Career Paths: Where Do Our Graduates Go?

Cultural Studies opens onto a variety of career paths, depending on the interests of particular students. Education is one important possibility, but the list below includes a wide variety of prospects.

Joshua Barker: Assistant Professor of Anthropology ( York). MA ( London), Ph.D. (Cornell).

David Bateman: MA (Tufts), Ph.D. ( Calgary). Actor, performance artist, playwright (“What Dreadful Things to Say about Somebody Who Has Just Paid for My Lunch.” . Professor.

Sara Bernicker: MA (Trent, Public Texts); Owner/Chef of the Atomic Bagel Company.

Adam Bobette: MA student (McGill). Poet, experimental fiction writer.

Cary Boucock: Assistant Professor of Sociology (Concordia). MA in Social and Political Thought ( York), Ph.D. in Social Thought ( Cambridge).

Dana Broadbent: Ph.D. student in Criticism and Theory ( Western Ontario).

Craig Buckley: MFA ( Western Ontario). PhD candidate at School of Architechture, Princeton University.

David Churchill: Assistant Professor of History ( Manitoba). MA ( OISE), Ph.D. (Chicago).

Martha Cockshutt: Theatre designer.

Jenn Cole: Dancer, WWOOF'er.

Dwayne Collins: Steward of Sadlier House / PRSCA.

Ed Cottrill: Lawyer.

Tim Crease: Actor, director, cabaret performer, social worker.

Heather Davis: MA student in Communication and Culture ( York).

Heather Dell: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies (Illinois-Springfield). Ph.D. (Duke).

Sue Ditta: Arts administrator. Curator of Film and Video, National Gallery of Canada. Director, Film and Video Section, Canada Council. Independent video curator. Winner of 2008 Trent Distinguished Alumni Award.

Trevor John Dunn: Gzowski CBC Intern (2008), winner of 2008 Symons Award (Trent).

David Dunne: Ph.D. student in Communications (McGill). MA in Canadian Studies ( Trent).

Jennifer Dyer: Doctoral candidate, School for Cultural Analysis ( Amsterdam). MA (Memorial).

Jeremy Dyer: Chef, Elements Restaurant, Peterborough.

Sarah Elgie: MA student in Postmodernism, Literature, and Contemporary Culture (Royal Holloway, London).

Chuck Erlichmann. Student in Library and Information Studies (Dalhousie).

Louis Fagan: Poet, songwriter, and lead singer for The Pagans.

Andrew Fogarasi: copy editor and translator in Budapest.

Glennys Forrest: Doctoral candidate in Psychology ( Michigan). Clinical psychologist.

Tracey Germa: Head of Integrated Arts, Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School. M.Ed. student (OISE, Toronto).

Emily Glasspool: Actor, director, playwright.

Laura Goodgall: Student, Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute.

John Grindon: Urban Restoration Manager, Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd.

Andrea Gyenge: Ph.D. candidate (Minnesota).

Adam Guzkowski: Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Peterborough, Ph.D. candidate.

Morgan Holmes: Assistant Professor of Sociology (Wilfrid Laurier).

Helen Lisa Howard: MA Theory, Culture and Politics ( Trent), PhD student in Philosophy ( Europe).

Randy Innes: Doctoral candidate in Visual and Cultural Studies ( Rochester). MA in Theory and Criticism ( Western Ontario).

Catherine Jenkins: MA Methodologies (Trent). Novelist. Freelance Editor.

Sarah Khurshid: Teachers College (UOIT)

Bill Kimball: Director, Peterborough New Dance, and Market Hall Centre for the Performing Arts.

An Kosurko: Actor, director, video editor and producer.

Kir Kuiken: Ph.D. ( California, Irvine), Assistant Prof. (SUNY Albany)

Elysa Martinez: Translator.

Judith Mason: MA student in Canadian Studies, Frost Centre (Trent). Artist.

Rachel Matlow: Intern, CITY TV, Toronto.

Derrick McIntosh: MA student in Philosophy ( Amsterdam). Huygens Scholarship.

Gavin McLachlan: M Arch ( Toronto). Poet, installation artist (“Transparent Boundaries”).

Colin MacWhirter: Artist, writer, broadcaster. Recipient of CBC-Quebec Writers' Federation short fiction prize. Research archivist, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal.

Josh Meissner: MA in Theory, Culture, Politics ( Trent). Playwright (“Five Plays”).

Michael Meredith: Actor, director, senior litigation lawyer.

Kiran Mirchandani: Assistant Professor of Sociology ( Toronto)

John Muir: Arts administrator. Director, Trent Radio.

Smoki Musaraj: MA student ( New York University).

Falina Norred: MA in Canadian Studies (Trent), Ph.D. student in Communications (Concordia).

Ronald Paul: MA in English (York).

Ron Rooth: MLIS (UBC). Reference Librarian, Simon Fraser University; New Westminster Public Library; BC Electronic Library Network (virtual reference) Librarian.

Steve Rose: Video producer.

Wade Rowland: MA Theory, Culture and Politics ( Trent). Author and journalist.

Julian Samuel: MFA (Concordia). Poet, novelist, video artist (“Passage to Lahore,” “Raft of the Medusa.”

Nicolas Sawatsky: Ph.D. student in Social and Political Thought (York).

Gaelyn Scarlett: Singer-songwriter, long-distance truck driver, Probation Officer (degree in Community Justice, UK), and very proud parent of a gorgeous little imp named Luca Jasmine Scarlett.

Stephen Seabrook: MA Drama TUFTS. MFA Theatre Directing York.

Bart Simon: Assistant Professor of Sociology (Queen’s). Ph.D. ( California, San Diego).

Rachel Sohn: MA student in English (Carleton).

Cory Stockwell: SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Ph.D. student ( Minnesota).

Kate Storey: Actor, dancer, playwright, director.

H. Grant Timms: Ph.D. Methodology ( York).

Chris Tonelli: PhD candidate Critical Studies and Experimental Practices in Music (UCSD)

Peter van Wyck: Assistant Professor of Communications (Concordia). Ph.D. (McGill), MA Theory, Culture and Politics ( Trent). Governor General’s Medal.

Christina Varga: Journalist, The Globe and Mail.

Esther Vincent: Writer, stage designer, past-director of “Marginal Distribution,” an alternative book distributor.

Ilana Weitzman: Magazine editor, Montreal.

Tara Witman: MFA ( Western Ontario). Artist.