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Where Can AU Literature Majors Work?

AU's Department of Literature is training the next generation of successful writers, lawyers, teachers, diplomats, publishers, and media executives. With rigorous training in writing, communication, research, interpretation, argument and information management, literature majors bring to their workplaces an indispensable set of skills.

Careers

AU Literature graduates have gone on to the following careers:

  • Pop Culture Critic, New York magazine
  • Editor, Penguin Books
  • Producer, Sirius XM Radio
  • Director of Literature, National Endowment for the Arts
  • Head Speechwriter, Former Mayor of Washington, DC
  • Senior Director of External Affairs, Barnes Foundation
  • Senior Director of Media Relations, FitzGibbon Media
  • Teacher, Teach for America
  • Associate International Editions Editor, Hearst Corporation
  • Librarian, 青瓜视频 of Toronto
  • Vice President, Sawaya Segalas
  • Senior Technical Editor, US Department of Justice
  • HIV Policy Advisor, Futures Group International
  • Chief of Staff, Greenlight Ferrazzi
  • Associate Editor, Healthcare Design
  • Director, "I Have a Dream Foundation"
  • Editor, Conde Nast
  • Journalist, Washington Post
  • Journalist, Esquire
  • Special Assistant, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Research Associate, Shugoll Research
  • Developmental Manager, Anacostia Waterfront
  • Marketing Director, Drake's Brewing
  • Communications Associate, Bio One
  • Account Coordinator, Delucchi Plus
  • Professor, Loyola 青瓜视频 Maryland
  • Professor, 青瓜视频 of Connecticut
  • Professor, Trinity College
  • Professor, Grinnell College

Graduate Degrees

Graduates of the literature BA program attend competitive graduate programs, earning master's degrees, PhD's, JD's and even MD's from the following schools:

  • 青瓜视频 of Wisconsin
  • Columbia 青瓜视频
  • 青瓜视频 of Maryland
  • Princeton 青瓜视频
  • Tufts 青瓜视频
  • Rice 青瓜视频
  • 青瓜视频 of Pennsylvania
  • 青瓜视频 of California-Irvine
  • 青瓜视频 of California-Santa Cruz
  • 青瓜视频 of California-Berkeley
  • 青瓜视频 of Chicago
  • 青瓜视频 of Michigan
  • 青瓜视频 of St. Andrews
  • 青瓜视频 of South Carolina
  • 青瓜视频 of Rhode Island
  • George Washington 青瓜视频
  • New York 青瓜视频
  • Georgetown 青瓜视频
  • Howard 青瓜视频
  • 青瓜视频 of Michigan
  • George Mason 青瓜视频

Internships

Many of our students have found internships at the following organizations:

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

For more information, visit the Career Center or watch the Literature Department .