A major in philosophy provides sound training for those who anticipate graduate work in the field or wish to acquire a general and comprehensive knowledge of the basic historical and systematic themes in philosophy. Our students go in many different directions after graduation, including law school, medical school, careers in government, and in business.

What are our alums doing?

JoAnne Leppanen: lawyer for Mass. Medical society for many years, now wants to work in more rural setting, possibly with Native Americans (not necessarily as lawyer)

Dennis Thompson: PhD Program in Philosophy at UMA

Saveth Noun: translator, consultant, and community organizer in Lynn Cambodian community (dealing with health issues)

Stephen Sherblom: Assistant Professor of Human Development at Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis

Nancy Newman: runs catering company and teaches catering at Peter Kump’s cooking school [subsequently: in Philosophy and Children program at Montclair State]

Jennifer Greene Hankinson: Philosophy PhD from Univ. of Texas, Austin [not sure what she is doing now]

Richard Hilly: Heating/ventilation mechanic at Harvard, active in union and Unitarian-Universalist church

Victor Day: law degree from Vanderbilt [not sure what he is doing now]

Irene Crofton: MD, with AIDS specialty, serving low income population in Boston

Charles Lyons: law degree from George Washington [not sure what he is doing now]

RoseMarie McMahon: specialist in teen health education, worked in Somerville for many years, recently moved to North Carolina

Paul Hughes: tenured philosophy professor at Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn

Bethany Balford: Forensic social worker for Merrimack Valley area

Sean Cole: Private investigator

Nigeria Johnson: Program assistant at ABCD, in Masters in Public Administration program at Suffolk Univ.

Jeannette Filippone: Training manager for global on-line brokerage firm (was enrolled in Philosophy PhD program for several years)

Virginia Suddath: PhD program in Asian/Western philosophy at University of Hawai’i [not sure what she is doing now]

Brian Flynn: lawyer for Greater Boston Legal Services (poverty law specialty)

Myong Joun: Civil rights lawyer, dealing with police misconduct cases

Michelle Noonan: RN degree. Research coordinator for several drug companies, working on eye medications.

Michael Mendelsohn: tenured Philosophy professor at Lehigh University.

Anthony Barrows: Adolescent outreach worker for Mass. DSS

Olga Makarov: Attending Suffolk Law School

Lauren Redmond: Graduate from Northeastern School of Law; defense attorney

Ervan Fuller: Attending Massachusetts School of Law

Jeff Goodman: teaching science at Madison Park HS (has BA in Philosophy from BC)

Paula Isola: Harvard Law School

Brian Trachtenberg: U. of Chicago Law School

Chico Colvard: BC Law school

Thomas Douglas: U. of Penn Law School

Daniel Rausch: Tufts MA in Philosophy

Scarlett Wilkes: Harvard University Press

Joshua Elman: Cornell Law School