Ph.D. Alumni Placement and Achievement
Note: This is a complete directory of placement information for all Ph.D. alumni going back to 1972. If your name should be on this list and it is not or if you have new placement information, please contact the [[history, Director of Graduate Studies]].
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2023
2022
- Katherine Cartwright- Researcher at American GirlResearcher at American Girl
- Phillip Emanuel-Adjunct Instructor at William & Mary
- David Marquis- Postdoctoral Fellow at University of South Carolina
- James Rick
- Ian Toant
2021
- Amanda Gibson-Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of American Democracy, Kenyon College
- Mark Guerci- Visiting Assistant Professor, Luter College
- Peter Olsen-Harbich- Associate Director, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies
- Kasey Sease- Historian, Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
- Rebecca Toy- Supervisory Park Ranger for Interpretation and Education at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service
2020
- Caylin Carbonell, Hench Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society
- Michaela Kleber, Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern University
- Molly Perry, Assistant Professor of History and Geography, University of the Virgin Islands
2019
- August Butler, Case Manager for Richmond Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- Kristen Beales, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Case Western Reserve University
- Thomas Gillan
- Nathaniel Holly, Acquisitions Editor, University of Georgia Press
- David Ward, Supervisory Intelligence Staff Officer, US Army Cyber Command
2018
- Kristina Poznan, Visiting Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University
- Casey Schmitt, Assistant Professor of History, Cornell University
- Samuel Wells, Research Scholar and Executive Assistant in Mormon Studies, University of Virginia
- Sarah Thomas, Program Manager, The Lemon Project, William & Mary
- Elizabeth Wood, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Christopher Newport University
2017
- Elizabeth Cook, Project Review Analyst, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- Cara Elliott, Writer, Wikihow
- Alexandra Finley, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
- Melissa Gray
- Lucie Kyrova, Assistant Professor, North American Studies Department, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Skye Lynch, Assistant Professor of History, Santa Monica College
- Holly N.S. White, Assistant Editor, Digital Projects and OI Publications, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
2016
- Laurel Daen, Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame
- James Hill, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
- Christopher Jones, Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University
- Lindsay Keiter, Assistant Professor of History, Penn State, Altoona
- Amy Stallings
- Charles Wallace
2015
- Sarah McLennan, Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy, Virginia State University
- Maria Kane, Rector, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Waldorf, MD)
- Emily Moore, Adjunct Instructional Faculty, Old Dominion University
- Justin Pariseau, Associate Professor of History, Prairie State College, in Chicago Heights, Illinois
2014
- Kelly Arehart, Manager of Visitor Services, The Kenmore / Ferry Farm Museum (The George Washington Foundation)
- Joshua Beatty, Senior Assistant Librarian at SUNY Plattsburgh
- David Brown, Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation
- Edward Pompeian, Assistant Professor of History, University of Tampa
2013
- John Fiorini, Brand Historian, Heritage Werks
- Caroline Hasenyager, Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia State University
- Nancy Hillman, Adjunct Professor, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA.
2012
- Frederick Carroll, Lecturer, Kennesaw State University
- Anna Holloway, Supervisory Historian for the Fleet History section of the Histories Branch at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, DC
- Caroline Morris, Sports History Expert & Brand Historian, Heritage Werks
2011
- Ellen Adams, Director of the Alice T. Minor Museum in Chazy, NY.
- Ted Maris-Wolf, Associate Director, Charles Center
- Paul Musselwhite, Associate Professor, Dartmouth
- Catherine Roeber, Assistant Professor, Decorative Arts and Material Culture for the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Andrew Sturtevant, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
- Maggie Shackelford, Social Worker, Step Up on Second
2010
- Celine Carayon, Associate Professor of History, Salisbury University
- David Corlett, Course Coordinator, Leadership and Interdisciplinary Studies, Arizona State University
- Brian Daugherity, Associate Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
- James Corbett David, Managing Director at Kekst and Company, a public relations firm in New York
2009
- Gordon S. Barker, Associate Professor, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Sean P. Harvey, Associate Professor of History, Seton Hall University
2008
- Daniel P. Ingram, Associate Professor of History, Ball State University
- David S. McCarthy, Associate Professor of History, Richard Bland College of William & Mary
- Jennifer Oast, Professor of History and Department Chair, Bloomsburg University
- John W. Weber, Associate Professor of History, Old Dominion University
2007
- Jody L. Allen, Assistant Professor, and Director, Lemon Project, William & Mary
- Lisa Crutchfield, Assistant Professor, University of Lynchburg
- Stephen D. Feeley, Associate Professor, McDaniel College, Baltimore, MD
- Brian K. Geiger, Assistant Director and Resident Manager, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Center for Bibliographic Studies & Research, University of California, Riverside, CA
- Kate Gillin, History Instructor, Pomfret School
- Kai Yin Allison Haga, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
- Buddy Paulett, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- Sharon Sauder Muhlfeld, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Moravian College
- Sarah L. Trembanis, Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware
2006
- Paul Grady, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina-Upstate
- Beth A. Kreydatus, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Melissa Ooten, Associate Director of the Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL), University of Richmond, Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Jim Piecuch, Associate Professor, Kennesaw State
2005
- Evan P. Bennett, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University
- Anthony DeStefanis, Associate Professor, Otterbein University
- Susan A. Kern, Director, Historic Campus, College of William & Mary
2004
- John C. Coombs, Associate Professor, Hampden-Sydney College
- Suzanne D. Cooper-Guasco, Associate Professor, Queens University of Charlotte
- Kyle F. Zelner, Associate Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
2003
- Beth A. English, Director, Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; and Executive Director of the Organization of American Historians
- Robert C. Galgano, Adjunct Instructor, University of Richmond
- Creston Long, Associate Professor, Salisbury State University
2002
- Richard S. Chew, Associate Professor, Virginia State University
- Elizabeth Kelly Gray, Associate Professor, Towson University
- Mark Anthony Mastromarino, Assistant Managing Editor of Books, Duke University Press
- David Preston, Westvaco Professor of National Security Studies, Department of History at The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina
2001
- Philip Levy, Professor of History, University of South Florida
- Stephen T. Moore, Professor of History, Central Washington University
- Todd J. Pfannestiel, President, Utica Univeristy
- Andrew M. Schocket, Professor, Bowling Green State University
- Gavin Taylor, Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair, Concordia University
2000
- Eugenie M. Blang, Assistant Professor, Hampton University
- Lawrence H. Cebula, Professor of History at Eastern Washington University
- Michael J. Guasco, Professor of History, Davidson College
- Laura Croghan Kamoie, resigned her position as associate professor of History at the Naval War College and is now a bestselling author of romance fiction
- Catherine Kerrison, Professor of History, Villanova University
- Lawrence Jeffrey Perez, Executive Director for Communications and Government Affairs, Shawnee State University
1999
- Thomas A. Chambers, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Niagara University
- Meaghan Noelle Duff, Director, Blackboard Training
- Benjamin J. Goldberg, Library Development Officer/Volunteer Coordinator, Williamsburg Regional Library
- Michael J. Jarvis, Associate Professor, Rochester University
- Paul Benjamin Moyer, Associate Professor, SUNY-Brockport
- Lynn Albert Nelson, Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
- Sheila Rae Phipps, Associate Professor, Appalachian State University
1998
- John Patrick T. Barrington, Professor, Furman University
- Melanie L. Perreault, Professor, Salisbury State University
- Antoinette Van Zelm, Programs Manager at Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
1997
- Mary Carroll Johansen, Associate Professor, Holy Family University
- Robert W. Smith, Assistant Professor, Worcester State University
1996
- Jon L. Brudvig, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND
- John D. Burton, Associate Professor and Co-Director of American Studies, DePaul University
- Theodore Carter Delaney, Associate Professor, Washington & Lee University
- Matthew R. Laird, Senior Researcher, James River Institute for Archaeology, Inc.
1995
- Nancy L. Hagedorn, Associate Professor, SUNY-Fredonia
- Camille Wells, Lecturer, College of William and Mary
1994
- Eirlys M. Barker, Professor, Thomas Nelson Community College
- Bruce E. Field, Executive Director, School-University Partnerships & Clinical Experiences, College of Education, University of South Carolina
- Thomas J. Legg, Associate Professor, West Chester University
- Judith A. Ridner, Associate Professor and Chair, Muhlenburg University
1993
- Ann S. Martin, Stanley and Polly Stone Professor and Director of the Material Culture Program in the Art History Dept. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Julia Richter, Director, NIAHD, College of William and Mary
- Wade L. Shaffer, Professor and Chair, West Texas A&M University
- Matthew Ward, Lecturer in History, University of Dundee, UK
1992
- Alexander O. Boulton, Professor, Villa Julie University (Stevenson University)
- Thomas M. Costa, Professor and Chair, University of Virginia-Wise
- Mark F. Fernandez, Patricia Carlin O'Keefe Distinguished Professor of History, Loyola University, New Orleans
- Mary C. Ferrari, Associate Professor, Radford University
- Martha J. King, Associate Editor, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University
- Cassandra Newby, Associate Professor, Norfolk State University
- John Sprinkle, Bureau Historian at the National Parks Service
1991
- Gretchen Lynn Green, Doctoral Student in American Studies-University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Christopher E. Hendricks, Professor, Georgia State University
- Johanna Miller Lewis, Professor and Graduate Coordinator, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1990
- Michael James Foret, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
- Holly A. Mayer, Professor Emerita, Duquesne University
- Col. Nathaniel Turk McCleskey, Professor, Virginia Military Institute
1988
- J. Thomas Wren, Professor Emeritus, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
1987
- John M. Coski, Historian and Vice President of Research and Publications, Museum of the Confederacy
- Michael J. Puglisi, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs- Emory & Henry College
1986
- Emerson Woods Baker II, Professor of History at Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts
- Janet Lee Coryell, Professor Emerita, Western Michigan University/ Project Associate, Veterans History Project, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
1984
- Carter Lee Hudgins, Director, Clemson University/College of Charleston Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- James M. Lindgren, Professor, SUNY Plattsburg
- Stephen Siciliano, Vice President for Educational Services at Northwestern Michigan College
1983
- Michael N. McConnell, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1982
- Ronald Paul Dufour
- William H. Siener, Executive Director, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
- Carroll Van West, Tennessee State Historian
1981
1978
- Gilles Vandal, Professor at Sherbrooke University in Quebec
1977
- Frederick Fausz, Dean of The Pierre Laclede Honors College of the University of Missouri-St. Louis
1976
1975
- John Christie Dann, former Director of the Clements Library at the University of Michigan from 1977-2007. Retired in 2007, now still at the university researching and teaching
- David Allen Nichols, retired as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Southwestern College in Kansas
- Lillian Poe, Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University
- Sarah Shaver Trembanis, Assistant Professor of History at Immaculata University
- Thomas Patrick Vadasz
1974
- Thomas Walter Jodziewicz, Professor at University of Dallas
- Carol Lynn Knight
- Robert Maurice Ours, Emeritus Professor in West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism
1973
- Robert William Spoede, Associate Professor Emeritus, Bryan College, Dayton, TN
1972
- Michael L. Nicholls, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University
