MA in History

• Park Historian at Denali National Park
• During program held internships with the National Park Service
• Recipient of the 2012-2013 Randy Beth Clarke Fellowship in American History

MA degree helped her get consulting positions on interpretive exhibits at historic and other public sites, and to co-edit a book about Martin Luther King's Chicago Freedom Movement. She has also put her training to work in teaching nonviolent conflict resolution.

• Currently a PhD student at the University of Illinois
• Undergraduate and Graduate alum
• Received the Page-Nelson Award in American History 2010-2011

• MA History program prepared Ann for a career as a policy analyst
• Thesis on South African history

Navy veteran found a lifelong calling.

After service in the Navy, Farrington earned his MA and landed a position as a staff historian at a naval museum. "The emphasis on cultural history at GMU," he writes, "has prepared me to delve into subjects that the average military history buff would dare not touch."

• Archivist at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Discovered and analyzed photo album of an SS guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Recipient of the Dean's Challenge Fellowship for 2010-2011

Interactive Web Manager at WETA

A former National Park Service guide, Mark used the MA program to advance his career. Now Mark works at WETA, a public television station, where among other duties he manages Boundary Stones (http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/about), WETA's blog about local history.

• Historic Site Operations Supervisor, Prince William County Historic Preservation Division
• Co-authored "A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863"
• Developing two collaborative historical blogs

• Roy Rosenzweig Outstanding Alumus Award 2012
• Senior Vice President for Product Development at Blackboard
• 2002 Graduate of the MA in history