After Kenyon

A liberal arts education prepares you for the challenges of a changing and unpredictable world, equipping you with the skills to communicate, debate, solve problems and think critically. Here's a sampling of careers paths for international studies majors.

First Jobs

• Financial consultant, RBC Dain Rauscher, Stamford, Connecticut
• Production assistant, Tomorrow Films, Beverly Hills, California
• Program coordinator, The Fresh Air Fund, New York
• Small business development assistant, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Washington
• English teacher, France
• Peace Corps, West Africa
• Development coordinator/assistant to the vice president & director, Brookings Institution
• Junior fellow for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Japan Studies Program
• Fulbright English teaching assistant in Madrid, Spain
• Spanish teacher, Pomfret School, Connecticut
• Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
• Samuel Huntington Public Service Award recipient and developer of a library and literacy tutoring program, Nairobi, Kenya
• Bilingual assistant, Middlebury Chinese Summer School, Middlebury, Vermont
• English teacher, Peace Corps, Mongolia
• English teaching assistant, Fulbright, Malaysia
• Law, technical, and legal writing specialist, Hudson Immigration, Pittsburgh

Careers

• Editor, This American Life
• Managing director, David Stine Woodworking, Dow, Illinois
• Latin American analyst, U.S. Department of State, Washington
• Freelance writer, Giant Squid Productions, Tacoma, Washington
• Red Cross board of directors, American Red Cross, Greenwich, Connecticut
• Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington
• Pediatrician, The Floating Hospital, New York
• VP for finance and administration, Oberlin College, Avon Lake, Ohio
• Counterterrorism analyst, Department of Defense, Washington
• Senior writer, Investigations, CNN, Denver, Colorado