Jenina Nunez (MAPSS '05)
Project Assistant, Litigation
Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL
"MAPSS provided me with opportunities and choices I hadn't before
considered. Right now I work as a project assistant in litigation at a
corporate law firm, and my research skills come in handy for that.
However, I'm also prepping my applications for additional options I
want to pursue. I developed focus and direction, and thanks to MAPSS,
I established groundwork in my areas of interest to pursue an advanced
degree in that direction, while already having done substantial work
in the area!"
Glen Covert (MAPSS '05) Student Cultural Diplomat (Seattle/Vienna)
"With a background in German and Austrian history and theatre, I entered
MAPSS somewhere between the humanities and the social sciences and was
determined to become a history professor. Thankfully, the rigors of the
multidisciplinary MAPSS experience challenged me to precisely clarify my
professional interests and objectives. By clarifying what I wanted to do
with knowledge, I recognized my better suitability for a career in cultural
diplomacy. Although I was not exactly new to that field, any doubt in my
mind about such a career choice was dispelled by MAPSS. Before I enter the
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in September 2006 for my next master's degree,
the writing, research, and analysis skills, and knowledge of Austrian
history I learned from my peers, the MAPSS faculty, my preceptor, and my
thesis advisor greatly helps me in my recently acquired freelance editorial
work and my Austrian and Habsburg cultural history research. Those skills
and that knowledge base will also assist me in my forthcoming volunteer work
with the European Weekly newspaper, internship at the World Affairs Council
of Seattle, and forthcoming job in the University of Washington's Germanics
Department."
Sarah Van Deusen Phillips (MAPSS '97) advanced graduate student in Human Development and MAPSS preceptor.
MAPSS helped me to clarify my research goals and introduced me to Human
Development, and interdisciplinary field that matches my goals perfectly--I
thought I wanted straight up anthropology, but it turned out I wanted some
psychology in my work, too. MAPSS allowed me to explore and develop my work in
ways that a traditional discipline based program wouldn't. As a preceptor, I
have the opportunity of helping students to make similar discoveries for
themselves."
"MAPSS provided me with opportunities and choices I hadn't before
considered. Right now I work as a project assistant in litigation at a
corporate law firm, and my research skills come in handy for that.
However, I'm also prepping my applications for additional options I
want to pursue. I developed focus and direction, and thanks to MAPSS,
I established groundwork in my areas of interest to pursue an advanced
degree in that direction, while already having done substantial work
in the area!"
Glen Covert (MAPSS '05) Student Cultural Diplomat (Seattle/Vienna)
"With a background in German and Austrian history and theatre, I entered
MAPSS somewhere between the humanities and the social sciences and was
determined to become a history professor. Thankfully, the rigors of the
multidisciplinary MAPSS experience challenged me to precisely clarify my
professional interests and objectives. By clarifying what I wanted to do
with knowledge, I recognized my better suitability for a career in cultural
diplomacy. Although I was not exactly new to that field, any doubt in my
mind about such a career choice was dispelled by MAPSS. Before I enter the
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in September 2006 for my next master's degree,
the writing, research, and analysis skills, and knowledge of Austrian
history I learned from my peers, the MAPSS faculty, my preceptor, and my
thesis advisor greatly helps me in my recently acquired freelance editorial
work and my Austrian and Habsburg cultural history research. Those skills
and that knowledge base will also assist me in my forthcoming volunteer work
with the European Weekly newspaper, internship at the World Affairs Council
of Seattle, and forthcoming job in the University of Washington's Germanics
Department."
Sarah Van Deusen Phillips (MAPSS '97) advanced graduate student in Human Development and MAPSS preceptor.
MAPSS helped me to clarify my research goals and introduced me to Human
Development, and interdisciplinary field that matches my goals perfectly--I
thought I wanted straight up anthropology, but it turned out I wanted some
psychology in my work, too. MAPSS allowed me to explore and develop my work in
ways that a traditional discipline based program wouldn't. As a preceptor, I
have the opportunity of helping students to make similar discoveries for
themselves."
