IN THE WORLD

Perhaps the best proof of the value of a Barnard education--and the Barnard experience--can be found in the remarkable careers that its graduates have built. For many, their work has had an impact more far-reaching than they might have believed possible when studying here.


OUR ALUMNAE

Zora Neale Hurston '27, Renowned Author and Barnard's First African-American Graduate
Jhumpa Lahiri '89, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Edwidge Danticat '90, Acclaimed Author Nina Shaw '76, Entertainment Industry Attorney

SAMPLING OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN-AMERICAN, AND LATINA BARNARD ALUMNAE WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PROFESSIONS:
  • Sheila Abdus-Salaam '74, Supreme Court Judge, New York State
  • Enola Aird '76, Affiliate Scholar, Institute for American Values
  • Jane Allen Petrick '67, Organizational Psychologist, Author, Professional Speaker
  • Rosa V. Alonso '82, President, Associate Alumnae of Barnard College
  • Binta Niambi Brown '95, Corporate Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Maida Chicon '73, Director of Multicultural Marketing, Verizon
  • Cristina Garcia '79, Novelist
  • Graciela Garcia-Moliner '51, Chief, Department of Pathology, Oncologic Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Maria Hinojosa '84, CNN Urban Affairs Correspondent
  • June Jordan '57, Professor of African-American Studies, UC-Berkeley; Poet
  • Augusta Kappner '66, President, Bank Street College
  • Amy Lai '89, Managing Partner, Emergent Capital
  • Gwendolyn Lee-Dukes '68, Regional Media Director, Medco-Benesys
  • Marcia Sells '81, Vice President for Employee and Organizational Development, Reuters
  • Ntozake Shange '70, Poet, Playwright, Novelist
  • Darlene Yee '80, Professor of Gerontology, San Francisco State University
  • Yvonne Williams '59 Vice President and National Director, Public Policy and International Affairs Program, Academy for Educational Development

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