Alumni Awards and Achievements

Learn about Creative Writing students' awards and publications earned while at Belhaven University.

Careers

• New York Times Bestselling Author —Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give and On the Come Up
• Fulbright Scholar and Professor of English —Addie Leak, University of Jordan (Amman, Jordan)
• Publishing Assistant —Emily Polson, Simon and Schuster (New York City)
• Literary Agent —Emily Polson, David Black Literary Agency (Brooklyn, NY)
• Novelist —Ashlee Davidson, Once More Unto the Breech (pseudonym, Meghan Holloway)
• Public Relations Specialist and Documentary Filmmaker —Sarah Christine Bolton, Children of the Wall
• Web Content Developer, Communications Specialist —Corinn McCauley, Webstaurant Store and MP&F Strategic Communications
• Communications Specialist —Kalisse Evert, Greenville, South Carolina, County Government Office
• Book Production Editor —Nicole Hall, Mascot Books
• University Press Marketing Coordinator —Kristine Weaver, University Press of Mississippi
• Teachers of English as a Second Language —Seraphine Lin and Minchun Park
• English Language Teacher —Emily Polson, Meddeas Language Assistants (Spain)
• English Language Teacher —Lea Coker, Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
• Loan Officer —Lea Coker, Vermont Federal Credit Union
• Advanced Communications Instructor for the Blind —Heather Rasmussen, Addie McBryde Center for the Blind
• Librarian, Archivist —Rebecca Yantis, Andrew Hedglin
• Public Health Administrator —Catherine Karlak
• Advertising Copywriter —David Rahaim
• Copywriter —Terez Turner, Versa Creative, Houston, TX
• College Admission Counselor —Caitlin Dunn, Nicole Hall
• Teach for America —Sarah Duberowski
• Elementary-, Middle-, and High-School Teachers —Peter Davis, Sarah Duberowski,
• College Professors — Rex Bradshaw, Lindsay Gill, Jacob Rowan, Trianne Harabedian, and Adie Kleckner
• Independent Booksellers —Andrew Hedglin, Adie Kleckner, Mirriam Meeks, Trianne Harabedian
• Teacher, Actor, and Fight Choreographer —Anna Kurtz
• Energy Analyst —Hannah Goldman, Vert Energy Group

Internships

• Americans for Prosperity —Olivia Lamm
• Certifiable Studios Board Games —Westley Hartfield
• The Cirlot Agency —Corrinn McCauley
• Crisis Pregnancy Center —Olivia Lamm
• First Presbyterian Church of Pascagoula, MS —Jenna Kahley
• Lemuria Bookstore —Adie Kleckner, Trianne Harabedian, Andrew Hedglin
• Madison County Journal —Emily Polson
• Mississippi Arts Commission —Martha Wingfield
• Mississippi Center for Public Policy —Olivia Lamm
• Mississippi Department of Archives —Alex Crowson
• Mississippi Governor’s Office —Kalisse Evert
• Online Optimism Marketing Agency, New Orleans —Corrinn McCauley
• Parents and Kids Magazine —Micki Brushwood
• Premier Bride Magazine —Corrinn McCauley
• University Press of Mississippi —Arthur Acton, Emily Polson, Kristine Weaver, Kristin Boes

Graduate Schools and Study Abroad

• American University of Paris —Corrinn McCauley, Terez Turner
• Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (England) —Anna Kurtz
• Columbia University Publishing Course —Emily Polson
• Fairfield University —Seraphine Lin
• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art —Anna Kurtz
• Louisiana State University —Rebecca Yantis
• Queens University of Belfast —Trianne Harabedian, Emily Polson
• Queens University of Charlotte —David Grimes
• Reinhardt University —Hannah Goldman
• San Francisco State University —Trianne Harabedian
• Savannah College of Art and Design —Mirriam Meeks
• Seattle Pacific University —Addie Kleckner
• Seoul Women's University —Martha Wingfield, Christina Gustin
• University of Florida —Hannah Mae Whiteman
• University of Iowa —Addie Leak
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro —Timothy Smith
• University of Saint Andrews (Scotland) —Lindsay Gill
• University of Southern Mississippi —Minchun Park, Andrew Hedglin
• University of Surrey (England) —April Kruppenbach
• Vermont School of Fine Arts —Christina Gustin