Bennington graduates go on to pursue a wide array of careers in the sciences and related fields.  Because Bennington students work closely, in small classes, with practicing scientists, develop and conduct their own research projects, bring their work into the real world through internships and research assistantships during summer and Field-Work Term, they find ready entry into the world of the sciences — or, if they follow other careers, they bring an intimate understanding of how science works to whatever arenas they find themselves in.

Bennington graduates include:

• doctors and veterinarians
  • Robert L. Davis ’79 (M.D., MPH, Director, Center for Health Research      Southeast)
  • Jennifer Mieres  (M.D., nuclear cardiiologist, Hofstra Univeristy-LIJ Hospital)
  • Kathryn (Zingle) Zyra ’94 (DVM, Bolton Veterinary Hospital)
  • Alexander McAdam ’87 (M.D., Ph.D., Boston Children’s Hospital)
• researchers
  • Jason Fridley ’96 (Ph.D. Faculty member Syracuse University)
  • Daniel Levitis ’00 (Ph.D. Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Demography)
  • Kristina Stinson ’92 (Ph.D., Harvard Forest and University of Massachusetts)
  • Catherine Ravenscroft (M.S. in environmental policy, Univ California – Santa Barbara; M.S. in geography, Univ. Wisconsin; Ph.D. student in ecology, Syracuse Univ.)
  • James Burtis ‘?? (M.S. Student in Natural Resources, Cornell Univ)
• educators
  • Lucas Westcott ’03 (Naturalist-interpreter, National Park Service, Isle Royale N.P.)
  • Caitlin Hussey  (teaching physical science at
  • Dana Visser ’03 (high school biology teacher, Burlington VT)
• naturalists
  • Dorothy Wallace-Senft ’94 (field botanist, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service)
• managers
• and things that defy classification
  • Josie Lawlor ’03 (landscape design, software developer)
  • Adam Scheinkman  (M.S. in agricultural ecology, Cornell: environmental ed and development)
• Graduate School in Chemistry/Toxicology/Computing
  • Daya Iyer
  • Ryan Johnson
  • Humair Madhani
• Science -related careers
  • Angela Herring  (Science Writer; Northeastern University)
  • Tambu Kudze ’2011 (Mass General Hospital) coauthor of a recent paper in Science
  • Holly Mutascio  ’12 (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL)
• Medical School
  • Caitlin Orner (University of Rochester Medical School)