Published Date

August 1, 2002

Resource Type

AHA Resource, Booklet, For Departments, For Professional Development

AHA Topics

Teaching & Learning, The History Major, Undergraduate Education

By Constance Schulz, Page Putnam Miller, Aaron Marrs, and Kevin Allen

What can I do with a major in history? History is a discipline and a profession with interests, skills, and methods in which they wish to be engaged. This booklet is for those who want to do history.

Published by the American Historical Association, the National Council for Public History, and the Public History Program, University of South Carolina.

 

Table of Contents

Careers in History: An Introduction

Skills of the Professional Historian

The Importance of Professional Associations

The Structure of this Publication

Historians in Classrooms: Schools, Colleges, and Universities

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Types of Jobs

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Kathleen Cochrane Kean

Nadine Ishtitani Hata

Eric Foner

Historians in Museums

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Types of Jobs

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Amy Wilson

Spencer Crew

Historians in Editing and Publishing

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Types of Jobs

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Thomas Thurston

Martha J. King

Historians in Archives

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Jelain Chubb

Greg Bradsher

Philip F. Mooney

Historians in Historic Preservation

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Daniel J. Vivian

Arthur R. Gomez

Historians in Federal, State, and Local History

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Jamil Zainaldin

Lee Formwalt

Dee Harris

Betty J. Koed

Historians as Consultants and Contractors

Overview of the Field

Scope of Training

Recent Trends in the Job Market

Profiles

Philip L. Cantelon

Christopher S. Clarke

Resources for Further Exploration