Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Stories

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Mary Somerville, Ph.D. '26

High school Latin teacher in Washington, D.C.

"The graduate community here has always been full of wildly intelligent but intellectually generous folks, and they have made me a better scholar not only by challenging me in conversation but also by helping me find resources and exchanging written work to edit."

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Mallory Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. '26

Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Puget Sound

"Both my cohort-mate and my faculty advisors were fundamental parts of my Bryn Mawr experience, and I didn’t realize quite how much you need to find your people. Finding the right people to work with and hang with can really make or break your experience. "

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Grad students show off their digital scholarship skills

"The program helped me develop a mindset for digital work: instead of expecting quick fixes, I’ve learned to stay calm, test alternatives, and seek support when needed." - Yuzhu Wang, 2025 DSGF Fellow

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Mechella Yezernitskaya

Making a Difference

"One of the questions I ask in my dissertation is, what does it mean to be physically far but psychologically close to a conflict? I find myself in the role of someone who is experiencing this war from afar yet incredibly close to my loved ones."

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Olivia McAuley

Physics Ph.D. Student

"I study the orbital changes of the stars by looking at the action angles. I am currently in the process of adding a cluster to my simulation that is located at this Lagrange point and putting the cluster in different environments to see what happens to the orbits of these stars."

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