Career Development Blog

Reflections from historians at work. Interviews conducted by Derek O'Leary (Ph.D. '20), who was the AHA Career Diversity Fellow in 2020.

Graduate school is not the time to demonstrate perfection, but the time to expand potential.
Christopher M. Church

Spotlight on Grad Student Side-gigs: Working as a Trip Leader and Curriculum Developer for High School Study Abroad Programs

November 28, 2018

No matter how dead the civilization or period we study is, all of us have regional expertise of some variety. Our careful work in the archives, languages, and cultures of different places enables us to be especially good guides to students seeking to understand those places, as well as to...Read more about Spotlight on Grad Student Side-gigs: Working as a Trip Leader and Curriculum Developer for High School Study Abroad Programs

Visit to Box Campus

November 6, 2018

On November 5th, History Department alumnus and Alumni Advisory Board member Andrew Keating generously hosted a group of grad students at the Box campus for the day. Andrew works as Managing Director for Healthcare and Education at Box. In addition to talking to us about his own career...Read more about Visit to Box Campus

Alumni Panel on Teaching Beyond Four-Year College

October 22, 2018

On September 27th, the History Department hosted a panel featuring six of our PhD alumni who work in teaching and education beyond four-year colleges. Mike Buckley (Convent and Stuart Hall High Schools), Adrianne Francisco (Drew School), Ashley Leyba (BASIS Independent Fremont), Joseph Nejad-...Read more about Alumni Panel on Teaching Beyond Four-Year College