See where Sewanee Rhetoric alumni land after graduation!

career destinations & Opportunities

A sample of professions and vocations that Sewanee Rhetoric alumni have pursued are:

  • Lawyer

  • Teacher

  • Marketing manager

  • Senior strategist

  • Sales and client relations

  • Senior policy analyst

  • News writer

  • Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator

  • Tax analyst

  • Consultant

Recent Graduate and Law School Acceptances for Rhetoric Alumni
  • Rutgers University Law School
  • Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
  • University of Alabama Business School
  • University of Alabama Law School
  • University of Texas-Austin

Featured Alumni

Mary Webster Burke
C'26

Mary Webster Burke (C'26) in Rhetoric and Women's and Gender Studies is pursuing a Master's degree in Communication at the University of Texas-Austin. 

George Caldwell
C'25

George Caldwell (C'25) in International and Global Studies and Rhetoric is currently working as a consultant with FTI Consulting Strategic Communications in Houston, Texas.

Eliza Dieck
C'26

Eliza Dieck (C'26) in Rhetoric with minors in Business and Art History is serving as a Teacher's Assistant in the English Department at Colegio San Ignacio in Madrid, Spain. 

Aidan Jones
C'26

Aidan Jones (C'26) in Rhetoric and Philosophy is pursuing a law degree at Rutgers University Law School in Camden, New Jersey.

Sloan Rogers
C'25

Sloan Rogers (C'25) in a student-initiated major in Rhetoric and Gender is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Intercultural Communication at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Anne Mitchell Welch
C'22

Anne Mitchell Welch (C'22) in Politics and Rhetoric works as a tax analyst with Ernst & Young LLP in their Indirect Tax Group based in Nashville, Tennessee.

"My time in the rhetoric department was instrumental in reaching my post-graduate plans. The emphasis on speaking well—on how to debate and speak—has helped me to prepare for one of the most important parts of practicing law, which is, of course, speaking and argumentation. Additionally, the rigor of the professors is something that has greatly prepared me for law school." 

— Aidan Jones (C'26)

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