We in the Michigan State University History Department take pride in our record of placing graduates in excellent positions inside and outside of the academy. Since 2010, we have one of the best records of academic and non-academic placement of any history department in the Big Ten.
Our Recent Placements:
2021-2022:
Heather Brothers, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
Patrick Buck, Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University
John Doyle-Raso, Associate Professor at Michigan State University
Kathryn Lankford, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
Jody Marshall, Visiting Professor at Middlebury College
Christopher Shell, Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ramya Swayamprakash, Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University
2020-2021:
James Blackwell, Adjunct Faculty at Winston Salem State University
Joseph Bradshaw, Academic Specialist at Indiana University Bloomington
Sue Carter, Priest at Christ Church Clermont-Ferrand in France
Robin Crigler, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
Ryan Huey, Assistant Teacher at The U School
Sarah Jacobson, Visiting lecturer at University of Tennessee
Anh Le, Assistant Professor at St. Norbert College
Aaron Luedtke, Tenure Faculty at Syracuse University
Russell Stevenson, Deputy Director at U.S. Military Academy of the Academic Research Division
2019-2020:
David Bennett, Adjunct Faculty at Lake Superior State University
Jorge Felipe Gonzalez, Assistant Professor at University of Texas in San Antonio
Dave Glovsky, Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at University at Albany, SUNY
Alyssa Lopez, Faculty at Providence College
Shelby Pumphrey, Postdoctoral fellow in African American History at Vassar College
Brian Van Wyck, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland in Baltimore County
2018-19:
Brian Van Wyck, Postdoctoral Research at Harvard University
Eddie Bonilla, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois (2019-2020).
Jorge Felipe Gonzalez, Postdoctoral Research at Harvard University
Liz Timbs, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in sub-Saharan African History at North Carolina State University
2017:
Alex Galarza, Digital Scholarship Librarian at the University of Delaware.
Jacob Jurss, NASNTI Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, Morris
Helen Kaibara, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Foreign Languages, Jacksonville State University
James Porter, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of History, Uppsala University
David Walton, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
2016:
Eric Constant, Development Director, John Ball Zoo, Grand Valley State University
Jewell Debnam, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Geography, and Museum Studies, Morgan State University
Ella Fratantuono, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jennifer Gonzalez, Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University
Christine Neejer, Pre-Health Academic Advisor, University of Michigan
Caleb Owen, Assistant Professor, Truman State University
Matthew Park, Faculty in History, Bard High School Early College, Newark
Doug Priest, Digital Managing Editor at Townsquare Media, Albany NY
John Somerville, Lecturer, College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Anita Anthony-VanOrsdal, Adjunct Professor – Midwestern Women Sociopolitical, Grand Valley State University
2015:
Benjamin Brühwiler, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Basel
Decius Chipande, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, The University of Zambia
Joseph Davey, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Downtown
Jennifer Eaglin, Department of History, Ohio State University
Nora Salas, Assistant Professor of History, Grand Valley State University
Amanda Lewis-Nang’ea, Assistant Professor in History, The State University of New York at Geneseo
Christina Hermann, Adjunct Associate Professor at Lansing Community College
Ashely Sanders, Vice Chair and a core faculty member in the Digital Humanities program at University of California Los Angeles
Devlin Scofield, Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University
2014:
Jennifer Marlow, Assistant Professor at Bethel University and Adjunct Professor at Gratz College
Nikki Magie, Assistant Professor of Social Science; Olivet College Archivist, Olivet College
Rebecca Koerselman, Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern College
Gabriel Henderson, Associate Historian, American Institute of Physics
Beth Dutridge-Corp, Fellowships Advisor, University of Michigan
Jesse Draper, Associate Director, Managing Editor of Networks H-Net
Laura Cuppone, Classroom Teacher at Montgomery County Public Schools
Kitty Lam, History and Social Studies Faculty, University Liggett School
2013:
Micalee Sullivan, Academic Director, Mansfield Hall
Benjamin Sawyer, Lecturer, Middle Tennessee State University
Brandon Miller, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Second Language Advisor, Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, Southern Methodist University
Ndubueze L. Mbah, Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
Joshua Grace, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
2012:
Andrea Vincente, Associate Professor, Hillsborough Community College Ybor City
Marshanda Smith, Research Associate, Michigan State University
Sonia Robles, Assistant Professor of History, Brenau University
Jill Kelly, Associate Professor, Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, Southern Methodist University
Sakina Hughes, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Indiana
Cristián Doña-Reveco, Director, Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Marième Diawara Thiaw, CSR Advisor chez Teranga Gold Corporation, Senegal
Carlos Aleman, Deputy Director, The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
2011:
Bala Saho, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
Nicole Ribianszky, Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast
Jaimie Mclean, Associate Professor of History, Bethel University
Eric Limbach, Visiting Lecturer in History, Rochester Institute of Technology
Justin Carroll, Associate Professor, Indiana University East
Heath J. Bowen, Associate Professor of History, Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, St. Thomas Aquinas College
Jennifer Barclay, Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies Washington State University
Sene, Ibra, Associate Professor of History, Wooster College.
2010:
Erica Jackson, Professor of History, Colorado Mesa University
Eric Washington, Associate Professor and Director of African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Calvin College
Assan Sarr, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Ohio University
Kelley Palmer, Professor of Instruction I, History, University of Tampa
Harry Odamtten, Associate Professor, Santa Clara University
Bryan Machin, Instructor, Western Michigan University
Lauren Anderson, Media Content Specialist, Smith College Libraries
Bethany Hicks, Associate Professor of History, Ouachita Baptist University
Leslie Hadfield, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
Elizabeth Demers, Senior Acquiring Editor for Political and Social Science, University of Michigan Press
2009:
Stuart Willis, Participating Faculty, Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University
Chad Waucaush, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, College of Southern Nevada, Charleston Campus
Ryan S. Pettengill, Instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas and Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas
Tamba M’bayo, Associate Professor, University of West Virginia
Jeanine Mazak-Kahne, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Jill S. Huerta, Director of the Center for Graduate Life, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Thomas Henthorn, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of History, University of Michigan-Flint
Jason Friedman, Instructor, The Winchendon School MA
Marcie Cowley, Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science, Michigan State University
Mary Clingerman Yaran, Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense
David Carletta, Associate Rector, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Collierville, TN
Piril Atabay, Participating Faculty, Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University
2008:
Sowande’ Mustakeem, Associate Professor History, and African and African American Studies, Washington University at St. Louis
Daniel Dalrymple, Associate Professor of History, Bethel University
2007:
Joon-Seo Song, Associate Professor, Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Kennetta Perry, Associate Professor, Department of History, East Carolina University
Mark Hoolihan, Adjunct Professor of History, Aquinas College.
Eric Duke, Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies, and History, Clark Atlanta University
2006:
Mary Mwiandi, Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi
Edward McInnis, Assistant Professor-Term, University of Louisville
Dawne Curry, Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nokuthula Cele, Access Coordinator, College Teaching & Learning Office, University of Kwazulu-Natal
2005:
Chantalle Verna, Associate Professor, Department of History; Department of Politics & International Relations, Florida International University
Meredith Roman, Associate Professor, SUNY Brockport
David Murley, Deputy Director, Indian Gaming, Legal Affairs & Gaming Regulation Division, Michigan Gaming Control Board
Amy Hay, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grand Valley
Luz María Gordillo, Associate Professor and Program Leader of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies, and Vice-Chair of the Diversity Council, Washington State University
Solomon Getahun, Professor, Department of History, Central Michigan University
Getnet Bekele, Associate Professor, Oakland University
2004:
Julia Woesthoff, Associate Professor of Professor, DePaul University
Theodore Moore, Assistant Professor, Salt Lake Community College- Taylorsville