Placement and Career Support

Our Ph.D. graduates consistently secure tenure-track faculty placements, as well as other rewarding positions within universities, museums, archives, and beyond. The Director of Graduate Placement works closely with every student, organizing workshops, reviewing applications, sending out dossiers, and hosting mock interviews and expos on key topics.

Ph.D. Placements

2022鈥2023

Rachael Young

Dissertation Title:听"Less Violent But No Less Visible: Criminalization and Community Murals in Brixton and Belfast, 1970鈥1989"
Advisor: Robert Savage
Position:听Postdoctoral Fellow and Program Coordinator, Irish Studies Program, md传媒国产剧 College

Mia Michael

Dissertation Title:听"Caring for the Commonwealth: Domestic Work and Worker Organizing in md传媒国产剧, Massachusetts, 1960鈥2015"
Advisor: Marilynn Johnson
Position:听Assistant Professor of History and Labor Studies, Wayne State University

Elizabeth Pingree

Dissertation Title:听"The Footloose Labor System: Work and Migration in the Pacific Northwest, 1850鈥1940"
Advisor:听Heather Cox Richardson
Position:听Adjunct Instructor, Olympic College

Whitney Abernathy Barnes

Dissertation Title:听鈥淩emaking Religion: Islam, Empire, Race, and the Secularization of French Christianity 1830鈥1920"
Advisor: Devin Pendas
Position:听History Teacher, Veritas Scholars Academy, Texas

Kelly Lyons

Dissertation Title:听"The Reinvention of Tradition: The Nationalist Network and the Making of the American Citizen, 1920鈥1955"
Advisor:听Marilynn Johnson
Position:听Qualitative Insight Analyst, WEVO

Beyond the Tenure Track

Alongside our success in helping Ph.D. students secure tenure-track positions, we are enthusiastic about helping interested students explore and gain other rewarding forms of employment within historical societies, museums, archives, research foundations, university administration, secondary education, and beyond.

Non-Tenure-Track Opportunities