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What can you do with an English major?
Many English majors go on to law school, medical school, managerial training, and graduate programs in English literature, education, and other fields. They embark on careers in virtually every area—finance, business, teaching, editing, creative or technical writing, advertising, sports, the arts…
Here are some of the positions our recent graduates have held.
  • Freelance producer for CBS News and major public events.
  • Sales coordinator for Forbes magazine.
  • Editorial Associate, Harris Martin Publishing.
  • Editorial Assistant, American Girl magazine.
  • Professor, poet, and playwright, University of Plymouth, England.
  • Professor and poet, Montclair State University.
  • Senior editor, Mariner Books.
  • Professor, Middlebury College.
  • Director of Admissions, Morristown-Beard School.
  • Head of Marketing and Vice-President for Web Design at HBO.
  • Talent agent at Don Buchwald and Associates.
  • Financial Anchor at CNN.
  • Assistant DA, Allentown.
  • Peace corps member (several).
  • High school teacher (many).
  • Newspaper reporter (several).
  • Poet (many).
  • Actor, New York.
  • Curator, Museum of Modern Art.
  • President of Lafayette College
    Arthur J. Rothkopf, English major '55, President from 1993 to 2005
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