Employment & Careers
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Exploring Systemic Racism and the AHA
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
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. -
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. -
Letters of Recommendation and Open Records Legislation
Rita Chin | Apr 21, 2021
Open records laws and the rapid dissemination of information through social media can shift the landscape of peer evaluation. -
The Business of Applied History
Caroline Morris and Jack Fiorini | Apr 8, 2021
The transition from academic to brand historian offered several intellectual and professional benefits to two historians at Heritage Werks. -
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. -
The 2021 AHA Jobs Report
Dylan Ruediger | Jan 20, 2021
The higher education faculty job market for historians grew a modest 0.9 percent in 2019â20, fueled by a 7 percent rise in tenure-track positions. -
Women Historians in Academia
Patricia Albjerg Graham | Nov 13, 2020
Fifty years after the 1970 Rose Report, Patricia Albjerg Graham reflects on the need for the Committee on the Status... -
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.
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