Published Date

June 13, 2019

Resource Type

AHA Resource, For Departments, For Professional Development, Video

AHA Topics

AHA Initiatives & Projects, Career Paths, Graduate Education, Professional Life

History PhDs build careers in a stunning variety of professions. The following resources provide personal stories of history PhDs talking about what they do for a living, how they found their jobs, transitioning from graduate school, and what it means to be a historian in their line of work.

Career Paths is an ongoing series in Perspectives on History. Visit Perspectives to read recent pieces in the ongoing series.

What I Do: Historians Talk about Their Work is a video series that answers some of the questions people have about where historians work and what they do. Historians talk about what they do, how they got their job, what makes their job interesting or challenging, and what they love about their work.

 

What I Do: Stephen Aron – History Professor and Chair of the Autry Institute

 

What I Do: The Rhythm of Work with Professor Kevin Boyle

 

What I Do: Lincoln Bramwell – Chief Historian, US Forest Service

 

What I Do: Ramona Houston – Entrepreneur and activist-scholar

 

What I Do: LuAnn Jones – Historian, US National Park Service

 

What I Do: Laura Kamoie – From History Professor to Novelist

 

What I Do: Andrew Keating – Director of Cloud Services, Internet2

 

What I Do: Jessie Kratz – Archivist for the National Archives

 

What I Do: John Lawrence – Former Chief of Staff for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

 

What I Do: Aaron Marrs – Historian, US Department of State

 

What I Do: Valerie Paley – Uniting Museum and Research Library

 

What I Do: Rachel Reinhard – UC Berkeley History—Social Science Project

 

What I Do: John Rosinbum – History Teacher and College Board Consultant

 

What I Do: Carol Geary Schneider – President of Association of American Colleges & Universities

 

What I Do: Stephanie Young – Historical Skills in Contemporary Research at RAND Corporation