Below are brief profiles of Pitt psychology alumni who agreed to be interviewed. If you click on each person's name, you can see the full interview where participants speak about what they currently do, the skills they gained from the psychology major that they are now using in their careers, what extracurricular and experiential learning activities they were involved in as a student, what they did upon graduating from Pitt, and how they conducted their job search. They each end their interview with advice for current psychology undergrads and tips for pursuing similar pathways.
Hear from our alumni
Katherine Blakeslee
I am currently at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in Boston. We are a nonprofit genomics organization, so pretty exciting and interesting stuff.
Alyssa Cypher
My current job is related to social justice advocacy. I started my organization three years ago. It started as a blog about mental health, stigma, and discrimination, and then I got seed funding and connected with a fiscal sponsor to turn the project into the organization.
Dorinda Fella
I am currently in the Learning and Development sector of the Human Resources department. I determine what training the employees receive and use psychology to investigate better ways of approaching individuals who are required to have certain training.