Meet Our Graduates and Faculty

Lauren Bernadini, B.A. '06:
"I am graduating from Penn. It's the thing in my life I'm proudest of." Read more

Isabel Boston, B.A. '06:
"CGS classes are wonderful. There's such a sense of camaraderie." Read more

Shawna Mitchell, MAPP '06:
"To be surrounded with incredible theories, such incredible minds...this is what education truly is." Read more

Diana Stratigakis, MAPP '06:
"Positive psychology is an inherent part of my life. I see it everywhere around me."
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Dr. David Espey
Associate Undergraduate Chair,
Department of English
David Espey received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is Associate Undergraduate Chair in the Department of English. Among his interests are modern British and American literature, the literature of travel, and creative non-fiction. Read more

Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman
Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology
Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology and Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, is the founder of Positive Psychology, a discipline which includes the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and positive institutions. Read more

Dr. Peter Struck
Associate Professor,
Department of Classical Studies
Peter Struck, who joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Classical Studies in 1999, holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in English and Anthropology, and an M.A. in Divinity and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago. His main areas of interest include Greek and Roman literary criticism and Greek and Roman divination. Read more