Alumnae Profiles

  • Maya Ajmera '89 »

    Founder and president, the Global Fund for Children
    Washington, D.C.
    "Bryn Mawr encourages young women to step into places where no one has been before."

  • Bernadette Sargeant '83 »

    Attorney and former adviser to the U.S. House Ethics Committee,
    Washington, D.C.
    "Democracy works only if government officials act in the public interest rather than their own narrow self-interest."

  • Annalisa Crannell '87 »

    Mathematician, Franklin & Marshall College
    Lancaster, Pa.
    "Choosing to go to Bryn Mawr really helps you reframe the way you think about yourself."

  • Maggie Siff '96 »

    Actor,
    Los Angeles, Calif., and New York, N.Y.
    "Stimulating the mind, in any way, can stimulate the imagination. In this sense my intellectual life has a profound impact on my craft."

  • Cheryl Holland '80 »

    Principal and CEO, Abacus Planning Group,
    Columbia, S.C.
    "Creating a successful business in a rapidly changing world means not being afraid to teach yourself new things."

  • Drew Gilpin Faust '68 »

    President, Harvard University,
    Cambridge, Mass.
    "Noticing your life, reflecting upon it, is perhaps the most valuable thing that a liberal-arts education equips you to do."

     

Faculty Profiles

  • Rhonda Hughes »

    Professor of Mathematics
    "A less diverse pool of talent means a less robust pool of talent."

  • Kate Thomas »

    Associate Professor of English
    "Gender and sexuality are historical and theoretical categories, made and made again by the shifting complexities of our culture."

  • Deepak Kumar »

    Professor of Computer Science
    "Robots are part of our lives. So the question is, how can we empower students to use robotics, to shape it?"

  • Ellen Stroud »

    Assistant Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities and Environmental Studies on the Alderfer Fund
    "People, and the structures and social processes they create, are an integral part of nature."

  • Peter Magee »

    Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
    "What drives me is the opportunity to challenge stereotypes."

Student Profiles

  • Shayna Israel '08 »

    Major: Sociology
    "Feminism is not a dirty word to me. It is like a freedom song."

  • Tiffany Shumate '08 »

    Major: psychology;
    Minors: education and Africana studies
    "Education transforms. When I came to Bryn Mawr, I wasn't thinking of teaching or working with schools. Look how much I have changed."

  • Holly Stewart '08 »

    Majors: Biology, Philosophy
    Minor: Latin     "Socially and academically, you always have a chance to go someplace new."

  • Colette Young '11 »

    Proposed major: Biology
    Proposed Minor: Music
    "I've done so much in my first four months as a Bryn Mawrter. What could possibly be next?"