Black Alumni Week: Sign Up for Office Hours with Dr. Rebecca Cross '11, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at University of Maryland

As part of Amherst College's 2021 Black Alumni Week, the Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning is excited to offer career-focused programming for current students.

Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Cross '11 will be offering virtual office hour appointments for current students who are interested in learning about careers in medicine and psychiatry along with her experiences as a black professional. Amherst College students from all class years are invited to sign up for an informal conversation with Dr. Cross to gain advice about navigating a career path post-Amherst.

Dr. Cross grew up in Chicago and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Amherst College in 2011. She completed medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and was selected for induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She completed her Adult Psychiatry residency at the OliveView-UCLA in Los Angeles and is currently a second-year Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

This fall, she will be starting a position at Compass Health Center in Chicago as an Attending Psychiatrist in their Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs. Dr. Cross and her husband welcomed a baby girl last fall. She is passionate about mentoring students and has been a mentor with a number of organizations including: RefugeeOne, Chicago Scholars and the University of Maryland Medical School.

These 1-on-1 appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Submit your resume today to sign up for a time slot!

To book appointments instantly, students must submit a Loeb Center-approved resume. (Learn about this approval process here.) 

To book without an approved resume, please upload / submit your pending document, then e-mail careers@amherst.edu with your availability.