# Recent Graduates ## expand\_more [### Sophie Barry ](/people/sophie-barry)American Studies, 2020 VP of Development at Tricky Knot **Thesis Title:** “Make America Fit Again”: SUPERMAN #170 and the Rise of Youth Fitness Culture in Cold War America, 1953-1964 **What Now:** VP of Development, Tricky Knot In so many ways, I owe the Hist & Lit department for helping me realize the vast... ![Sophie Barry](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/dsc00826_-_sophie_barry.jpg?itok=lWYLW2Dq) [### Raquel Coronell Uribe ](/people/raquel-coronell-uribe)American Studies, Class of 2024 Politics reporter at NBC News **What Now:** Politics reporter at NBC News When I first arrived at Harvard, I had no idea the History & Literature department even existed — much less that I would end up concentrating in it. I spent my first two years pre-med and a Government concentrator... ![Raquel Coronell Uribe](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Raquel%20Coronell%20Uribe.jpg?itok=25b_dody) [### Lily Cunningham Perini ](/people/lily-cunningham-perini)Modern World, 2023 Sound Mixer / Sound Designer - Co-owner, Wild Shape Sound **Thesis Title:** "It Was the Wild Wild West Out There": Queer Utopia and The Frontier at Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, 1977-1996 **What Now:** Sound Mixer / Sound Designer - Co-owner, Wild Shape Sound In addition to my written thesis, I created a 20... ![Lily Cunningham Perini](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Screenshot%202023-08-18%20at%201.13.26%20PM%20-%20Lily%20Cunningham%20Perini.png?itok=ruoq2Fj_) [### Orlee Marini-Rapoport ](/people/orlee-marini-rapoport)Class of 2023, American Studies Research Technician in the Center for Immunology & Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital **Thesis Title:** “Have the Husband Press the Plunger of the Syringe”: Donor Insemination and the Production of Normalcy in the Early Cold War United State**s** **What Now:** Research Technician in the Center for Immunology & Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts... ![Orlee Marini-Rapoport](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/headshot_-_orlee_grace_marini-rapoport.png?itok=SyRyZF3f) [### Charlotte Pontifell ](/people/charlotte-pontifell)European Studies, 2024 Analyst at The Type Founders **Thesis Title:** Traditional Typography in the Service of Modern Typology: Textual Materialism and the Modernist Print Innovations of the Kelmscott and Hogarth Presses **What Now:** Analyst at The Type Founders I came to Hist & Lit drawn to the ways books, ideas... ![Charlotte Pontifell](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Charlotte%20Pontifell.jpg?itok=5E3RjrVs) [### Anne Rosenblatt ](/people/anne-rosenblatt)Class of 2020, European Studies Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) **Thesis Title:** The Politics of Couture: High Fashion as a Tool of Resistance and Renewal in France, 1940-1947 **What Now:** Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) **What Next:** Heading to Stanford Business School to pursue my MBA During my time in History &... ![Anne Rosenblatt](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/221202-boston-consulting-group-dtla-2-16-anne-rosenblatt-004_retouch-web_-_anne_a_rosenblatt.jpg?itok=rkz4SfPz) [### Alexandra Summa ](/people/alexandra-summa)Class of 2020, American Studies J.D. Candidate at Tulane University Law School **Thesis Title:** Corn Nationalism: Exhibiting Mythologies of "America’s Crop" **What Now:** J.D. Candidate at Tulane University Law School; Legal Intern at the United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania **What Next:** Corporate law in New York City... ![Alexandra Summa](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/aes_1.jpg?itok=60CXrTAV) [### Ryan Tierney ](/people/ryan-tierney)American Studies, 2024 Submarine Officer, US Navy **Thesis Title:** The Tragedy of Ted Kaczynski: Globalization, Disillusionment, and the Rise of the Far Right **What Now:** Submarine Officer, US Navy Perhaps more so than other Hist Lit students, my studies in the department are almost wholly unrelated to my daily... ![Ryan Tierney](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Ryan%20Tierney.jpeg?itok=X8J4Hk7a) [### Molly Zeme ](/people/molly-zeme)Class of 2020, Modern World Program/Project Manager at Brighter Beginnings Family Health Clinic **Thesis Title:** Recognition and Voice in the Postcolonial Feminist Sphere: Warsan Shire on Womanhood and Historical Trauma **What Now:** Program/Project Manager at Brighter Beginnings Family Health Clinic **What Next:** Medical school and then a specialty fellowship... ![Molly Zeme](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/molly_zeme.png?itok=6_0NpVVf)