Welcome to our Alumni Spotlights!
Below we feature undergraduate alumni who describe how their CANES major or certificate has impacted their lives and graduate alumni working in a variety of fields.
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Spotlight: Undergraduate Alumni
Kathleen Belfi
Credentials: Major, Classical Humanities (2025)
Position title: J. D. Candidate, St. John’s University School of Law
Carl Knaack
Credentials: Major, Classical Humanities (2026)
Position title: MA Candidate (Hebrew Bible and Anthropology), University of Chicago Divinity School
Shanti Kozuch, MPH
Credentials: Institutional Review Board (IRB) Coordinator, Office of Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Ari Maurer
Credentials: Certificate, Classical Studies (2026)
Position title: PhD Candidate (Genetics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), UW-Madison
Lydia Michaels
Credentials: Certificate, Classical Studies (2026)
Position title: J.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota Law School
Trisha Nandakumar
Credentials: Major, Latin (2025)
Position title: Medical Student, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Francesca Pessarelli
Credentials: Managing Director, Ceysson & Bénétière New York; Independent Curator
Emmett Robison
Credentials: Major, Classical Humanities (2026)
Position title: MA Candidate (Political Science), University of Chicago.
Andrea Samz-Pustol
Credentials: Assistant Director of Constellations, UW-Madison; Teaching Specialist for CANES
Lillian Trkla
Credentials: Major, Classical Humanities (2025)
Position title: Legal Coordinator, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
Maddalyn Weishan
Credentials: Major, Classical Humanities (2026)
Position title: MA Candidate (Museum Studies) University of Colorado Boulder
Spotlight: Graduate Alumni
Catherine Bonesho
Credentials: Ph.D. Hebrew Bible, 2018
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Assistant Professor of Early Judaism, UCLA
William Bruce
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2015
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Assistant Professor at University of Kansas
Stephen Geiger
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2017
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Vice President and Professor of New Testament, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
Marina Grochocki
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2024
Position title: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Molly Harris
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2019
Address:
Instructional Project & Engagement Coordinator, L&S Instructional Design Collaborative UW-Madison
Rachel Hart
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2018
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Lecturer for Greek & Classics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lance Hawley
Credentials: Ph.D. Hebrew and Semitic Studies, 2016
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Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew, Harding School of Theology
Ximing Lu
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2021
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Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon
Katherine Melberg
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2025
Position title: Lecturer, Santa Clara University
Rebecca Moorman
Credentials: Ph.D. Classics, 2020
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Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Boston University
