Ph.D. Student Career Outcomes

One of the greatest strengths of our Ph.D. program is its high success rate in terms of career outcomes for our students.

This success rate is directly related to our program's design to support career diversity in the profession–for example, preparing students for digital history, public history and military history careers, rather than focusing only on tenure-track teaching careers.

Since our program's founding in 2000, our graduates have found a wide range of jobs in public history and academic institutions; tenure-track teaching positions in colleges, universities, and military academies; teaching positions in community colleges; and multi-year postdoctoral fellowship appointments. A list of the careers our graduates have secured can found below.

You might also be interested in reading this news story about the work of some of our graduates: https://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/articles/13936

Jonathan Barth (2014), Associate Professor of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
Kirklin Bateman (2014), Chief Academic Officer, Expeditionary Warfare School, U.S. Marine Corps University
Gretchen Beasley (2018), Project Manager, Office of Digital Management, Technology Trends Group
Jacqueline Beatty (2016), Assistant Professor of History, York College of Pennsylvania
Lindsey Bestebreurtje (2017), Curatorial Assistant, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Jordan Bratt (2023), Digital Scholarship Strategist, Ball State University
Megan Brett (2022), Collections Processing and Digital Initiatives Manager, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Erin Bush (2019), Associate Professor of History, University of North Georgia
Joshua Catalano (2019), Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Public History Program, Department of History and Geography, Clemson University
Sara Collini (2020), Postdoctoral Fellow in University History, Clemson University
Jessica Dauterive (2024), Project Manager, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies
Susan Douglass (2016), Education Outreach Coordinator, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Rebecca Erbelding (2015), Curator, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Royce Gildersleeve (2018), Assistant Professor of History, Northern Virginia Community College
Alyssa Fahringer (2022), Digital Scholarship Librarian, George Mason University
Lisa Francavilla (2018), Senior Managing Editor, Thomas Jefferson Papers
Eric Gonzaba (2019), Assistant Professor of American Studies, California State University-Fullerton
Misha Griffith (2017), Assistant Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Anthony Guidone (2023), Assistant Professor of History, Radford University
Steven Harris-Scott (2016), Term Assistant Professor and Program Manager, INTO Program, George Mason University
Ben Hurwitz (2017), Assistant Professor, Prince George’s Community College
Anne Ladyem McDivitt (2018), Academic Technology Specialist, Stanford University
Caitlin McGeever (2024), Education Coordinator, Chester County History Center
David McKenzie (2021), Head of Exhibitions, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
William Jordan Patty (2021), Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration, Presidential Libraries and Museums
Lynn Price Robbins (2018), Assistant Editor, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Amanda Regan (2019), Assistant Professor of History and Geography, Clemson University
Ben Schneider (2019), Teaching and Research Fellow, U.S. Naval War College
Stephanie Seal Walters (2020), Digital Liaison in the Humanities, University of Southern Mississippi
Celeste Sharpe (2016), Academic Technologist for Instructional Technology, Carleton College
Nathan Sleeter (2017), Research Assistant Professor, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
Greta Swain (2023), Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
Jeri Wieringa (2019), Assistant Director, Center for Digital Humanities, Princeton University