Our PhD students have moved on to successful careers in academia, the public humanities, and in the public domain.
Our graduates teach at top universities across the country, including the University of California System, University of Colorado, University of Indiana, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, University of Texas-Austin, Texas A&M, Williams College, and the University of Wisconsin.
Our graduates work in the public humanities, in roles such as State Historian, State Public Historian and Curator, and State Curator.
Our graduates work in the public domain in roles as diverse as freelance writer, editor, academic advisors, and elected office.
Ackermann, Marsha – Lecturer I, History & Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University
Ardizzone, Heidi – Assistant Professor of American Studies St. Louis University
Bass, Christine – Program Director, Women in Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Brent, Elizabeth – Freelance Writer
Brick, Howard – Professor , Louis Evans Chair in U.S. History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Casillas, Ines – Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies, UC-Santa Barbara
Chávez, John – Professor of History, Southern Methodist University
Ching, Paul – Teaching and Learning Consultant, University of Minnesota
Cui, Shu-Qin – Associate Professor of Asian Studies, Bowdoin College
De La Vega Hurtado, M. – Executive Director, International Film Seminar, NYC
Dillard, Angela – Professor and Director, Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dolgon, Corey – Professor of Sociology and Director of Community Based Learning, Stonehill College.
Dupuis, Reshela – Education Advocate, Office of Hawaiian Affair
Foley, Neil – Professor of History, American Studies and the Center for Mexican American Studies and Associate Dean, University of Texas at Austin
Fujita Rony, Thomas – Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, California State University - Fullerton
Genser, Wallace - Associate Director of Undergraduate Research, University of Pennsylvania
Harris, Lisa – Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
Hass, Kristin – Associate Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
Johnson, Colin – Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, Adjunct Professor in American Studies and History, Indiana University — Bloomington
Kim-Rajal, Patricia – Assistant Professor of Chicano and Latino Studies, Sonoma State University
Kusnerz, Peggy – Librarian, University of Michigan (retired), Associate Editor, History of Photography, panoramic photographer
Lebeau, Patrick – Professor of Writing & Rhetoric and American Indian Studies, Michigan State University
Lee, Sharon – Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow, Gender and Sexuality, New York Univesity
Lieberman, Robbie – Professor of History, Southern Illinois University — Carbondale
Lloyd, Brian – Associate Professor of History, University of California — Riverside
Lieu, Nhi – Assistant Professor American Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Texas-Austin
Low, John – Assistant Professor Comparative Studies, Ohio State University-Newark
Macfarlane, Lisa – Sr. Vice Provost Academic Affairs, University of New Hampshire
Macias, Anthony – Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California — Riverside
Maeda, Daryl – Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado — Boulder
Majewski, Karen – Mayor, City of Hamtramck, Michigan
Mann, Katrina – Instructor, Truckee Meadows Community College
Marchevsky, Alejandra – Liberal Studies Faculty, California State University — Los Angeles
Masur, Kate – Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
Metzl, Jonathan – Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Director, Program in Med, Health and Society, Professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
Mitchell, William – Public Historian and Curator, New Haven, CT
Moon, Jennifer – Editor, Cornell Medical College
Morales, Cheli – Addictions Services Manager , Jackson County Health & Human Services, Medford, OR
Moreau, Joseph – History Instructor, Abraham Joshua Herschel High School, NY
Mott, Shani – Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Nation, Richard – Professor and Chair of History & Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University
Paris, Leslie – Associate Professor of History, University of British Columbia-Vancouver
Pegler-Gordon, Anna – Associate Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State University
Peterson, Rachel – Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies, Grand Valley State University
Pittenger, Mark – Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado — Boulder
Macedo Pool, Maria Teresa – Instructor of Sociology, Cabrillo Community College, Santa Cruz, CA
Porter, Eric – Professor of American Studies, University of California - Santa Cruz
Pratt, Anastasia – Clinton County Historian, SUNY Empire State Lecturer and Coordinator of Advanced Certificate in Pubic History
Rabinowitz, Paula – Professor of English, University of Minnesota
Rael-Galvez, Estevan – Independent Scholar
Ramirez, Pablo – Associate Professor of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
Rogers, Mark – Chair, Division of Humanities; Professor of Communication, Walsh University, Ohio
Rua, Merida – Associate Professor of Latina/o and American Studies, Williams College
Rubeck, Tracie – Academic Department Coordinator, Amherst College
Saranillio, Dean – Assistant Professor, Faculty Fellow in Gender and Sexuality, New York University
Shavelson, Susanne – Assistant Director, Institute for Informal Jewish Education, Brandeis University
Syrett, Nick – Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado
Textor, Alex – Freelance Writer
Theoharis, Jeanne – Associate Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Tilton, Jennifer – Associate Professor of Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Redlands
Umphrey, Martha – Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Amherst College
Vargas, George – Associate Professor of Communications and Theatre Arts, Texas A&M
Vargas, Zaneta – Curator, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
Vargas, Zaragosa – Kenan Eminent Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Vecchiola, Carla – Senior Lecturer Honors Program, Wayne State University
Wang, Grace – Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of California — Davis
Wendorff, Laura – Professor, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Winand, Angela – Assistant Professor, African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies, University of Illinois Springfield
Winkler, Barbara Scott – Professor and Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Southern Oregon University
Wittmann, Matthew – Curator of Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Wong, K. Scott – James Phinney Baxter III – Professor of History and Public Affairs Williams College
Worsley, Shawan Wade – Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts Department, University of San Francisco
Wu, Cynthia – Assistant Professor, Transnational Studies, SUNY Buffalo
Wu, William – Freelance writer
Zeller, Ariella – Dean of Student Affairs, University of the People On-line University
Zimmerman, Enid – Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Bloomington