Master’s Professional Paths

MA graduates from Northeastern’s Department of English have secured positions in a broad range of careers both within and outside of academia. Our program supports students who are seeking entry to Ph.D. programs in or adjacent to the field of English studies, as well as those looking to establish careers across industries such as primary and secondary education, higher education administration, curriculum and instruction design, publishing and editing, and public relations and communications.

The following information on first positions post graduation and current positions is meant to illustrate the diversity of opportunities in which our students have found professional success. We believe that presenting career path data transparently and comprehensively is a moral obligation of any student-centered program, and we encourage prospective students to compare our data against other programs they may be considering.

Please visit our Job Search Resources and Professional Development webpages for more information on resources we offer to support both current and recently graduated students who are seeking employment in academia, industry, the non-profit sector, and beyond.

*”Other industry” refers to a variety of professional areas not falling under a single categorization, including nursing, the Air Force, the craft beer industry, the legal field, recruiting, and more.

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Morgan Paik	Spring 2026	“Closing the public health epistemological gap : narrative as a tool for public health advancement”	PhD Student in English at Pennsylvania State University	see previous
Shannon Peifer	Spring 2026	“A rhetoric of calmness : struggling for moral and medical authority in the U.S. nineteenth-century cholera epidemics”	PhD Student in English and Comparative Literature at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	see previous
Madelyn Pollack	Spring 2026	N/A	not reported	not reported
Jorrie Simpson	Spring 2026	“Memoirs of the spine : Camilla, The Little Locksmith, and the capacity to live otherwise”	not reported	not reported
Joshua Lannon	Spring 2026	“Harley and Ivy : an analysis of queer forms across mediums”	not reported	not reported
Victoria Harrison	Spring 2026	“The politics of appetite : dining as performance in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Lottie Hazell’s Piglet“	not reported	not reported
Elio Harlan	Spring 2026	N/A	not reported	not reported
Alexandra Davies	Spring 2026	“Mushrooms in text : exploring objectivity and description in scientific literature”	Archivist at the Boston Children’s Museum	see previous
Emily O’Brien	Summer 2026	N/A	Junior Technical Writer at Bose Professional (hired out of co-op)	see previous

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Isha Banerjee	Spring 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported
James Travis Christy	Spring 2025	“The power of sea stories : blending oral history and creative nonfiction to salvage the Atlantic Destiny from the military maritime archive”	not reported	not reported
Laura Joy Clarke	Spring 2025	“The rhetoric and rationales of language requirements in Rhet/Comp Ph.D. programs”	not reported	not reported
Justine Gaberel	Spring 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported
Riley Jones	Spring 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported
Isabelle Lundin	Spring 2025	“”It was like she was telling me not to cry” : song lyric literacy narratives through the lenses of multimodal listening and Bakhtin”	PhD Student in English at Northeastern University	see previous
Omoleso Ogunnowo	Spring 2025	“Postcolonial novels and the vignette of failed nationhood in the wake of decolonization in Nigeria”	not reported	not reported
Bethany Ward	Spring 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported
ThankGod Ahumibe	Fall 2025	N/A	PhD Student in English at University of Colorado Boulder	see previous
Gabrielle Fezza	Fall 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported
Kae Li	Fall 2025	N/A	not reported	not reported

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Alisa C. Chen	Spring 2024	N/A	not reported	not reported
Arielle Behar	Spring 2024	N/A	AI Content Writer/Content Associate I, Amazon	Data Quality Specialist, Amazon
Scott Saravay	Spring 2024	“We did our best: climate-compassionate satire as empathy”	Writing Program Assistant, 826 Boston	Adjunct Professor, Roxbury Community College
Sean Thomas	Spring 2024	N/A	Facilities Coordinator, Nimbus Therapeutics	see previous
Minghao Liu	Spring 2024	“Interrogating Eurocentric narratives: transcending borders and queering race, gender, and sexuality in William and Ellen Craft’s Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom and Patricia Powell’s The Pagoda“	not reported	not reported
Anusha Batra	Spring 2024	N/A	AI Quality Analyst, AGI Data Services, Amazon	not reported
Aerial Starks	Spring 2024	“Short stories as moral education: the relationship between psychological realism and imagination”	not reported	not reported
Madison Snyder	Spring 2024	N/A	English Lecturer, Wentwort Institute of Technology	see previous
Emily Sullivan	Spring 2024	“Testimonial comics and the ethics of representation”	PhD Student in English at Northeastern University	see previous
Lauren DeSousa	Fall 2024	N/A	Nursing Student at Endicott College	see previous

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Chinma Nnadozie-Okananwa	Spring 2023	N/A	Paralegal, Blue Fort Law	see previous
Roxanne Faure	Spring 2023	N/A	PhD Student in English at University of Maryland	see previous
Yinuo Wang	Spring 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported
Kelsey Roberts	Spring 2023	N/A	Academic Advisor, Simmons University	Academic Advisor, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Catherine Kennison	Spring 2023	N/A	Faculty Support Specialist, Harvard Business School	see previous
Matthew Taitano	Spring 2023	“Coping through narration : how memoir and testimonial interviews help Korean Americans heal from educational stress, sociocultural pressure, and identity conflict”	Teacher, C2 Education	English literature and composition, communications, and history teacher, Beautiful United Church
Zahra Aliyeva	Spring 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported
Victor Mendevil	Spring 2023	“Storytelling as resource: living with rare disabilities through narrative and writing”	PhD Student in English at Northeastern University	see previous
Mary Jessica Lawrence	Spring 2023	“Playing at empire : sexuality, artistry & Indian play as technologies of colonization in The Song of the Lark“	not reported	not reported
Werner Pellehn Blum	Spring 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported
Javier Rosario	Spring 2023	“Decolonizing migrancy : Jesuit schooling at the gateway to Latin America”	Content Specialist, Plumbing & HVAC SEO	PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tiffany Cruz	Spring 2023	N/A	Instructor, Kaplan International Languages	PhD student in English, Northeastern University
Clovelle Manglicmot	Spring 2023	N/A	ELA Teacher/Reading Specialist, Peregrine School	see previous
Nikiya Mitchell	Spring 2023	N/A	Technical Writer, ICF	[not reported]
Chantal Tom	Spring 2023	N/A	Associate Editor, HarperOne	[not reported]
Susan Johnson	Summer 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported
Santiago Rivas	Fall 2023	N/A	Freelance Copywriter, self-employed	see previous
Garland Rieman	Fall 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported
Emily Betts	Fall 2023	N/A	not reported	not reported

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Taryn Gilligan	Spring 2022	N/A	Research Associate, The Boston Research Center, Northeastern University	Visiting Professor of Film, Media, and Communications, Wheaton College
Joseph Wheatley	Spring 2022	“Satire in the coffee-house : policing the public sphere”	English Teacher, Austin Achieve Public Schools	see previous
Kristen Corless	Spring 2022	“”The brain is just the weight of God” : dissociation as a vehicle of freedom and power in Dickinson”	Grant Writer, MeetCaregivers	Grant Writer and Community Engagement Manager, United Way of Tri-County
Lily Conover	Spring 2022	N/A	Accounting Assistant, Newport One	[not reported]
Urmi Parekh	Spring 2022	N/A	PhD student in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University	see previous
Jemima Spill	Spring 2022	N/A	not reported	not reported
Emma Farman	Spring 2022	N/A	not reported	not reported
Catherine Clement	Spring 2022	“Digital humanities, the internet, and the waning insularity of classics”	EPC Intern, Plus Power	Project Engineer, Plus Power
Emily Miller	Summer 2022	N/A	Undergraduate Education Program Assistant, MIT Energy Initiative	see previous
Asma Bahadar	Summer 2022	N/A	PhD student at CUNY Grad Center	see previous
Benjamin Rubin	Fall 2022	N/A	Technical Writer, MilliporeSigma	Technical Writer, National Instruments
Carly Martino	Fall 2022	“Creole constructions : destablising gender and racial norms in Creole women’s writing”	ESOL Instructor, Roxbury Community College	ESOL Faculty Coordinator, Roxbury Community College
Mikayla Guida	Fall 2022	N/A	Faculty Support Specialist, Harvard Business School	Proposal Coordinator, Kleinfelder
Mara McDaniel	Fall 2022	“Distrupting becoming: writing against domestic futures in contemporary memoir”	PhD Student in English, Emory University	see previous
Alexis Rubin	Fall 2022	N/A	JD candidate, University of Georgia School of Law	see previous

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Shannon Lally	Spring 2021	N/A	Associate Research Analyst, Audit Analytics	Corporate Publications Manager, Senior Content Writer/Editor at Fresenius Medical Care
Paddy McCabe	Spring 2021	“Touching Memory: Pittsburgh, with Frank Santoro”	PhD student in English, Ohio State University	see previous
Shreya Sangai	Spring 2021	N/A	PhD student in Humanities, York University	see previous
Dola Haque	Summer 2021	N/A	Communications Content Coordinator, Fresenius Medical Care North America (hired out of co-op)	see previous
Zachary Ulrich	Summer 2021	N/A	Communications Associate, Office of the Chancellor at Northeastern University (hired out of co-op)	Communications Specialist at Autodesk
Juliana Wessels	Fall 2021	N/A	Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	Human Resources Generalist, Hemenway & Barnes
Nina M.	Fall 2021	N/A	PhD Student in English, Northeastern University	see previous
Briana Zaragoza	Fall 2021	N/A	not reported	not reported
Michael Kitchen	Fall 2021	N/A	Research Coordinator/Project Manager, Harriet Tubman House Memory Project, Northeastern University	Marketing Associate, ArtsEmerson

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Avery Blankenship	Spring 2020	N/A	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	[see previous] Writing Instructor at Northeastern University / Project Manager at ECDA
Jacob St. Jean	Spring 2020	N/A	Paraprofessional, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Magnet Middle School	see previous
Brice Lanham	Summer 2020	N/A	Associate Digital Content Manager, National Geographic Learning (hired out of co-op)	Associate Technical Product Manager at National Geographic Learning
Vijeta Saini	Summer 2020	“Merchant of the Empire: The Merchant of Venice in Colonial and Postcolonial Punjab”	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	see previous
Kaitlin Moua	Fall 2020	N/A	not reported	not reported
Nicole Sojkowski	Fall 2020	N/A	Marketing Specialist, Shiftboard	see previous

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Rhya Moffitt (formerly Brooke)	Spring 2019	N/A	PhD student in English, University of Chicago	see previous
Hannah Lee	Spring 2019	“The Productivity of Women’s Anger in Shakepeare’s Tragedies”	Adjunct Faculty, Writing Center at MCPHS University	see previous
Alexander Slotkin	Spring 2019	“Doing Things with Words: A Critical Approach to Teaching First-Year Composition”	PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Florida	see previous
Ivy Pepin	Summer 2019	N/A	Junior Copywriter, Small Army	Writer/Editor at The Humane League
Kyle Wholey	Summer 2019	“Feminist Hybridity: Word and Image in Citizen and Becoming, Unbecoming“	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	see previous
John “Jack” Flor	Fall 2019	“Tragedy in the Hill District: A Study of August Wilson’s King Hedley II as Reception of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus”	United States Air Force	see previous
Kenneth Haley	Fall 2019	“Pseudobiblia and Race in the Works of H.P. Lovecraft”	PhD student in English, Boston College	see previous
Alexandra Solari	Fall 2019	N/A	English teacher, Achievement First Providence Mayoral Academy Middle School	see previous

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Kelcy Dolan	Spring 2018	“‘You Are More’: An Exploration into Popular and Problematic Trafficking Discourses”	Proposal Writer, IGT	Content Strategist at IGT
Karla Gaitan	Spring 2018	“Entering in the Italicized: A Transnational Study on Crossdressing and Stage Direction in Shakespearean Comedy and Spanish Comedia“	High school English teacher, Excel Academy Charter Schools	see previous
Ren Pruitt	Spring 2018	“Indigenous Naturality in Unnatural Spaces: A Study of Affective Indigenous Writing and the Natural World”	PhD student in English, University of Hawai’i at Manoa	see previous
Megan Stefanski	Spring 2018	“The Power of Visual Intention in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry”	Online Orders Manager, Barnes & Noble College	Text Processor at Gradient
Christopher Surprenant	Spring 2018	“A Study in Seriality: Sherlock Holmes and the Experience of Semi-Dependent Narrative Sequence”	Business Development Manager, Nelson Associates Architectural Engineering	Career Coach and Educator at Utica University

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Joanne DeCaro	Spring 2017	“Angelenos Incarcerated: The LA County Jail Oral History Project”	Legal Assistant, Komura & Ho	PhD student at University of California, Irvine
Param Ajmera	Spring 2017	“Racialized Realism: Daniel Defoe’s Mediations of the Human in Colonel Jack and Robinson Crusoe“	PhD student in English, CUNY Graduate Center	Technical Writer at Hearsay Systems
Kayla Allen	Spring 2017	“Literacy Narratives in Fantasy & Reality: A Curricular Guide”	Company Intern, Urbanity Dance	Recruiting Partner at BookBub
Heather Brist	Spring 2017	“Blake’s Milton: Footsteps of Chaos and Order”	Technical Expert, Apple	‘Genius’ at Apple
Aislyn Fredsall	Spring 2017	“Disenchantment and Witchcraft: Harry Potter and the Legacy of Early Modern Magic”	Editorial Assistant, Macmillan Learning	Assistant Editor at Tor Books
Abbie Levesque DeCamp	Spring 2017	“XM<LGBT/>: Queer Writing and Queer Writing Center Practices”	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	Instructor at Northeastern University
Jessica Myers (DeVore)	Spring 2017	“Nox Perpetua: Reception and Translation of Catullus in Renaissance England”	Senior Public Relations Analyst, athenahealth	Corporate Marketing & PR Director at Commure
Zachary Shaw	Spring 2017	“Psychological Realism in Modern Animation: Greater Unities of Form and Content”	PhD student in English (Film and Media Studies track), University of Florida	Executive Editor at Skyword
Matthew Cote	Summer 2017	“‘We Have Always Been Vampires’: Systems of Fear and Desire and Tentacular Networks in Vampire Literature”	Brewery Assistant, Aeronaut Brewing	Freelance Writer, Editor, and Tutor

Student Name	Graduation Term	Thesis Title (if applicable)	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Patrick Duane	Spring 2015	“‘Telling the Truth While Actually Telling a Lie’: John Edgar Wideman’s Blurring of Fiction and Nonfiction	Tutor, JBG Educational Group	Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University
Leah Lapszynski	Spring 2015	“Three Case Studies on Digital Technology Implementation in Museums for Disabled Patrons”	Education and Public Programs Coordinator, Wiregrass Museum of Art	[not reported]
Rebecca (McLaughlin) Petitti	Spring 2015	“A New Vision for Introduction to Writing Studies”	PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst	Assistant Director of Faculty Programs and Services
Ceillie Clark-Keane	Summer 2015	“Dorothy Macardle and the Irish Mother: Feminist Writings and the Disruption of the Nationalist Myth”	Office Assistant, Office of Prevention and Education at Northeastern (OPEN)	Head of Marketing & Communications at Building Ventures
Kyle Oddis	Summer 2015	“Tests of Original Relation: Re-Visioning ‘Death’ in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe”	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	Senior Associate – Greater Boston
Vijeta Pai	Summer 2015	“(Un)defining Genre: Studying the Writing Experiences of STEM Students with Technical Project Reports in India and the United States”	Technical Program Manager II, Akamai Technologies	Customer Success Account Manager at Microsoft
Peter Roby	Summer 2015	N/A	Legislative Aide, Office of Representative Evandro C. Carvalho	Former Director of Athletics at Northeastern University
Sarah Stanley	Summer 2015	“‘Prynte It in His Name’: Gender and the Early Modern Use of Le Livre de la Cité des Dames“	Assistant Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Florida State University Libraries	Digital Humanities Librarian at Florida State University Libraries

Student Name	Graduation Term	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Elizabeth V. Boyles	Spring 2014	Master’s student in Library & Information Sciences, University of Toronto	Associate, Investment Science at CPP Investment Board
Hope Middleton	Spring 2014	Assistant Property Manager, KeyPoint Partners LLC	Senior Research Analyst, Brandeis University Institutional Advancement Division

Student Name	Graduation Term	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Jacob Erickson	Spring 2013	Grant Writer (Self-Employed)	Student Teacher, High Tech High International (as part of the San Diego State University Teacher Credential Program)
Aleksandra Galus	Spring 2013	Adjunct English & Composition Instructor, Elmhurst College	PhD candidate in English, Loyola University Chicago
Bryanna Parker	Spring 2013	Administrative Assistant, Ethical Culture Fieldston School	See previous
Kevin Ruby	Spring 2013	Youth Programs Director, Second Cycle	See previous
James Stanfill	Fall 2013	Instructor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto	Research Grant and Administration Manager, Center for Complex Network Research

Student Name	Graduation Term	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Verdie Culbreath	Spring 2012	Copy Editor and Development Editor, Pearson	PhD student in English, Cornell University
Chloe (Daly) Leighty	Spring 2012	Receptionist, Fresenius Medical Care	Operations Assistant/Social Media Manager, Kaser Blasting & Coatings
Donna McKean	Spring 2012	[not reported]	Nurse
Jessica Pauszek	Spring 2012	PhD student in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University	Assistant Professor of English, Boston College
Jessica (Russell) Morrow	Spring 2012	Assistant to Associate Deans, College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University	Advancement Outreach Officer, University of Washington
Brandon Tankersley	Fall 2012	PhD student in English, State University of New York at Albany	See previous
Natalie Tua’one	Fall 2012	PhD student in British and American Literature, University of Utah	Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Student Name	Graduation Term	First Position Post Graduation	Current Position
Erin Beach	Spring 2011	Consortial Borrowing & Lending Coordinator, Snell Library at Northeastern University	Course Reserves Coordinator, Snell Library at Northeastern University
Leslie Dickinson Ganson	Spring 2011	Inbound Marketing Consultant, HubSpot	Placement Associate, Carney, Sandoe & Associates
Jeremy Gillette-Newman	Spring 2011	Part-Time Lecturer in English, Northeastern University	Administrative Specialist: TRIO programs, GateWay Community College
Katherine (Lang) Dougal	Spring 2011	Client Support Specialist, AcademicWorks	Project Manager, LogicMonitor
Rachel Lewis	Spring 2011	PhD student in English, Northeastern University	See previous
Megan McCormick	Spring 2011	Verifications Officer, First Advantage Litigation Consulting	English Second Language Teacher, Barnstable High School
Alexis Minana	Spring 2011	Administrative Assistant, Simmons University	Executive Assistant, Charney Investment Group
Abraham “Avi” Saban	Spring 2011	English Language Tutor, Northeastern University Global Pathways Program	Freelance Production Manager