Academics

Below is a list of placement data for the last five years of PhD graduates. 

2025-2026

NameInstitution
Chen, XiaoAssistant Professor, History Department, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Huang, JunPost-doctoral researcher, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Liu, LingyanInstructor in History, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

 

2024-2025

NameInstitution
Abosch, ElizabethLecturer, Russian East European, and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Campbell, BrianAssociate Director, Graduate Career Community, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Chen, XiaoAssistant Professor, History Department, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Goodwin, Christopher     Assistant Instructional Professor, European History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL     
Toups, EricTenure-track Assistant Professor, Indigenous & Early American History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
van der VeldeVisiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Yost, FranziskaInstructor, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
  

2023-2024

NameInstitution
Bell, JacobTenure-track Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Brennan, MargaretFirst position: Associate Director of Humanities Without Walls, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; Current position: Event Manager, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque NM
Day, ThomasSenior Product Manager, Enquizit, Inc., McClain, VA
Escanilla-Huerta, SilviaCurrent Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow for Faculty Diversity, University of Maryland at Baltimore; First Position: Postdoc Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Lehman, DavidTenure-track Assistant Professor, Westminster College, New Wilimington, PA
Mora, JuanTenure-track Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Ortega, CarolinaTenure-track Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Tığlay, PelinMarie Curie Postdoc Fellowship in Athens, Greece

 

2022-2023

NameInstitution
Correa, MariliaTenure-track Assistant Professor, Baylor University, New Orleans, LA
Cowan, FelixPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Escobar, RaquelCurrent position: Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Ettinger, SeanAcademic Program Coordinator, Department of Latina/Latino Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Ito, KojiTenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Studies, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Keniston, BillyAssistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Khan, TariqLecturer, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Matsushita, ElizabethVisiting Assistant Professor, Reed College, Portland, OR
Osei, CassandraTenure-track  Assistant Professor, Latin American History, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Ridgway, MorganLecturer, History and Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Rouphail, RobertAssistant Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Sell, ZacharyAssistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Toller-Clark, IanAnalyst, Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
Williams, Beth AnnCurrent position: Senior Researcher for OneHope, Charlotte NC; First position: Visiting Assistant Professor, African History, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Wood III, AugustusTenure-track Assistant Professor, Labor and Employer Relations, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Rezende Da Silva De Sant'Ana, ThaisTenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Rogaar, EvaPostdoctoral Fellowship, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

2021-2022

NameInstitution
Adamo, ElizabethDiverse Lerner Teacher, Richards Career Academy, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
Allen, RyanPostdoc, History Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Campbell, BrianAssistant Director, GRADTalk in the UChicagoGRAD Office, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Duncan, LeannaFaculty Engagement Specialist, Everspring, Inc., Chicago, IL
Freund-Carter, HeatherPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ghanoui, SaniyaCurrent position: Assistant Professor of History at the U of Texas El Paso; First position: Program Director for Our Bodies Ourselves Today, Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Ito, KojiLecturer, Hagoromo University of International Studies, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Jaimes, MarcoLecturer, History Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Khan, TariqPostdoc, History Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Klopfenstein, MatthewNational Fellowships Coordinator, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Kosovych, StefanHistorian, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, PA
Matsushita, ElizabethVisiting Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
Mora, JuanPostdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Ortega, CarolinaAssistant Professor, Tenure Track, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
Peralta, ChristineAssistant Professor, Tenure Track, Asian American History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Rezende Da Silva, De Sant'Ana, ThaisPostdoctoral Fellow, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Takauchi, YukiAssistant Professor, American Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan
Thompson, PeterPostdoc, Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA


2020-2021

NameInstitution
Ehrenberger, KristenAssistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Escobar, RaquelPublic Engagement Manager for the Humanities Action Lab, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Hoffman, BrianUS History Teacher, Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT
Hughes, DebbieSenior Academic Guide, Office of Undergraduate Education, Duke University, Durham, NC
Ingrassia, BrianAssociate Professor, West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX
Larson, EthanCase Writer, Tobin Project, Harvard University Institute of Politics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Levy, JoshuaHistorian, History of Science and Technology, Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, DC
Navalesi, KentPostdoctoral Scholar, Lewis Honors College - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sell, ZacharyVisiting Assistant Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Williams, Beth AnnPostdoc, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Wood III, AugustusPostdoctoral Fellow, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Wright, PeterVisiting Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literature, Univerity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL


2019-2020

NameInstitution
Brinks, MichaelAdjunct Faculty, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI
Clutario, GenevieveAssistant Professor of American Studies, Wellesley, MA
Correa-Kuyumjian, MariliaPostdoc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Crafts, LydiaAssistant Professor, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
Eby, BethPostdoc, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Fraser, EricaTenure-track Assistant Professor, Carelton University, Ottawa, ON
Godwin, KatherineSecretary, College of Engineering - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Holmes, KwameScholar in Residence, Bard, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Jovanovic, MilosTenure-track Assistant Professor, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Harrison, ScottDirector of Liberal Studies and Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Howard, AshleyAssistant Professor, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Jacobs, AnnalieseArchivist, The State Library and Archives Service at Libraries Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
Mandru, AncaTeaching Fellow, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Marquez, JohnCurrent position: Assistant Professor of History, UC Riverside; First position: Advance Postdoc Fellowship, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Peralta, ChristinePostdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Pope-Obeda, EmilyTenure-track Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Praylow, PerzaviaPastor of Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Riebeling, ZacharyAssistant Research Professor, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, IL
Rouphail, RobertTenure-track Assistant Professor, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Ruscitti Harshman, DeirdreTenure-track Assistant Professor, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Smart, DevinTenure-track Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Tegegne, HabtamuTenure-track Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Tye, NathanAssistant Professor, University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE
Yates, BrianAssociate Professor, St. Joseph University, Philadelphia, PA