Graduate Student Job Placement The History Department prepares candidates for placement in the history profession and other career pathways. Working with their advisory committee and the graduate coordinator, job candidates develop techniques for crafting letters of application, writing an effective CV, and compiling a dossier of writing samples and letters of recommendation. In the teacher training course, HIST 8001, PhD students learn to write effective statements of teaching philosophy and sample course syllabi. MA and PhD students take a number of required workshops in CV/resume writing, the job market, the diversity of career paths for graduate students, publishing and preparing to publish, and career presentations by visiting professionals.Our PhDs have an excellent placement record, despite the tightness of the job market. UGA history PhDs hold faculty positions in many major universities, and graduates of our program have also developed successful careers in related professional fields, including law, business, government, and education. Of our 18 graduates from 1990-1997, 11 have obtained tenure-track jobs. Of our 22 PhDs from 1998-2004, two-thirds have tenure-track jobs. A comprehensive list of job placement for PhDs since 2005 follows. We recently include career pathways for many of our MA students beginning with 2017. 2024 Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi (PhD) 2023 Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi (PhD) 2021 Oral Historian, National Museum of Forest Service, Missoula (PhD) 2020 Assistant Professor of African American University, Old Dominion University, Norfolk (PhD) 2019 Assistant Professor of History, Francis Marion U (PhD) 2019-20 Assistant Professor in Early America post-doc, Otterbein U (PhD) Visiting Assistant Professor-History, Angelo State U (PhD) 2018 Assistant Professor of History, Middle Tennessee State U (PhD) Lecturer, Augusta State U (PhD) Historian and Editor for Army University Press, Research and Books Team (PhD) Instructor, Thomas University (MA) Archives Assistant, U Georgia Hargrett Library (MA) AmeriCorps (MA) Manor Hall Int'l Sch, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates world hist teacher (MA) Instructor, Thomas University 2018 (MA) Academic Advisor, Terry College of Business, U Georgia (MA) 2017 Assistant Professor of History, U North Carolina - Charlotte (PhD, tenure-track) Politics and Public Policy Archivist, U Georgia Russell Library Special Collections (PhD) Academic Prof Associate, Institute of Latin American & Caribbean Studies, U Georgia (PhD) Academic Advisor, School of Public & Internal Affairs, U Georgia (MA) Assistant Professor of Atlantic World History, Coastal Carolina U, 2019 (PhD) 2016 Assistant Professor of History, History, Sociology, and Anthropology, Southern Utah U Post-doc Fellow Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Virginia Tech Lecturer, Savannah State U, Africana Studies Lecturer, U North Georgia, Gainesville Assistant Professor of History, CA (PhD, tenure-track) Part-Time Instructor, Appalachian State U Post-doc U Central Lancashire, U.K. Visiting Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart U 2015 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Utah State University Eastern Asst. Editor Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University - Kingsville 2014 Lecturer, Troy University, Alabama Part-Time Instructor, University of Georgia Visiting Instructor in History, Illinois College 2013 Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Assistant Professor, Tennessee-Wesleyan College Instructor, University of Maryland Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University 2012 Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Adjunct Professor, College of Charleston, South Carolina Assistant Professor, Beacon College, Florida Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University Historian, French Legation Museum, Austin, Texas Lecturer, Georgia College & State University 2011 Academic Assistant, UGA Center for Teaching & Learning Part-Time Instructor, University of Georgia 2010 Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Assistant Professor, Wright State University Assistant Professor, Texas A&M--Corpus Christi Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University, Japan Lecturer, Georgia College and State University Policy Director, Georgia River Network 2009 Assistant Professor, Lane College, Jackson, TN Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University Director, Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University Postdoctoral Fellow, Eastern Tennessee State University 2008 Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA Lecturer, University of Georgia Attorney, King & Spalding Lecturer, College of Charleston Visiting Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University 2007 Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University 2006 Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University Assistant Professor, University of Baltimore 2005 Assistant Professor, Providence College Assistant Professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA Development Manager, Southern Editorial and Production Previous UGA Graduates have been hired at institutions including: Clemson UniversityCornell UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEmporia State UniversityLeMoyne CollegeLoyola UniversityMississippi State UniversityMurray State UniversityRadford UniversitySt. Bonaventure UniversityUniversity of AkronUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of Virginia at Wise
