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Where are they now?

 

Check out what our alumni, students, and faculty have been up to!

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Alumni

Chris Janeczko, Class of '99
Working on an MA in American History at Rutgers-Camden.

Rutgers-Camden campus

Rich Grippaldi
Ph.D. candidate in history at Temple University.

The National Archives in downtown Washington, where Rich conducts much of his research.

Susan Morales, Class of '01
Studied abroad in Seville, Spain in Fall 1999 at the Universidad de Sevilla and took graduate classes at the Universidad de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain in the summer of 2003. 

Susan in Ronda, Spain during her semester abroad

The Cathedral of Salamanca

La Giralda, a famous cathedral of Seville that once served as a mosque

 

Students

Diana Karakos, Class of '10

 

At the Registan in Samarkand

Kathryn Albanese-Demair, Class of '12

 

 
 
 
 

Peter Szafranski, Class of '13
Studied abroad in Poland.

 

 
 

Rebecca Stefaniak, Class of '12
Studied abroad in Spain.

 

 
 

Kristen Sondej, Class of '10
Will be pursuing her MA at Durham University in Durham, England. Spending her summer in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she will be taking a Russian history and language course.

The Old College at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where Kristen studied for a semester in Spring '09

Madeline Bell, Class of '11
Took two courses (Archeology 101 and Multiculturalism & Migration in Europe) at the American University of Rome. "The Archeology class was wonderful because we walked all around the city visiting different sites and learning about the history of ancient Rome."

Madeline at the Coliseum

Sandra Romano Lazo, Class of '10
Conducted part of her student teaching abroad in Thailand and spent time in South Korea and Cambodia.

Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea

Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) in Bangkok

The Reclining Buddha at the Wat Pho in Bangkok

Bayon Temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Tamra Wroblesky, Class of '10
Went to Tanzania and conducted research on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Beatrice Kwok, Class of '10

Conducting research in Tanzania

Visiting the Great Wall while studying abroad in Beijing and Yunnan Province

Beatrice (center) with Professor Bender (right) and several other TCNJ students in San Diego, CA for a conference

 

 

Faculty

Here are some of the amazing places our history professors have worked and studied!

Jodi Weinstein

Oberlin College - "The library, where I spent most of my waking hours."

Kunming, Yunnan Province, PR China

Yunnan University - "I studied Chinese here for three months in 1990, and then returned to do history research during the summer of 1999."

Yale University - "The Hall of Graduate Studies, where I spent most of my waking (and sleeping) hours."

Wuhan, Hubei Province, PR China

Beijing, PR China

A rural area near Xingyi, Guizhou Province, PR China

Taipei, Taiwan - "The National Palace Museum, where I did research during the summer of 2000"

"Hubei University, where I taught English (1993-94)"

Qin Shao

A Nail Household in Shanghai, 2005

Conducting Field Research in Shanghai, 2007

Exchange ancient Chinese poetry with a Japanese colleague on the Keizai Koho Fellowship tour, Tokyo, July 2005

Giving a farewell speech at the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo on behalf of the Northern American Teachers on the Keizai Koho Fellowship tour, July 2005

Hilltown Siena, Italy July 2009

Inside the Trakai Castle, May 2006, on a conference trip to present a paper at the Center of Oriental Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania

I attended the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan while on a Keizai Koho Center Fellowship for North American teachers

Piazza del Campo, Europe's greatest medieval square, is at the heart of hilltop Siena July 2009

Residents in Shanghai put out a red flag as a way of protesting forced demolition and relocation

The Trakai Castle, Lithuania

Jo-Ann Gross

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


Faculty and alumni who wish to have their photos and academic accomplishments included on this page are welcome to contact history@tcnj.edu for more information. Current students can fill out our survey here.

History Department

Social Sciences Building

The College of New Jersey

P.O. Box 7718

2000 Pennington Rd.

Ewing, NJ 08628

P) 609.771.2341

F) 609.637.5176

Chair

Dr. Celia Chazelle

E) chazelle@tcnj.edu

 

Program Assistant

Megan Ayers

E) mayers@tcnj.edu