob Dink, Mallory Hepburn, the Marine Corps, earned a master of public and others) made it an immensely productive administration at University of North Carolina, and revealing experience. and earned his MS in cybersecurity and information assurance from Western Governors Who did you become or who are you becoming University. He now works in information security following your time at St. John’s? at Los Alamos National Labs and is a captain in St. John’s showed me a way to think about, talk the Marine Corps.

about, and investigate the key questions in my life. That dialogue has

How did you learn about

informed my daily life

St. John’s, and what

since then—the authors

made you want to come

on my table are current-

here?

ly Hannah Arendt and

I wasn’t planning on

Friedrich Nietzsche.

going to college until

Since St. John’s I have

my best friend’s mom

David McGee (SF10)

played several roles,

in high school told me

Information System Security Engineer,

both in the Marine

about St. John’s. I came

Los Alamos National Labs;

Corps and in the civilian

out to Santa Fe for a vis-

Captain, U.S. Marine Corps

world. I don’t think that any one of those roles or

it, attended a couple of

classes and was overwhelmed by the opportu- experiences comes close to the transforming nity to attend St. John’s. It was, at first glance, power of my experience at St. John’s. an opportunity to wholeheartedly and earnestly attempt to understand the Western canon.

Are you proud of your connection to St. John’s?

I’m proud of my affiliation with the college,

Who were you before you came to St. John’s?

both because I think the college’s endeavor is

I was someone who didn’t quite fit in with the commendatory and also because of the qualfolks in my age group, and I wasn’t totally sure ity of connections with my peers and fellow why. I knew that I wouldn’t be happy with the alumni. The friendships and relationships standard components of the American dream, that I built at St. John’s have enriched my perand I felt a need to better understand myself. I sonal life and opened doors. There are relawanted to prioritize understanding the mean- tively few people that I can meet and have an ing behind life over the experience of it.

instantaneously deep and rewarding conversation with—those people are almost always

What is your favorite St. John’s memory?

Mr. Golluber’s 2009 preceptorial on Plato is my favorite memory, an opportunity to read a few dialogues carefully, sentence by sentence. His thoughts and the awesome people

Johnnies.

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH STEM

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH STEM

Dr. Michael Fausnaugh (SF11) Research Scientist, MIT; NASA Silver Achievement Medal for TESS Mission; MS and PhD Astronomy, Ohio State University

Kit Linton (A97) Vice President of Cloud Networking, IBM; Responsible for team of 400+ engineers and developers

Dr. Shannon Hately (SF07)

David Reed (SF09) Senior Release Engineer, Salesforce; MA Ancient Greek, Florida State University; Author of open source software Amaxa

Senior Staff Scientist, Ancestry.com; PhD Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

“

Scientists need to listen to their colleagues describe their theories, results, models—and try then to discern common patterns and larger truths from a multitude of puzzling data and voices. Sound like a St. John’s seminar to you?

” Dr. Cynthia Keppel Hellman (A84) Professor of Nuclear, Quantum, and Medical Physics, Hampton University; Group Leader, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility; PhD Nuclear Physics Executive Management, The American University

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH LIFE

WHAT MAKES ST. JOHN’S “THE MOST CONTRARIAN COLLEGE IN AMERICA”?

— The New York Times

JOHNNIES THRIVE THROUGH LIFE

O N E G R E AT B O O K S C O L L EG E .

T WO G R E AT C A M P U S E S .

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Students learn from history’s most significant authors and artists: Plato, Austen, Bach, Einstein, Woolf, and Du Bois, to name a few. Discussion-based classes of 20 students or fewer explore philosophy, literature, science, music, language, politics, and more. Whether in the mountain capital of Santa Fe or the storied city of Annapolis, you will engage in a truly singular education—an education for life.

Four years here prepare you for anything, thanks to the depth and breadth of the learning. The careers of tomorrow call for exactly what St. John’s cultivates: selfdriven inquiry and analysis, fearless examination of complex issues, interdisciplinary problem-solving, excellence in writing, and confidence in self-expression.  sjc.edu/academic

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