Education & Academia

Welcome to the Education & Academia Career Community! Explore career paths in teaching, policy, higher education, educational leadership, student support, and more. Whether you’re interested in shaping the future through learning or advancing knowledge through scholarship, this community offers resources and opportunities to help you navigate your career journey. Browse career advice, job and internship opportunities, and tools designed to help you build a meaningful career in education, academia, and beyond.

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Featured Courses

EDST 230 – Schools in Society

What role have schools played in the evolution of American society? This course invites you to take a step back…

EDST 210 / IDEA 209 – Educational Gaming Lab: Project-Based, Game-Based Pedagogy Approaches

In the past two decades, crowdfunding and renewed interest in games–board games, role-playing games, digital games, and instructional games–have created…

EDST 315 – Education Law in an Age of Change

This course is an introduction to the legal processes that shape public education in the United States. This course examines…

CHEM 241 – Informal Science Education for Elementary School Students I

This service-learning course will focus on designing and implementing original, effective, and engaging science-based lesson plans for elementary age children…

CSPL 120 – Civic Engagement Practice

Wesleyan has a long tradition of civic engagement. CSPL 120 plays a critical role in helping continue this tradition. This…

CSPL 493 – Internship

This course may be repeated for credit. Wesleyan has established a credit/uncredit internship course, CSPL 493, for students to receive…

ECON 206 – Race and Education Policy

This course will provide a broad introduction to contemporary education policy centered on issues of race/ethnicity. This course introduces the…

WRCT 201 – Writing Theory and Practice

Writing is central to education in the U.S., but how does someone learn to write? In this course, students will…

WRCT 202

Taught by Hepford,Elizabeth (Beth) Ann
This course offers an introduction to pedagogical techniques and theories for teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The…
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Student Spotlights

Elizabeth Berke ’26

Wesleyan Summer Grant Recipients
  • Psychology, Education Studies; History
Meet Elizabeth

Joanna Kenty ’08

  • Classics
  • Freelance Editor, The Renovator; Freelance civic and community-engaged education developer freelance
Meet Joanna

Sean King ’28 (he/him)

Student Employee Spotlight
  • Double Major in Music and Psychology; Minor in Environmental Studies
  • Museum Floor Staff (KidCity Children's Museum)
Meet Sean

Eli Liedtka ’27

Wesleyan Summer Grant Recipients
  • Government, History
Meet Eli

Brianna Rodriguez Cano ’26 (she/they)

Student Employee Spotlight, Transfer Student
  • Economics
  • Program Support Intern (Upward Bound); Financial Aid Ambassador; Senior Intern for the Wesleyan Refugee Project/IRIS (Integrated Refugee Immigrant Services) (JCCP); Former Homecoming and Family Weekend Assistant (Advancement)
Meet Brianna

Anne Samuele Francois ’27 (she/her)

Student Employee Spotlight
  • Major in French; Double Minor in Chemistry and Global Engagement
  • Wesleyan Multilingual Community Tutors (WMCT) Student Coordinator; Science Library Circulation Assistant; Events & Conferences Assistant; New Student Orientation Peer Advisor
Meet Anne

Tamiraa Sanjaajav ’27

Wesleyan Summer Grant Recipients
  • Computer Science, Economics
Meet Tamiraa

Julia Schroers ’27

Wesleyan Summer Grant Recipients
  • College of Social Studies, Government
Meet Julia

Annika Swenson ’28 (she/her)

Student Employee Spotlight, Transfer Student
  • Double Major in English and Education Studies
  • Usdan Dining Hall Assistant (Bon Appetit); New Student Orientation Academic Peer Advisor (Student Academic Resources)
Meet Annika

Diana Tran ’26

Wesleyan Summer Grant Recipients
  • College of Letters
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Contact & Location

Phone
860-685-2180
Email
careercenter@wesleyan.edu
Website
http://careercenter.wesleyan.edu
Address

Boger Hall
41 Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT 06459

Career Service Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm