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Anne Marie Damiani
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Sarah Lawrence students have proven their leadership in national and local circles, where students have become involved in various service efforts. From tutoring students after school in Yonkers to interviewing participants for studies on issues such as low birth weights, Sarah Lawrence students are among the best ambassadors for the college and their generation.

This career community provides resources for students interested in making an impact on individual lives:

Education

Sarah Lawrence College produces some of the nation’s best educators, including the 2017 National Teacher of the Year. The Art of Teaching Program allows students to obtain their master’s and bachelor’s degree within five years, while the on-campus Early Childhood Center and Sarah Lawrence's nearby Center for the Urban River at Beczak give students the opportunity to learn while teaching. Students also gain outside experience, volunteering at education foundations and schools.

Health & Wellness

Sarah Lawrence College shares its founding family with neighboring Lawrence Hospital, just one of the many places the students part of our pre-health program have interned. On campus, they gain clinical experience, completing intensive research projects for conference, and assisting faculty members with their own studies. With access to leading world health organizations in Manhattan, Sarah Lawrence students intern at such organizations as Doctors Without Borders, Planned Parenthood, and the Columbia University Medical Center.

    • Communication skills (verbal & written)
    • Ability to write code for biomedical sciences
    • Strong work ethic
    • Teamwork
    • Initiative
    • Interpersonal skills
    • Problem-solving ability
    • Analytical skills
    • Flexibility/adaptability
    • Computer and technical skills

    • Biostatistician
    • Clinical Research Coordinator
    • Environmental Health Scientist
    • Epidemiologist 
    • Health Advocate
    • Health Policy Associate
    • Health Services Administrator
    • Healthcare Manager
    • Lab Technician
    • Lecturer and Professor
    • Nurse
    • Nutritionist
    • Optometrist
    • Pharmacist
    • Physical Therapist
    • Physician
    • Physician Assistant
    • Public Health Educator
    • Research Assistant
    • Veterinarian

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    • American Public Health Association
    • Applied Behavioral Mental Health Counseling
    • Bellevue Hospital Center
    • Brooklyn Hospital Center
    • Child Development Institute, Sarah Lawrence College
    • Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
    • Children's Hospital at Montefiore
    • Cohen’s Veteran Network
    • Columbia University Medical Center
    • Cornell Hospital
    • DeRisi Lab at University of California San Francisco
    • Doctors Without Borders
    • Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center
    • Global Bioethics Initiative
    • Harlem Hospital
    • Hospital for Special Surgery
    • Human Rights Watch
    • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    • Innovative Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Lawrence Hospital
    • March of Dimes
    • Montefiore Medical Center
    • Mount Sinai
    • Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    • National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
    • New York Medical College
    • New York Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center
    • New York-Presbyterian Allen & Westchester Hospital
    • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    • NewYork-Presbyterian: Columbia University Medical Center
    • NYC Health + Hospital Bellevue Emergency Dept.
    • NYC Health + Hospitals/NYU Langone
    • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    • NYU Langone Medical Center
    • Pediatric Endocrinology, Northwell
    • Pediatric Opthalmolgy of New York
    • Pfizer, Inc.
    • Physicians for Human Rights
    • Planned Parenthood
    • Reproductive Health Access Project
    • Rockland Psychiatric Center
    • Saint Anthony’s Free Medical Clinic
    • Seattle Children’s Hospital
    • The Children's Therapy Center
    • The Door- A Center for Alternatives
    • The National Institute for Reproductive Health
    • The One Love Foundation
    • The Parkinson's Foundation
    • Vetrinary Emergency Group
    • Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Westchester Medical Center
    • White Plains Hospital
    • Women's Health Magazine
    • Yale School of Medicine
    • Yale University School of Public Health

    • Brown University
    • Columbia University
    • Harvard University
    • New York University
    • Marian University
    • Stony Brook Univesrity
    • University of California, San Francisco
    • University of Michigan
    • University of Oxford

Psychology

With our summer integrated research program, collaboration with the Montreal Neurobiological Institute and on-campus laboratories, our students leave Sarah Lawrence College with articles published in academic journals, having presented at conferences and with experience managing studies. This serves students well as they pursue graduate degrees at universities across the globe from the University of Oregon to Oxford and Cambridge.

Social Work

With vast volunteer and internship opportunities in Westchester and the New York metropolitan area, Sarah Lawrence College students gain crucial on-the-job experience while completing coursework in areas such as child development, human rights, and public policy.

    • Good listening and communications skills
    • Objectivity
    • Organization skills
    • Critical thinking
    • Ability to separate yourself from your work
    • Empathy

    • Addictions Counselors
    • Care Manager
    • Case Worker
    • Child Advocate
    • Clinician
    • CommunityOrganizer
    • Crisis Counselor
    • Intake Serves Coordinator
    • Mental Health Counselor
    • Patient Advocate
    • Program Coordinator
    • School Social Worker
    • Team Leader
    • Victim Advocate
    • Volunteer Coordinator
    • Youth and Family Specialist

    • Archdiocese of New York
    • Bienestar Human Services
    • Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of New York
    • Cohen Veteran’s Network
    • Gramatan Village
    • Harlem Children's Zone (NY)
    • Hearts & Homes for Refugees
    • Henry Street Settlement
    • Hillels of Westchester
    • International Refugee Assistance Project
    • Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
    • Madre
    • Make-A-Wish
    • Masakhane Center
    • Mental Health America
    • Moms-in-Film
    • My Sisters' Place
    • Rose F. Kennedy’s Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center
    • The Door—A Center for Alternatives
    • Wartburg
    • Westchester Children's Association
    • Sarah Lawrence Summer Science Program

    • Montefiore Medical Center
    • Mount Sinai
    • NYU Langone Hospital
    • Wartburg Adult Communities
    • YAI

  • Students interested in social work should check out the following professional associations:

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