Calista Cleary is the Director of the Tri-Co Philly Program. She supports students and faculty engaging with the city of Philadelphia through courses and co-curricular experiences. She works across Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore colleges as well as in the program’s Philadelphia home, the Friends Center.

Calista has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in historic preservation, also from Penn, a master’s degree in education from St. Joseph’s University and a B.A. from Transylvania University.