Timm N Thorsen, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Sociology
Joined Alma College Faculty in 1979
Swanson Academic Center 221
(989) 463-7289
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Graduate Profile
Lauren Jo Sypniewski
Graduation: 2010
Major: English
While she may not have psychic abilities, Lauren Jo Sypniewski didn’t need a fortune teller’s clairvoyance to know she was going to study English at Alma College. The 2010 alumna’s enthusiasm for literature and writing made a college crystal ball unnecessary.
“I never thad that ‘major unknown’ phase that many freshmen and even sophomores go through,” she says. “I’ve always been passionate about books and writing, and I like the adventure of searching for the human aspect in my own writing.”