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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Two history graduate students selected as 2025-26 Humanities Research Institute Fellows
Stanislav Khudzik and Priyanka Zylstra, graduate students in the Department of History, have been selected as 2025-26 Humanities Research Institute graduate fellows. Campus Fellowships are awarded to Illinois...
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Shannon Croft awarded Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts from Graduate College
We're pleased to announce that our graduate program coordinator, Shannon Croft, has been awarded the Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts by the University of Illinois Graduate College. Croft has worked with the History department for nearly ten years.From the the...