Alumni Profiles

Alumnus Karl Zelik is taking on common back pain with wearable technology that helps reduce back strain and injury risk.

With creativity and determination, alumna Jillian Shatken is leading her fashion line, Saylor, toward a most important trend: sustainability.

Lisa G. Byers draws on her American Indian ancestry to shape her students into culturally aware social workers.

Josiah Cox’s utilities company has grown to service multiple states while also changing how we access clean water.

Veronica Swanson teams up with a basketball superstar to empower female coffee farmers.

His work in pharmaceuticals has brought drugs to market that have saved countless lives, and Frank Jiang is just getting started.

Renowned architect Soo K. Chan, AB ’84, is the master of blurring the line between indoors and out.

Talent agent Samantha Chalk, AB ’08, can find a star in an instant.

Anna K. Behrensmeyer never set out to be a pioneer, but she has broken new ground in the field of paleontology, supported diversity in STEM and torn down barriers along the way.

In his art, Kahlil Robert Irving, MFA ’17, tackles some of the deepest questions plaguing the American psyche.