PhD Alumni Placements

Ishmael N. Annang
PhD 2025, African History
Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College

George G. Clay
PhD 2025, Transregional History
Assistant Professor, American University in Bulgaria

Kenneth A. Homan, S.J.
PhD 2025, United States History
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University

Dale Luis Menezes
PhD 2025, Transregional History
Assistant Professor of History, The Asia Institute, Global Studies University

Emma C. Moesswilde
PhD 2025, Environmental History
Assistant Professor, Elon University

Cooper H. Wingert
PhD 2025, United States History
Assistant Professor, Fordham University

Rebecca Andrews
PhD 2024, Latin American History
Analyst, MC Dean

Jakob Burnham
PhD 2024, European History
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

Bryna Cameron-Steinke
PhD 2024, Environmental History
Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen’s University

Andrew M. Davenport
PhD 2024, United States History
Vice President for Research and Saunders Director, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies

Yuan Gao
PhD 2024, East & Central Asian History
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Idun S. Hauge
PhD 2024, Middle East & North African History
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

Yasser A. Sultan
PhD 2024, Middle East & North African History
Postdoctoral Fellow, Saint Joseph’s University

Perry I. Young
PhD 2024, Russia & Eastern European History
Research Fellow, HSE University, St. Petersburg

Victoria R. Broadus
PhD 2023, Latin American History
Assistant Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

Paula Chan
PhD 2023, Russia & Eastern European History
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford

Tracy Mensah
PhD 2023, African History
Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University

Abhishek Nanavati
PhD 2023, East & Central Asian History
Postdoctoral Fellow, ASIANetwork-Henry Luce Foundation

Katherine E. Steir
PhD 2023, Transregional History
Senior Curator and Head of Collections, Gunston Hall

Önder E. Akgül
PhD 2022, Middle East & North African History
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

Robert C. Christensen
PhD, 2022, Latin American History
Americas Researcher, US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Benan Grams
PhD 2022, Middle East & North African History
Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans

Matthew C. La Lime
PhD 2022, African History
Academic Associate, Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Elsa Barraza Mendoza
PhD 2021, United States History
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College

Christopher S. DeLorenzo
PhD 2021, Latin American History
Assistant Professor, Montgomery College

Abigail A. Holekamp
PhD 2021, Russia & Eastern European History
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University

Matthew P. Johnson
PhD 2021, Environmental History
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University

Sukwan Kang
PhD 2021, European History
Visiting Assistant Professor of World History, Sejong University

Thomas R. Loyd
PhD 2021, Russia & Eastern European History
Assistant Professor, Augusta University

Trishula R. Patel
PhD 2021, African History
Assistant Professor, University of Denver

Jackson R. Perry
PhD 2021, Environmental History
Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy

James V. Torres
PhD 2021, Latin American History
Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Cory J. Young
PhD 2021, United States History
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Anthony M. Eames
PhD 2020, Transregional History
Director of Scholarly Initiatives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Benjamin J. Feldman
PhD 2020, Transregional History
Lecturer, California State University, East Bay

Andrey Gornostaev
PhD 2020, Russia & Eastern European History
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Said S. Kaymakci
PhD 2020, European History
Executive Director, The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center

Kevin G. McQueeney
PhD 2020, United States History
Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi

Jennifer R. O’Neal
PhD 2020, United States History
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Hillar Schwertner
PhD 2020, Latin American History
History & Spanish Teacher, Assistant Dean of Academics, Hillside School