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17 African-American Studies Criminology English History International Studies Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies Political Science Psychology Sociology and Anthropology Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies World Languages and Cultures African-American Studies Criminology English English-Secondary Education History History-Secondary Education International Studies Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology Spanish Spanish-Secondary Education Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies STUDENT ENROLLMENT 1,554 CLASS OF 2015 AVERAGE STARTING SALARY $ 42,356 D.C. INSIDER The majority of TCNJ students enhance their resumes by completing an internship, but few have amassed the experience of junior philosophy major Shawn Syed. In the spring of 2016, Syed spent four months interning at the White House, where he worked in the Office of Presidential Correspondence and attended the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This post followed a number of other high-profile internships with U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson-Coleman. He plans to enroll in law school and work in public service following graduation. DEPARTMENTS MAJORS The National Science Foundation awarded sociology professor Lynn Gazley and her interdisciplinary team a grant to study, increase, and retain students majoring in STEM fields. It funds a three-year project that began this year and will help to create a summer bridge program that assists students from disadvantaged backgrounds transition into their college careers. Associate Professor of History Matthew Bender is the third recipient of the Gitenstein-Hart Sabbatical Prize, which he will use during the 2016–17 academic year to bring his decade-in- the-making book to fruition. His manuscript, Water Brings No Harm: Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro, examines struggles over the control, management, and meaning of water resources on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro for the past 150 years. Emily Meixner, associate professor of English and coordinator of the Secondary English Education program, won English Leadership Quarterly's Best Article of the Year. Her paper explored the success of her "How to Teach" seminars, in which alumni visited the college to share methods and experiences from their careers in the classroom. "If you want young teachers to engage and to continue to seek out professional development, you have to show them the utility of professional development when they're undergraduates," Meixner said. Jess Row, associate professor of English, was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, which will allow him uninterrupted time to write two books: his second full-length novel and a collection of essays on race and American fiction. IN BRIEF Columbia Cornell George Washington Harvard Lehigh Maryland Rutgers Seton Hall Vanderbilt Villanova TOP GRADUATE SCHOOLS

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