Goddard College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Mumia Abu-Jamal Convict, Activist, Author
• Ed Allen (writer)
• Trey Anastasio - rock band member (Phish)
• Piers Anthony - author
• Howard Ashman - actor, playwright (Little Shop of Horrors), lyricist (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast)
• Judith Arcana (writer)
• Daniel Boyarin - professor (Jewish Studies)
• Barry Bradford, teacher, author, public speaker, famous for helping reopen the Mississippi Burning Case, and the Clyde Kennard Case. National Teacher Of The Year, Illinois Teacher Of The Year, and winner of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence In Teaching, as well as a Presidential Citation For Civilian Service.
• Jared Carter - poet
• Mayme Agnew Clayton - Librarian, and the Founder of the Western States Black Research and Education Center
• Tim Costello (1945–2009), labor and anti-globalization advocate and author
• Jay Craven - Vermont Film Director, Screenwriter, and Professor
• Tony Curtis - Welsh poet
• Mark Doty, Poet, National Book Award winner, 2008
• Norman Dubie, Poet
• Tom Griffin, Playwright of The Boys Next Door
• Larry Feign - cartoonist (The World of Lily Wong)
• Caroline Finkelstein - Poet
• Robert M. Fisher - Abstract artist
• Jon Fishman - rock band member (Phish)
• Oliver Foot - British Actor, Philanthropist, Charity Worker
• James Gahagan - Abstract artist
• David Gallaher - writer (High Moon)
• Ann Gillespie - Actress (Beverly Hills, 90210)
• Bradford Graves - sculptor, musician, professor (fine arts, sculpture)
• Peter Hannan - Artist, Writer, producer (CatDog)
• David Helvarg - Journalist and Environmental Activist
• Conrad Herwig - Jazz Trombonist
• Cara Hoffman - novelist So Much Pretty, Simon & Schuster, March 2011
• Susie Ibarra - Contemporary Composer and Percussionist
• Linnea Johnson - Poet.
• Wayne Karlin - Author
• Mary Karr - Author
• John Kasiewicz - Guitarist
• Jonathan Katz - Writer, Actor, Producer (Dr. Katz)
• Neil Landau - screenwriter, playwright, television producer
• Michael Lent - Visual Artist and Curator
• Geraldine Clinton Little - Poet
• William H. Macy - actor
• David Mamet - writer, director, Pulitzer prize winner in drama ("Glengarry Glen Ross")
• Linda McCarriston - Poet and Professor
• Page McConnell - rock band member (Phish)
• Laura McCullough - Poet and Writer
• Walter Mosley - Author
• Lisel Mueller - Poet
• Frances Olsen - Professor of Law at UCLA
• Jared Pappas-Kelley Curator, Writer, and Artist
• Russell Potter - Arctic historian, Author
• Tobias Schneebaum - artist, anthropologist, AIDS activist
• Archie Shepp - saxophonist
• Stephen C. Smith - economist, Professor, Author
• Jane Shore - (Poet)
• Pamela Stewart - Poet
• Elaine Terranova - Poet
• Kenneth R. Timmerman - correspondent, Author, Activist
• Donald Kofi Tucker - Politician
• Ellen Bryant Voigt - Poet
• Esther Wertheimer - Sculptor
• William L. White - Addiction Studies
• Suzi Wizowaty Author and Politician
• Thomas Yamamoto - Art Instructor, not technically an alumnus
• Paul Zaloom - puppeteer Bread & Puppet Theater