At Rutgers, we are proud of the success our graduates have had in the face of daunting structural changes in our profession. Though fewer graduates are moving directly into tenure track employment upon graduation than before the 2009 financial crash, a significant number receive academic appointments, including postdoctoral fellowships as well as full-time faculty appointments, at a wide range of academic institutions.
The following is a list of jobs our graduate students have secured, including tenure-track positions, other academic placements (administrative appointments, post-docs, lectureships, and visiting positions), and public humanities positions. Placements are listed by graduating class, indicating their current positions.
2025-2026: Tenure-track positions: Chestnut Hill College. Other academic placements: Princeton University (3-year Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship in LGBT Studies), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Lecturer).
2024-2025: Tenure-track positions: University of Rhode Island, San Jose State University, Mississippi State University, University of Alaska-Anchorage, and University of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia. Other academic placements: Princeton University (three-year Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship), Stanford University (Research and Training Fellow at Hoover Institute), Rutgers University (Lecturer), Notre Dame (two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate), Berea College (Visiting Assistant Professorship), and Villanova University (Assistant Director of Graduate Programs and Fellowships).
2023-2024: Tenure-track positions: University of Illinois-Chicago, California State University-Long Beach, and Texas State University. Other academic placements: Harvard University (Lecturer), University of Tokyo, Japan (Postdoctoral Fellowship), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Postdoctoral Scholar), University of Alberta (Visiting Assistant Professor), and New York University (Academic Class Advisor and Associate Faculty, Gallatin School of Individualized Study). Public humanities placements: John Dickinson Writings Project (Assistant Editor).
2022-2023: Tenure-track positions: University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Alabama, and University of Montreal. Other academic placements: Colby College (Visiting Assistant Professor) and Roosevelt Institute (Director, Think Tank).
2021-2022: Tenure-track positions: University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, University of Georgia, Lehigh University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Washington State University. Other academic placements: University College London (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies), Washington University in St. Louis (ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Humanities), and Bard Early College (Newark, NJ/Faculty).
2020-2021: Tenure-track positions: Princeton University, Yale University, University of Connecticut-Stamford, University of Vermont, Mercy College, and University of Scranton. Other academic placements: Lehman College (Assistant Director, Office of Prestigious Awards), University of Illinois-Chicago (Associate Director of External Affairs and Communications), Finger Lakes Community College (Director of Student Success), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Instructor of History, Latino and Caribbean Studies, and Comparative Literature), Barnard College (Visiting Assistant Professor), University of Kentucky (Visiting Assistant Professor), Southern Methodist University (Postdoc, Center for Presidential History).
2019-2020: Tenure-track positions: Harvard University and University of Dayton. Other academic placements: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Visiting Assistant Professor), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Assistant Teaching Professor, English Department Writing Program), Morgan State University (Lecturer), and University of Virginia (Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture). Public humanities placements: The Concord Review (Editor).
2018-2019: Tenure-track positions: Norwich University, The College of New Jersey, Wesleyan University, and Texas Christian University. Other academic placements: BYU-Idaho (Lecturer). Public humanities placements: Rutgers University (Digital Archivist, Scarlet and Black Project) and City of Boise, Idaho (Public Historian).
2017-2018: Tenure-track positions: Penn State, University of Melbourne (Australia), Kenyon College and Loyola University (Maryland). Other academic placements: Harvard University (Visiting Scholar, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Postdoc, School of Management and Labor Relations), and Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Lecturer).
2016-2017: Tenure-track positions: Rutgers University-Camden, SUNY Oswego, and University of Pittsburgh. Other academic placements: Rutgers University (Lecturer), West Virginia University (Visiting Assistant Professor), and Spring Hill College in Alabama (Visiting Assistant Professor).
2015-2016: Tenure-track positions: Christopher Newport University, Texas Women’s University, and Brookdale Community College. Other academic placements: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Assistant Teaching Professor), Southeast Missouri State University (Lecturer), University of Waterloo (Alumni Officer), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Assistant Research Professor, Eagleton), and SUNY Buffalo Law School (Visiting Scholar).
2014-2015: Tenure-track positions: Seattle University, Colby College, University of Southern Mississippi and Dominican University in Illinois. Other academic placements: St. Thomas University in Canada (Visiting Assistant Professor), Rutgers University-Newark (Lecturer), and Hunter College (Lecturer).
2013-2014: Tenure-track positions: The College of New Jersey, Richmond University, Duquesne University, The College of New Jersey, Union County College, Queens College, Morgan State University, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Samford University in Alabama, and Chonnam National University in Korea. Other academic placements: Bard Early College-Cleveland (lecturer), The College of New Jersey (Lecturer) and University of Pennsylvania (Administrator, Social Science and Policy Forum).
2012-2013: Tenure-track positions: Virginia Tech, California State-Bakersfield, Lynchburg College, Wesleyan University, University of Exeter (UK) and Humboldt University (Berlin), Villanova University, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Virginia Tech, Bryn Mawr, and College of the Holy Cross. Other academic placements: Midland University in Nebraska (MBA Director/Program Coordinator), Rutgers-Newark (Lecturer), Bryn Mawr (Visiting Assistant Professor), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Postdoc), City-University of London (Lecturer), and Rutgers University-New Brunswick (Instructor, School of Management and Labor Relations). Public humanities placements: Perspectives (AHA, News Editor) and Thomas A. Edison Papers-Rutgers (Assistant Research Professor).
2011-2012: Tenure-track positions: Kean University, Michigan State University, University of California-Berkeley, Community College of Philadelphia, University of Southern Mississippi, Rutgers University-Newark, University of Utah, Virginia Tech, and William Paterson University. Other academic placements: University of Illinois-Chicago (Lecturer), University of Vermont (Senior Lecturer), and College of Women & Mary (Visiting Assistant Professor). Public humanities placements: Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada (Historian).
2010-2011: Tenure-track positions: University of the Pacific, University of Memphis, University of Southern Florida, Howard University, Morgan State University, and California State-Fullerton. Other academic placements: St. Joseph’s University (Lecturer), Freie Universität Berlin (Research Associate), University of Vermont (Lecturer), University of Iowa (Visiting Assistant Professor), and Western Kentucky (Lecturer). Public humanities placements: New York City Cultural Affairs (Assistant Director, Community Arts Development).
2009-2010: Tenure-track positions: West Virginia University, Flagler College, St. Francis College (NY), James Madison University, and SUNY Ulster. Other academic placements: Wesleyan University (Director, Academic Technology).
2008-2009: Tenure-track positions: Virginia Tech, University of Oregon, North Alabama University, University of Washington, University of North Texas, South Illinois University, and Tel Aviv University. Other academic placements: American Association of University Women (VP, Leadership Programs & Campus Initiatives), John Hopkins University (Assistant Director, Doctoral Career Services), and University of Pennsylvania (Executive Director, Provost's Office).
2007-2008: Tenure-track positions: Eastern Illinois University, Thiel College, University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Massachusetts-Boston, University of Kentucky-Lexington, Amherst College, University of New England, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Eastern Kentucky University, Manhattanville College, and University of Dayton. Other academic placements: Trinity College (Visiting Lecturer) and University of Texas- Austin (Director, Communications and Planning, School of Social Work).
A note on sources
The Department of History does its best to track the current status of our graduates at every point in their career. We maintain an active database reflecting our graduates’ careers to the best of our ability. Because graduates do not always report their current employment status, the data reflect a number of gaps in our knowledge. While we do not wish to underemphasize the difficulties in the job market, it is important to note that our data likely underrepresent the actual number of graduates with long-term employment, both in and outside academia.