Department of English Alumni

≈Where are they

now?

Nate AntielGraduated 2009 English

Literature

MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Oct 2010

Trinity School at River Ridge, Eagan, Minnesota – Teaching Hybrid English, History, Philosophy class

John BahlerGraduated 2008 English Writing

Working toward MA in Creative Writing - Ball State University, Muncie, IN – “making thousands of dollars” in teaching assistantship

Worked 2 years for New Horizons Youth Ministries in Northern Ontario, Dominican Republic and Marion, IN

Allison Barlow

Graduated 2009 English Education

Anglican International School in JerusalemTeaching English and Religion to religious Jews, internationals from all over the world, Messianic Jews, and Arabs.

“It's a wonderful place to work.”

Work visa lasts 5 years…then…Goals: Masters in Religious Studies at Hebrew

UnivReturn to America for PhD in

Comparative Lit

Catherine Barnett

Graduated 2009 English Education

Serving as the Young Adult Librarian and Adult and Family Programming Coordinator at Chillicothe Public Library

Working with an international cooking workshop, two writers groups, a Charlie Chaplin film fest, a world cinema series, and a couple of book clubs.

Currently directing Antigone for a local high school group

Tara BenderGraduated 2006 English Education

Masters in Journalism at Indiana University professional track focusing on visual design, feature-style reporting and journalism education

“My Taylor English Education major has given me an excellent writing/critical thinking background for… these new academic endeavors.”

Elaine CooperGraduated 2005 English Writing

Living in Chicago, Illinois

Working as copy editor and proofreader for McGarry Bowen, NYC-based advertising agency, downtown Chicago office

Rob MitchellGraduated 2010 English

Literature

At Taylor University, completed degree in English Literature and 3 minors: philosophy, political science and pre-law

Attending University of Alabama School of Law for J.D. degree

Daniel PlateGraduated 1997 English

Literature

MFA in poetry, University of ArkansasPhD in American Literature

Washington University St. Louis, Missouri

Assistant Professor of English Literature Lindenwood University St. Charles, Missouri

Paige RudolphGraduated 2009 English Education

Teaching 7th and 8th grade Language Arts at Evansville Christian School in Evansville, Indiana

While at TU, Basketball NAIA All-American

“Seeing how professors at Taylor integrated faith and learning has provided me with a model to do the same.”

Jenny Shaffer

Graduated 2008 English WritingMinistering with Operation MobilizationBeginning August 2008: spent 19 months

onboard OM ship, 10 countries, involved in onshore ministry

Beginning March 2010: journalism in OM home office in Germany

Beginning January 2011: trekking ministry to villages in Nepal; friendship evangelism in Kathmandu

Sarah ShafferGraduated 2005 English Writing

In the Low-residency MFA at Leslie University-Cambridge,Massachusetts while living and working in Atlanta,Georgia

Proofreading and tutoring part-time while studying

Susan SmarttGraduated 2005 English

Literature

English tutor for pregnant teenagers, became interested in birthing programs

Birthways, Inc. in Chicago studied postpartum and labor support

National College of Midwifery; spent a month at Embangweni Mission Hospital; Malawi, Africa

February 2010 passed boards, certified CPM; working as midwife intern in Amish birthing clinic in Wisconsin

Emily Vander WiltTidmore

Graduated 2001 English Literature

Graduated from Law School, University of Virginia, 2004

Clerked for a US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals judgeJoined Spotswood, Sansom & Sansbury LLC

Montgomery, Alabama, 2005Assisted with Age Discrimination case before the US

Supreme Court, 2008“Being an English Literature major at TU was one of the best decisions

I’ve made…it was superb preparation for a legal career.”

Whitney Vander Wilt

Wallace Graduated 2005 English Literature

2009 Samaritan’s Purse Program Manager in Myanmar, Burma – initiated a successful Women’s Micro-Finance project

2010 Utah Federation for Youth Program Manager, Director of refugee programs for Somali, Burmese and Burundian refugees

Lana WilsonGraduated 2005 English Writing

Reference Librarian – Taylor University Zondervan Library

MLS Indiana University Dec 2006

MA in English Literature University of Indianapolis May 2013“This job is a perfect fit for me. I

can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Jordan Zandi

Graduated 2007 English Creative Writing

2008 Taught English in Spain2009 began MFA program in poetry

Boston University2010 Traveling in Bolivia after being

awarded Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, studying Aymara indigenous language as part of MFA program