Career Diversity for Historians

  • Four More Years

    AHA Activities

    Hope J. Shannon and Emily Swafford | Oct 13, 2022

    An update adds four years of data to the AHA’s Where Historians Work database.
  • Sic et Non

    Career Paths

    Vanessa R. Corcoran | Sep 9, 2022

    Sometimes, the unexpected path is the better one.
  • Exploring Systemic Racism and the AHA

    Annual Meeting

    Angela D. Dillard and Katherine L. French | Nov 23, 2021

    During a client-based research seminar, graduate students researched the history of the AHA's leadership, annual meetings, and legitimation of scholarship.
  • A Winding Road to Finding My Niche

    Career Paths

    Emily Joan Elliott | Oct 7, 2021

    Trying a number of different jobs helped Emily Joan Elliott find the right career after she finished her PhD in 2019.

Most Recent

  • From PhD to Policy

    Brandon Kirk Williams | Oct 6, 2021

    How do you get from a history PhD to a postdoc in cybersecurity? Brandon Kirk Williams shares his path.
  • Townhouse Notes

    Ashley E. Bowen | Oct 4, 2021

    Navigating a career transition, even a desired move into a new field, can be distressing and isolating.
  • Choose Your Professional Path

    Courtney E. Thompson | Feb 10, 2021

    A "Choose Your Path" assignment structure encourages graduate students to explore their professional interests while completing historical research.
  • Reverb Effect

    Daniela Sheinin | Nov 5, 2020

    The University of Michigan's grad students are sharing their research on a new public platform: a podcast.
  • The Purpose of a History PhD

    AHA Career Diversity Fellows | Aug 14, 2020

    In the sixth of a six-part series, the Career Diversity fellows reflect on how two years of department-focused work has...
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