Successful Students

Eric Haugee (sociology) spent a spring semester on the ACM's Urban Studies Program in Chicago. In addition to his academic class work there, he was an intern with an organization called Youth Guidance, which provided social work services in the inner city neighborhood of Cabrini-Green. He is currently a researcher and writer for the Minnesota Senate Majority Research Office.

Hilary Sloan (sociology and Spanish) studied in Costa Rica in the fall on the ACM's program there. She was active on Coe's campus in a wide range of pursuits, including soccer and track, being a resident assistant in her residence hall, and being a tutor in Coe's Writing Center. She is currently the manager of account development for Emigra, Inc. of Houston, a company that assists people with immigration issues.

Lynda Laughlin (sociology) did an honors thesis at Coe on the impact of welfare and housing reform on low-income families. She received a Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia and works for the U.S. Census Bureau. At Temple she wrote her dissertation on social networks among working mothers in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, and the impact those networks have on employment and earnings.