Year: 2015

  • Where are they now? The philosophers of ’06

    David Kegler-Gray is a contractor Kelsey Payne is a lifestyle design coach living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Denver. (http://kelseyphillippayne.com/)

  • Where are they now? The Philosophers of ’11

    Dimitri Diamanti is completing an MBA at Western Washington University in beautiful Bellingham. He’s working as a research assistant. Amanda Hochstatter is a physics teacher at Millenium Brooklyn High School. Susan Kranz is a private tutor in Minneapolis. Evan Larkin is living in Minneapolis and working as a Mac specialist for the Apple store, and…

  • Alex Legeros (2011)

    Alex Legeros is development director at White Bear Center for the Arts.

  • Jill Smith (2014)

    Jill Smith is a benefits analyst at Willis Towers Watson, a “ global advisory, broking and solutions company.” 

  • James Freetly (2012)

    James is, well, what can we say? He’s a comedian, writer and “online humor content writer” in Chicago, where he works with Chicago Comedy Theaters. What can we say???

  • Megan Maricle-Roberts (2014)

    Megan is currently enrolled in the MSW program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She will complete her degree in 2016

  • Garret Zayic (2001)

    Garret is a proposal project manager for United Healthcare. After Gustavus, Garret spent three years in the Peace Corps, before completing an MFA in creative writing at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

  • Melissa Bruninga (’90)

    Melissa writes: I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor of History at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee, where I teach everything but US history. One of the classes I created is History of Gender, and I find myself returning again and again to ideas I learned at Gustavus, in classes such Dr. Kate Wittenstein’s Women’s History…

  • Amanda Hochstatter (12)

    Amanda Hochstatter teaches math and physics at a public high school in New York City. Her school is one of the most integrated schools in the city and has a strong special education program especially for students on the autism spectrum. She uses her philosophy degree to guide her thinking while designing curriculum that specifically addresses…

  • APRIL 16, 2016: Save the date!

    How are you thinking about your philosophy major now? A Gustavus Philosophy Alumni Event    The faculty and students of the Philosophy Department invite you to a first-ever all-philosophy-alumni gathering, to be held Saturday, April 16 at Gustavus.   See the attached pdf for details. save the date