Alumni

The political science major at Hofstra has for many years provided excellent preparation for a variety of professions. Many of the department's alumni and alumnae, for example, have gone on to excellent schools of law (including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Hofstra, NYU, St. John's, Chicago, Fordham, Michigan, Duke, Berkeley, Cornell, and many, many others), and then to distinguished careers in law.   In addition to many lawyers in solo private practice, the department's graduates can be found in distinguished law firms from coast to coast, including, for example, in New York, Shearman & Sterling, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, and Franklin & Gringer; in Washington, Cutler & Stanfield; in Philadelphia, Beasley, Casey & Erbstein; in Los Angeles, McClintock Weston; in San Francisco, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen. A number of the department's graduates also work in local government, particularly in Nassau County. One alumna is currently a judge of the New York State Supreme Court. However, law is just one possible career option for graduates of the political science department. The political science major is a door that can open many different kinds of opportunities. It is excellent preparation for a wide variety of careers and occupations. Over the years, some of our graduates have gone on to do, for example, the following:

• United States senator, from Minnesota
• mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
• U.S. ambassador
• member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• New York City police commissioner
• New York State Senator
• member of the New York State Assembly
• Nassau county legislator
• deputy minority counsel for the Nassau County Legislature
• legislative assistant to a New York City Councilman
• economist with the World Bank
• analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency
• analyst for the Department of Defense
• "headhunter" for an executive search firm
• high school teacher in the Nassau County system
• medical doctor
• owner of a novelties business
• best-selling author
• U.S. sky marshal
• minister of a church
• director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
• professor of political science
• professor of law
• legislative assistant to a member of the U.S. House
• member of the Washington staff of Senator Al D'Amato
• director of personnel for the White House
• staff announcer for a New York City radio station
• print journalist
• director of a county legal aid society
• agent of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
• New York City police officer

  

If you are an alumnus of the department of political science, we urge you to contact us. Please e-mail Anne Nagrowski, and let us know how we can contact you.