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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History

Austin Justice (2020)

Austin Justice (BA,'20, history) is an assistant editor for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and an archives assistant for Northeastern...
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Yudany Diaz

Yudany is a senior majoring in history with minors in secondary education and Spanish. She is the current Leadership Mentor for University Housing and a Global Peer Ambassador.
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From history major to social studies teacher: Q&A with alumna Hailey Baumstein

Meet Hailey Baumstein (BA,'17, history; MA,'22, education policy, organization, & leadership), a social studies teacher, girls' cross country coach, and assistant track coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. She began her career at Thornton Township High School before transitioning to...

Mary Schiavone (2018)

Mary Schiavone (BA,'18, history and English; MS, '23, Library and Information Science), is a Student Success and Engagement Librarian at Beloit College.
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Anne Sweeney (2015)

Anne Sweeney (BA,'15, history), a social studies and English teacher at Oswego High School.
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Hailey Baumstein (2017)

Hailey Baumstein (BA,'17, history; MA,'22, education policy, organization, & leadership), is a social studies teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.
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From history major to Google project manager: Q&A with alumna Ljubica Basica

Meet Ljubica Basica (BA,'18, history and political science; MBA,'23), a project manager at Google with Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting. Her journey after graduating with a BA in history and political science led her from working in government, to completing her MBA and now working in...

Ljubica Basica (2018)

Ljubica Basica (BA,'18, history and political science; MBA,'23), is a project manager at Google with Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting.
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From history major to CEO: Q&A with alumnus Thomas Dowling

Meet Thomas Dowling (BA,'18, history and political science), the co-founder and former CEO of TaxProper, a property tax software start-up acquired by Opendoor in 2022. Dowling is currently the director of TaxProper under Opendoor. He was also appointed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to be the...

Thomas Dowling (2018)

Thomas Dowling (BA,'18, history and political science) is the co-founder and former CEO of TaxProper, a property tax software start-up acquired by Opendoor in 2022. Dowling is currently the director...
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