Graduates of Northeastern’s Ph.D. program, and Masters programs in both world history and public history have gone on to work in a range of academic programs and fields around the country. Graduates who have earned a Ph.D. are currently teaching and conducting research at various institutions, including: Oberlin College, Delaware State University, the National University of Singapore, Bowling Green State University, and Harvard University. Graduates who have earned a Masters Degree in public history are employed as editors at Harvard University Press, Bedford/St Martin’s Publishing and Houghton-Mifflin; as museum curators at the JFK Library, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Texas State Library; and as researchers at the New England Historic and Genealogical Society and the Adams National Historic Site. The diversity of these positions, as well as their prestige, speaks to the quality of graduate education at Northeastern University. Please see below for a more comprehensive list of our graduates and where they are currently working.
Sarah Swedberg | Ph. D | 1999 | Associate Professor, Mesa State University (tenured) |
Bridget Gilbert | MA-PH | 1999 | Curator, Stan Hylet House, Akron, OH |
Emily Jansen | MA-PH | 1999 | Independent Film Maker, Houston, TX |
James Williams | MA-PH | 1999 | Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN |
Pamela Brooks | Ph. D | 2000 | Associate Professor, Oberlin College (tenured) |
David Kalivas | Ph.D. | 2000 | Professor, Middlesex Community College (tenured) |
Jeffrey Sommers | Ph.D | 2001 | Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee |
Eric Martin | Ph. D | 2001 | Associate Professor, Lewis-Clark State College |
Yinghong Cheng | Ph. D | 2001 | Assistant Professor, Delaware State University |
Laurie Claing | MA-PH | 2002 | JFK Library, Audio-Visual Archives |
George Reklaitis | Ph.D. | 2003 | Chair, History Department, Brookdale Community College |
Deborah Smith Johnston | Ph.D. | 2003 | World History Teacher, Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts |
Steven Corvi | Ph.D. | 2003 | Independent historian and published author |
Bin Yang | Ph. D | 2004 | Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
Jeremey Neill | Ph. D | 2004 | Assessment Specialist and Test Developer in History and Social Sciences at Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
Whitney Howarth | Ph. D | 2004 | Associate Professor, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire |
George Dehner | Ph.D. | 2004 | Associate Professor of History, Wichita State University |
Jennifer Kaye | MA-PH | 2004 | Senior Education Specialist, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI |
Stacy Tweedy | Ph.D. | 2005 | |
Jeanine Rees | MA-PH | 2005 | Archivist, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, D.C. |
Paul Blankman | MA-PH | 2005 | Editor, Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, MA |
Denise Hendylmeyer | MA-PH | 2006 | Manager, TX State Library and Archives Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, Dallas, TX |
Brendan Wilson | MA-PH | 2006 | Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, MA |
Suzanne Carroll | MA-PH | 2006 | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Tiffany Trimmer | Ph. D | 2007 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
Jennifer Jovin | MA-PH | 2007 | Associate Editor, History, Bedford/St Martin’s Publishing Co. Boston |
Alison Carter | MA-PH | 2007 | Exhibitions Director, Newton Historical Society, Newton, MA |
Christopher Harris | Ph.D. | 2007 | |
Mark Schmidt | MA | 2007 | Executive Director, Falmouth Museums on the Green |
Julie Arrison | MA-PH | 2007 | Consultant (American Lead) at Great Western Entertainment; Salem Lead at RunBoston |
Aiqun Hui | Ph. D. | 2008 | Associate Professor, Arkansas State University |
Natira Pancsofar | MA-PH | 2008 | Researcher, New England Historic and Geneological Society |
Mary (Blauss) Edwards | MA-PH | 2008 | Researcher, New England Historic and Geneological Society |
Laura Bray | MA-PH | 2008 | National Archives, Washington, DC |
Emily Berry | Ph.D. | 2009 | Faculty, Billerica High School |
Douglas Meyer | MA | 2009 | Communications Director, Downtown Crossing Partnership, Boston |
Joshua Weiner | Ph.D. | 2009 | Assistant Professor, American River College |
Marietta Carr | MA | 2010 | Library Technician and Administrative Office Specialist, McCormick Library, Harrisburg, PA |
Robert Damon | MA-PH | 2010 | Historic Site Manager, Old North Foundation, Boston |
Lauren Matoian | MA-PH | 2010 | Conservation Assistant, New England Historical and Geneological Society |
Dariusz G. Jonczyk | Ph.D. | 2011 | Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, RI |
Rachel Gillet | Ph. D | 2011 | Lecturer, History and Literature Program, Harvard University |
Rachel Moloshok | MA-PH | 2011 | Managing Editor of Publications and Associate Manager of Scholarly Programs, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Samantha Christiansen | Ph.D. | 2013 | Assistant Professor of Asian & World History, Marywood University |
Victoria Hallinan | Ph.D. | 2013 | Associate Director of Liberal Studies, Boston Architectural College |
Zachary Scarlett | Ph.D. | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Modern China, Butler University |
Dalia Wassner | Ph.D. | 2012 | Post-doc, Boston University and Instructor, Emerson University |
James Bradford | Ph.D | 2013 | Lecturer, Berklee College of Music |
Andrew Jarboe | Ph.D | 2014 | Lecturer, Berklee College of Music |
Burleigh Hendrickson | Ph.D | 2014 | Post-doc, Boston College |
Ethan Hawkley | Ph.D | 2014 | Visiting Professor, Macalester College |