In 2017, the Brown History Department became one of 36 programs nationwide to take part in a series of Career Diversity for Historians Faculty Institutes initiated by the American Historical Association and funded by the Mellon Foundation. This project is aimed at reshaping graduate training at both the MA and PhD levels to meet the shifting landscape of higher education and to more accurately reflect the diverse careers which our alums and students already pursue. Brown degree holders have gone on to edit and write for major publications; participate in public policy and lead nonprofits; perform historical consulting and work in public history; and direct educational programs at every level. They also hold academic positions around the globe. Brown students have an increasing number of opportunities to develop a deep resume of professional skills alongside their training in research and writing.
Life after Brown
Life after Brown
Brown degree holders have gone on to edit and write for major publications; participate in public policy and lead nonprofits; perform historical consulting and work in public history; and direct educational programs at every level.
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Brown History PhD Careers
2000-present
Sarah Christensen, Lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program
Anil Askin, Postdoctoral fellow at UCLA
Takuya Maeda, Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow in Transpacific Thought at NYU
Sarah Pearlman Shapiro, David Center for the American Revolution Postdoctoral Fellowship at the American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum
Stephanie Wong, Writer for the University of Michigan's LSA Magazine
Lillian Tsay, Assistant Professor in Japanese History at the University of Montreal
Kyle Zhang, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar at Tsinghua University
Emily Julia Roche, Government of Ireland Posdoctoral Fellow at Maynooth University
Aaron Jacobs, College Fellow at the Harvard History Department
Stacey Murrell, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Amherst College
Rene Cordero, John Jay College (CUNY) Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latinx Studies
Aaron Jacobs, College Fellow at the Harvard History Department
Joseph Leidy, Research Associate in the Faculty of History at Oxford University, UK
Suvaid Yaseen, Visiting Lecturer in History, Mount Holyoke
Thamyris F. T. Almeida, Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
Sherri V. Cummings, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island College
George Elliott, Lecturer in History, Purdue University Northwest, Faculty Fellow, TRIO Program
Mayer Juni, Bruce Slovin Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Cornell University
Leslie-William T. Robinson, Lecturer, History of Science, Harvard University
Yu-chi Chang (East Asia), Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College
Ann Daly (U.S.), Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
Leland Grigoli (Medieval Europe), Content Specialist, Tactics
Mayer Juni (Early Modern Europe and Atlantic World), Assistant Professor of History, Cornell University
Daniel McDonald, Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Simeon Simeonov, Associate Professor, American University of Bulgaria
Judith Smith, Researcher, Joan Holmes and Associates, Ottawa, Canada
Charles Carroll, Assistant Director, Writing Center, Brown University
Javier Fernandez Galeano, Juan de la Cierva Fellow, Institute for the History of Science & Medicine, Universitat de València
Diego Luis, Rohrbaugh Family Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Abhilash Medhi, Assistant Professor of History, Mount Holyoke
Harry Merrit, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of History and the Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont
Heather Sanford, Research Manager, Boston University Center for Anti-Racist Research
Sam Caldis, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Brown University
Amy Kerner, Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas, Dallas
Alicia Maggard, Assistant Professor of History, Auburn University
Shiuon Chu (East Asia), Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinicia (Taipei, Taiwan)
Anne Gray Fischer (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas, Dallas
Christopher Gillett (Early Modern Europe), Assistant Professor of History, University of Scranton
Jonathan Lande (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University
Frances Tanzer (Modern Europe), Associate Professor, Clark University
Andre R. Pagliarini (Latin America and the Caribbean), Lecturer, Program in Latin American, Latino, & Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth College
Patrick Chung (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, University of Maryland
Zoe Ann Griffith (Middle East), Assistant Professor of History, Baruch College, City University of New York
Liise Lehtsalu (Early Modern Europe), Honorary Research Fellow, School of History, University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK); Research Development Staff, Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy)
Isadora Moura Mota (Latin America and the Caribbean), Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University
Bryan C. Brinkman (Ancient), Assistant Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Missouri State University
Zachary Dorner (Early Modern Europe), Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, Johns Hopkins University; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Rachel Gostenhofer (Early Modern Europe), Freelance writer, Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University
Benjamin Holtzman (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, Lehman College
Adam J. Sacks (Early Modern Europe), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Education, FLAME University (Pune, India)
William Tatum (Early U.S.), Dutchess County Historian, Greater Hudson Heritage Network
Jennifer Wells, Attorney, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Jonathan Gentry (Early Modern Europe), Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State University
Bryan Knapp, Lecturer, Bryant University
Michele Mericle, Independent Researcher
Laura Perille, 4D Experience Executive, University of Denver
Lindsay Schachenbach Regele (Early U.S.), Associate Professor of History, Miami University of Ohio
Stephen Chambers (Early U.S.), Senior Consultant and Manager, History Division, Winthrop Group
Daniel M. Loss (Modern Europe), Lecturer, History and Literature, Harvard University
Julia F. Timpe (Modern Europe), Lecturer in Contemporary History, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
William C. Brucher (Modern U.S.), Instructor, Labor Studies, Rutgers University
Nicole Eaton, Associate Professor, Boston College
Sara C. Fingal (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
Jonathan Hagel (Modern U.S.), Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Kansas
Stephen M. Higa (Medieval Europe), Writing Associate, Cooper Union
Jooyoung Lee (Modern U.S.), Research Professor, Gangneung-Wonju National University of South Korea
Elizabeth S. Meloy (Modern Europe), Associate Teaching Faculty, Arizona State University
Daphna Oren-Magidor (Early Modern Britain), Program Manager, Dan David Prize, Tel Aviv University
Shih-Chieh Su (Modern Europe), Professor of History, Delaware Valley College
Christopher Barthel (Modern Europe), Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, Barnard College
Caroline Cortina (Modern U.S.), Senior Program Officer, National Endowment For the Humanities
Lara K. Couturier (Modern U.S.), Partner, Sova Solutions
Thomas C. Devaney (Medieval Europe), Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester
Elisa Gollub (Modern Europe), Program Manager, California Arts Council
Oded Rabinovitch (Early Modern Europe), Senior Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University
Gabriel N. Rosenberg (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies & History, Duke University
Erik Anderson (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, San Antonio College
Shih Chieh Lo (China), Assistant Professor of History, University of Connecticut; Associate Professor of History, National Taiwan University
Paige Meltzer (Modern U.S.), Director of the Women's Center and Affiliated Lecturer, Wake Forest University
Mo Moulton (Modern Britain), Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Erica J. Ryan (Modern U.S. and Women's History), Associate Professor and Director, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Rider University
Derek Seidman (Modern U.S.), Assistant Professor of History, D’Youville College
Stacie Taranto (Modern U.S. and Women's History), Associate Professor of History, Ramapo College
Farid M. Azfar (Early Modern Britain), Associate Professor of History, Swarthmore College
Samuel L. Brenner (Modern U.S.), Partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA
Douglas R. Burgess (Early Modern Britain), Associate Professor of History, Yeshiva University and Affiliated Professor of Legal History, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Lauren N. Faulkner (Modern Europe), Limited Term Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
Sheyda Jahanbani (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas
Christopher L. Jones (Modern U.S.), History Instructor, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Marisela Ramos (Modern Latin America), History Instructor, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Mark W. Robbins (Modern U.S), Associate Professor of History, Del Mar College
Ling Shiao (Modern China), Research Professor, Southern Methodist University
Caroline Boswell (Early Modern Britain), Associate Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Kelly Colvin (Modern Europe), Assistant Clinical Professor, Honors College, University of Maryland
Matthew W. Dunne (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of History, Housatonic Community College
Thomas P. Jundt (Modern U.S. and Environment), Independent Scholar
James Kabala (Modern U.S.), Adjunct Professor, Rhode Island College
Anna Manchin (Modern Europe), Independent Researcher
Tshombe Miles (Modern Latin America), Assistant Professor of Black and Latino Studies, Baruch College
Coree A. Newman (Medieval Europe), Teacher and Independent Scholar
Andrew J. Romig (Medieval Europe), Associate Professor of European Medieval Studies, New York University
Hongjie Wang (China), Associate Professor of History, Georgia Southern University
Jason C. White (Early Modern Britain), Assistant Professor of History, Appalachian State University
Jennifer Wilz (Modern Europe), Executive Director and Academic Tutor, Huntington Learning Center
Catherine Worley (Modern Europe), Lecturer in Western Culture, Hampden-Sydney College
Richard Canedo (Modern U.S.), History Teacher, Hill Charter Public School
James Meyer (Russia/Middle East), Associate Professor of History, Montana State University
Ilyana Karthas (Modern Europe), Associate Professor of History, University of Missouri
Steven Seegel (Modern Russia), Professor of History, University of Northern Colorado
Sarah Yeh (Early Modern Britain), Assistant Head of School and Dean of Faculty, Concord Academy
Robert Fleegler (Modern U.S.), Instructional Assistant Professor of History, University of Mississippi
Shiho Imai (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of History, State University of New York–Potsdam
Matthew Kadane (Early Modern Britain), Professor of History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Glen Lafantasie (Modern U.S.), Richard Frockt Family Professor of Civil War History and Director, Western Civil War Center, Western Kentucky University
Keren McGinity (Modern U.S.), Director, Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement, Hebrew College
Emily O’Brien (Early Modern Europe), Associate Professor of History, Simon Fraser University
Alexandru Vari (Modern Europe), Professor of History, Marywood University
Daniel Williams (Modern U.S.), Professor of History, University of West Georgia
Leigh Yetter (Early Modern Britain), Senior Director, Strategy and Operations, McGill University, Office of the Provost
Brian Bockelman (Modern Latin America), Associate Professor of History, Ripon College
Andrew Huebner (Modern U.S.), Professor of History, University of Alabama
Matthew Sneider (Early Modern Europe), Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Francesca Trivellato (Early Modern Europe), Barton M. Biggs Professor of History, Yale University
James Woodard (Modern Latin America), Professor of History, Montclair State University
Patricia Cowan (Modern China), Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design
Christopher Frazer (Modern Latin America), Assistant Professor of History, St. Francis Xavier College, Canada
Shelley Drake Hawks (Modern China), Adjunct Faculty, Middlesex Community College; Visiting Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College
Tia Malkin (Modern Latin America), Assistant Professor of History, West Chester University
Joshua Marshall (Early America), Founder and Editor, Talking Points Memo
Alan Petigny (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor of History, University of Florida
Harry Rothschild (China), Assistant Professor of Asian History, University of North Florida
Friederike Baer (Early America), Associate Professor of History, Penn State Abington
Charles Beatty-Medina (Colonial Latin America), Professor of History, University of Toledo
Liam Brockey (Early Modern Europe), Professor of History, Michigan State University
Penelope Brownell (Modern U.S.), Lecturer, Edmunds Community College, Washington
Nathaniel Frank (Early America), Author and Director, What We Know Project, Cornell University
Andrew Gentes (Russia), Lecturer, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
Kurt Graham (Early America), Director, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
David Hamlin (Modern Europe), Professor of History, Fordham University
Benjamin Klein (Early Modern Britain), Lecturer, Cal State University East Bay
James Sparrow (Modern U.S.), Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Joshua Zeitz (Modern U.S.), Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at AppNexus; Contributing Editor, Politico
Margaret Crosby-Arnold (Modern Europe), Adjunct Associate Research Scholar, European Institute, Columbia University
Cheng-Hua Fang (China), Professor of History, National Taiwan University