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Student Testimonials

If you’re wondering whether an English degree is for you, consider these testimonials from our graduates. Although their career pathways may not be the same as yours, read what they have to say about how studying English at Carleton helped them!

Interested in reading testimonials about the Creative Writing program? Click here!

Are you one of our alumni and would like to share your story? Email us at english@carleton.ca! We would love to hear from you.

Aaron Mills

  • Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Constitutionalism and Philosophy at McGill University, Faculty of Law

Aaron Pentz

Aaron Kaiserman

  • Part-time professor of English and Freelance Editor

Ahmad Al-Qadi

  • Legislative Assistant

Alexander Grammatikos

  • Instructor

Alexandria Nuttal

  • North and Eastern Territory Manager

Alicia Quennell

  • Full-time Teacher Librarian, Peel District School Board

Alicia Haniford

  • Course Development Manager

Amadou Barry

  • MA Student

Amanda Bernardo

  • Policy Analyst, Author

Amber Rawson

  • Writer at the Department of Justice Canada

Ben Ladouceur

  • Author

Bree Crowder

  • Creative Writing Lecturer & University Student Services

Brenna Clarke Gray

  • Coordinator, Educational Technologies (Thompson Rivers University)

Cameron Anstee

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Poet

Carrie Bendzsa

  • U.S. External Communications Leader, IBM Americas

Chelsea Houde

  • Freelance Writer

Chloe Kohlman

  • Teacher candidate, writer

Chris Johnson

  • Managing Editor of Arc Poetry Magazine and Editorial Assistant of Nightwood Editions

CP Hunter

  • Operations and Marketing Executive

Curtis Keller

  • Permanent ESL Instructor

Dana Garlock

  • Teacher, Peel District School Board

Dana Foley

  • Digital Communications Strategist

David Chariandy

  • Professor of English and Creative Writing, Author
David Lemke

David Lemke

  • Professional Photographer

Don Nichol

  • Professor of English Literature, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Don LePan

  • CEO and Company Founder, Broadview Press

Elizabeth Walker

  • Organization and Leadership Development Consultant

Elyssa Vanlian

  • Executive Assistant to the Region Head of Financial Planning, Eastern Canada

Emily Baird

Emily Coppella

  • Marketing Coordinator, Ottawa Tourism

Erin Shields

  • Loeb and Loeb Associate

Farane Zaidi

Genevieve Murray

  • Senior Programs Officer (CBSA)

Gila Green

  • Writer, editor, and EFL teacher

Hafza Gedi

  • Master’s Candidate, Policy Analyst

Hailey MacLeod

  • Communications Advisor

Hannah Kirwin

  • Analyst, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Hope Wilson

  • Entrepreneur

Jaclyn Lytle

  • Promotional Writer and Freelance Strategic Communications Consultant, Editor, and Writer

Jaclyn Margaret Legge

  • Master’s Candidate

Jaimee Kettles

  • Candidate in B.Ed. program at the University of Ottawa

Jamie Pudwell

  • Student at Queen’s Law School

Janet Rothwell

  • Speechwriter & Senior Communications Advisor, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Janice Scammell

  • Librarian (retired), Researcher/Writer, Member of the American Library Association

Jennifer Goodman

  • Teacher candidate in the Bachelor of Education program at the University of Ottawa & Book Editor at Dibbly | The Urban Writers

Jennifer Jakob

  • Writer, editor

Jeremy Hanson-Finger

  • Senior Technical Security Analyst (Shopify), Novelist

Jessica Bertoni

  • Author and MA Candidate

Jody Nelson

  • Librarian, MacEwan University

John Cole

  • Office Coordinator at Media Q Inc

Josh Nadeau

  • Dialogue facilitator, researcher and writer

Kassandra Morton

  • Proposal Administrator

Kathryn Herron

  • Product Coordinator at Ivey Publishing (associated with Ivey Business School, Western University)

Katie Tallo

  • Author, scriptwriter, director

Kelli Knox

  • PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant

Kevin T. Johns

  • Author, Writing Coach

Kirsten Bussière

  • Ph.D. Candidate and University Instructor

Kristen Hines

  • Contract Instructor

Kyla Reda

  • Customer Success Specialist, Writer and Editor

Lauren Iwamoto

Leslie Savath

  • Analyst

Lucas Drerup

  • English Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools

Luke LeBrun

  • Editor; Investigative Journalist and Winner of the Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism

Lynn Coady

  • Novelist and Giller Prize Winner

Manahil Bandukwala

  • Writer, Visual Artist, and Editor; Columnist with Open Book and Digital Content Editor for Canthius

Marcus Creaghan

  • MFA in Creative Writing

Maria Dabboussy

  • Mobilization, Research, and Administrative Support Coordinator, CUPE Local 2424

Mark Oldershaw

  • Olympian

Mark Raso

  • Director of Client Development and Senior Manager

Mary Sword

Matt Jones

  • Prose Editor (Paris Lit Up)

Matthew Venner

  • M.A. Candidate, Theatre Creator.

Maya Chorney

  • Graduate Student, Community Arts Organizer, and Storyteller

Mekyle Ali Qadir

  • Communications Specialist at the Climate Resourcing Coordination Center, Pakistan

Meleena Lamothe

  • Teacher Candidate

Michael Vachon

  • 5 Wing Plans Officer – Infantry Officer

Michael Conlon

  • Executive Director, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA)

Michele Rackham Hall

  • Coordinator and Professor, Professional Writing and English

Michelle Butler Hallett

  • Novelist

Morgan Rooney

  • Educational Development Coordinator, Adjunct Research Professor & Sessional Instructor (Carleton University)

Nicholas McNeilly

Nicholas Surges

Noah Bendzsa

  • Ph.D. student

Olivia Ferderber

  • Human Resources Coordinator, Carleton University

Paige Pinto

  • Publisher’s Representative at Broadview Press

Patrick Gleddie

  • Risk Management Analyst

Penny McCann

  • Filmmaker

Rachel Stanley

  • Educator

Rosemarie D’Amico

  • MA in Creative Writing

Sabrina La

  • Housing and Residence Life Staff, Residence Manager

Sam Bean

  • Arts Management Intern at Odyssey Theatre and Research Assistant at Carleton University

Sarah Waisvisz

  • Assistant Professor, Dan School of Drama and Music, Queen’s University

Sarah Haley

  • M.A. Candidate, Theatre Creator, and Public Servant

Sarah Ferrabee

  • Senior Coordinator, CHA Learning (HealthCareCAN)

Sean Coyne

  • Communications Advisor, Spoken Word Poet, Horror Writer

Sean Muncaster

Shannon Bain

  • CEO, Bainstorm Creative

Sharon Benson

  • English as a Second Language Instructor

Suzanne Alyssa Andrew

  • Author, Associate Editor

Taija Mars McDougall

  • University Instructor

Tavis Apramian

  • Clinician-Investigator in the Department of Family & Community Medicine and Scientist in the DFCM’s Office of Education Scholarship

Tegan Emes

  • MLIS Candidate

Toby Nunes-Cruz

  • Educational Assistant

Tracy Champagne

  • Intermediate Teacher with the UCDSB

Vanessa Ippolito

  • Associate Technical Writer

Victoria Klassen

  • Writer, Communications and Digital Content Specialist

 

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