Jessica Karbowiak's first book to be published

Jessica Karbowiak's PSU manuscript, "These Things I Know," a short collection of fiction and creative nonfiction, has been picked up by Pink Fish Press, and is forthcoming mid-2012.

Ryan Teitman is a poet at Stanford University

After I graduated from Penn State with a B.A. in English, I worked for three years in and around Philadelphia as a newspaper reporter. I owe my first job in journalism to Professor Robin Becker's arts writing seminar. Using clips I wrote for her class, I got my first real writing job--a gig as an arts freelancer for the Centre Daily Times.

Kelly Murphy works for Penguin Publishing

I'm currently the Global Digital Assistant at the Penguin Group, the largest trade book publisher in the world. After graduation from PennState in May 2010 with a BA in English and a minor in French, I contemplated my career options, knowing I wanted to continue working with literature but not sure how to go about it.

Crystal Stryker works for Penn State Law

I am a lawyer by training and an editor by vocation. My career as an editor began the day that Professor Bill Cobb told me that in order to be taken seriously as a writer I needed to master editing. I was 19 years old, and this was news to me. So I registered for the editing class, loved it, and have used those skills every day of my life since then.

Geoffrey T. Cozine is a copywriter and editor

Since graduating from PennState in 1999 with a B.A. in English, I have moved around the country more than I had ever expected, and each packed truck also meant a career shift due to availability in the local job market.