DAVID HAMILTON GOLLAND , 34

BA ’00
PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center;
Adjunct Lecturer and Graduate
Teaching Fellow, Brooklyn College

Dave Golland has undoubtedly had more diverse work experiences than your typical academic. The New York City native originally pursued a career onstage. After graduating from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, he appeared in several local musical productions and worked as a theater technician. He also worked in restaurants, as a doorman, and as a private investigator. During the first Gulf War, he served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer.

Once he entered college in the late ’90s, Golland focused on his favorite non-arts subject: history (though he didn’t completely abandon acting and appeared in several Baruch theater productions, most notably as the lead in Cyrano de Bergerac). Even before he received his BA in comparative American and European history, Golland planned to go for his PhD. He cites Professors Myrna Chase (now dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences) and Carol Berkin (History) as especially inspiring. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in American history with a minor in Latin American history at the CUNY Graduate Center and working as a graduate assistant to one of his professional role models, Professor Berkin. “As an undergraduate, he ran a wonderful history tutoring program, and we were all so grateful,” she recalls, describing him as an extremely resourceful researcher. Golland also teaches modern history at Brooklyn College on a graduate teaching fellowship.

In addition to his career path, Golland found something else at Baruch: his wife, Svetlana Rogachevskaya (’01), who is currently pursuing an MFA in performing arts management at Brooklyn College.

—Marina Zogbi
(Photo: Jerry Speier)

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