Our History Department Alumni information can be found on four separate pages - Alumni News, Alumni History Major Volunteer Career Consultants, and Volunteer Graduate School Consultants and Assistance (this page), (we have also built a Graduate School Index), and History Department Alumni pages (for inspiration!). These pages are designed to be planning and networking tools for our current History majors to contact and/or to simply be inspired by History alumni. History Alumni Volunteers are available for advice, assistance, and encouragement to help you to plan your career and/or apply to graduate programs. Alumni, please send us your news and websites, and tell me if you want to be included on one or the other Volunteer pages, or both. - Thanks, Nikki, nlambert@carleton.edu

1. History Department Graduate School, Internships, and Career Adviser
2. Voluntary Alumni History Major Graduate School Consultants
3. Graduate and Law School Information Sources

1. History Department Graduate School Advisers, 2007-08:

Parna Sengupta, Assistant Professor of South Asian History

George Vtris, Assistant Professor of Environmental History and ENTS

2. Volunteer Alumni History Major Graduate School Consultants:

Heather Althoff, '99. "For the past three years I have been working at the New York Public Library as a Reference Librarian. This December I will be completing my M.S. in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute. I would be happy to speak with and/or email anyone interested in the field of librarianship."

Steve Bassi, '00. "I would love to help out in any way I can. Please feel free to share any of my info. with current students or alums. If anyone is interested in teaching either grade school or high school, send 'em my way! After graduation I taught fourth grade for three years, so if anyone is interested in teaching in a private grade school, I can give them some information. Also, I've taught ESL to high school students the past few summers, both in the States and abroad, so I can lend some help there as well. I'm currently in the first year of getting my Master's in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, with a certification in teaching ESL and History."

David Bender, '99. Third year PhD student in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University. Focus: nationalism, identity, Islam in Greater Syria and Turkey from late Ottoman period through the 1930's.

Ellen Berg, '96. "I'd be happy to talk with students about graduate studies at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2004, I completed a Ph.D. in U.S. History with a focus on immigration history. I also had a Fulbright (to Norway) between graduation and entering grad school and could discuss that sort of option with students."

Laura Blom, '02. "I'm doing an MA in Italian Renaissance Art at the Courtauld in London, and very happy to talk to students about living in the UK, getting funding for the UK, or doing non-history graduate work."

Kate Bourdow, '04. "I'd be happy to talk to prospective or current history majors about applying to graduate school or conducting a job search. After Carleton, I received my Masters in Teaching at the University of VA. I now work as a career counselor at Virginia Wesleyan College (Norfolk, VA), helping history students, among other majors, decide on majors, find externships, internships, jobs and graduate school. I'm also working part-time towards an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree in Higher Education at Old Dominion University, so I would also be happy to talk with students interested in graduate school for Higher Education."

Rachel Branch, '02. "I would love to be available as a resource to history majors, though I'm just starting out myself. I'm currently in a public history masters program at University of San Diego, so I can answer questions about that sort of post-graduation track."

Emily Brimsek, '06. "I am a first-year PhD student at Brown University studying early modern British and Atlantic history. I'd be happy to talk to other students interested in going to graduate school in history after Carleton!"

Shervon Cassim, '00. Law student, University of Minnesota Law School. Focus: International Law.

Sarah Chambers, 85. Home page.
University of Minnesota, Associate Professor of Latin American History.
Author of From Subjects to Citizens : Honor, Gender, and Politics in Arequipa, Peru 1780-1854.
Research analyzes on the transition from colonialism to independent republics, with a particular focus on gender. You may add me to the Grad School Consultants list.

Michael Cohen, '02. I'm working on a Ph.D. at Harvard in American history, with emphases on the history of education, the nineteenth century, and women's/gender history. I would be happy to talk with Carleton students or alumni who are thinking about history graduate programs.

Erin Glade, '98. Worked 3 years in the field of Immigration Law. I completed the 2-year MA program in Middle Eastern Studies at University of Chicago in 2004, and am now am now in the History PhD program at University of Chicago, working toward a dissertation in Modern Middle Eastern History.

Lauren Hafner, '98. "I'm currently a master's student in the dept. of public health at the University of Washington and will probably head toward work as a health educator or something similar. I can say my history training has served me well."

Michelle Herder, '97. PhD, medieval history, Yale. Went from Carleton to the PhD program at Yale. I'm now teaching at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I finished my Ph.D. in 2003 with a dissertation on "The Monastery of St. Daniel and the Community of Girona, 1020-1370." 9/6/2005

Derek Hoff, '94. PhD, University of Virginia. Assistant Professor of History, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Professor Hoff, whose dissertation was entitled "Are We Too Many? The Population Debate and Policymaking in the Twentieth-Century United States," specializes in modern American political, economic, and environmental history. "I am a veteran of the job market and just landed a tenure track job, and I would be happy to talk to anyone about the process."

Brent Irvin, 94, birvin@stanfordalumni.org received a MA in East Asian Studies from Yale, worked for three years in Beijing for a healthcare joint venture, received JD from Stanford Law School and now work for Silicon Valley office of NY law firm. Work focuses on cross-border transactions, especially those involving China. I am happy to talk with anyone regarding any of the above.

Elizabeth Johnson Lorenz-Meyer, '92. University of Minnesota Ph.D. in history expected May 2006. (M.A., history from University of Kansas, 1998.) Focus is nineteenth and early twentieth century U.S. history with an emphasis on immigration and gender history. I'd be happy to be listed on your contacts page for anyone interested in the U of MN program. I specialize in late nineteenth/early twentieth century U.S. history, with an emphasis on immigration and gender history.

Erin Keyes, '96. University of Minnesota Law School. Staff Attorney, Central Minnesota Legal Services, 430 First Avenue North, Suite 359, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Is happy to talk or e-mail with anyone about post-graduate ed or careers in law.

Matthew Kim, '99.
After majoring in history at Carleton, I completed my M.Div. degree (2002) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Most recently, I've completed my M.Th. (2003) and Ph.D. (2006) degrees from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the areas of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology. I am currently working as an adjunct professor of preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and am looking to become a pastor of a church in the U.S.

Tom Lekan, '89. Currently a professor at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. "I'd be happy to offer advice about graduate program in modern Europe, German history, urban history. and environmental history."

Allie Lichter, '95. "I would be happy to be a link both on the graduate school page and on the "career" page. I've done both. I was at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor working on a doctorate in 20th century African history, and now I am working as a producer for a local public radio station, WNYC.

Loren McWethy, '04. Willing to discuss information on internships/educational & overseas programs in the DC area. loren.mcwethy@gmail.com. I would be willing to be a point of contact for current Latin American History majors. I would be happy to help out the History Department in this way. Please refer people my way.

Drew Meyers, '02. graduated in 2002. I'm now in the doctoral program in history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My interest is in doing 19/20th century U.S. cultural, urban/suburban, and medical history. I'd be happy to talk with anyone interested in Michigan's program.

Ria Miranda, '98. MA student at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, focus: international security policy in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Has worked for ABC News, Columbia University as an international student advisor, travelled to the Middle East, and done an internship in Manila for AP News. "I have dabbled enough that I can talk to people about diverse topics."

Michelle (Klein) Morgan, '96.

Morgan, Michelle (Klein). PhD, American history, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007. My dissertation is entitled "A Model of Womanhood or Manhood: City Teachers in the Far West, 1890-1930." My research and teaching interests include education, labor, gender, and the West. I am now teaching at UW-Whitewater and serving as the Academic Director for "Building Informed Citizens," a professional education program for teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District. The program is funded by a Teaching American History grant from the Department of Education. I would be happy to talk to other students interested n pursing graduate school. (10/02/2007)

Nic Netzel, '01. MA student in Library and Information Science at the University of Washington. His study interests are in Archives and digital document preservation, as well as non-textual information. There are quite a few historians going into this fascinating and important field. If you have an interest in the LIS field, please contact him, his enthusiasm is contagious!

Taylor Page, '03. I would love to talk to anyone who is interested in law school. I am at the University of Pennsylvania.

Janet Polasky, '73. I'm happy to be listed where ever...I suppose on grad school info. I went directly from Carleton to Stanford University in European History. I taught at Macalester and U of M part time while I finished my degree in 1978. I'm a professor of Modern European HIstory and Women's Studies at the University of New Hampshire.

Jena Rakoff, '02. 5th grade Humanities teacher in Washington, DC. Masters in Teaching Social Studies from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Adam Reilly, '94. I cover city, state and national politics for the Boston Phoenix, a weekly newspaper that’s the Massachusetts equivalent of City Pages. I didn't realize I wanted to be a reporter until I'd gotten a master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School and started a PhD program in history, so I’d be happy to talk to people about either journalism or grad school.

Josh Rising, '97. Enrolled in Boston University's MD/MPH program in 1997. Worked as Legislative Affairs Director of the American Medical Student Association, 2000-2001. Current Pediatric resident, University of California, San Francisco.

Clifford Rosenberg, '91. PhD, Princeton. After Carleton, he went to graduate school at Oxford before returning to the States to Princeton, so he has some familiarity with both the British and American systems. He is a professor in the History Department at the City College of New York. His website is: www.ccny.cuny.edu/humanities/rosenberg/ .

Matthew Sanders, '97. J.D., Stanford University Law School. Currently appellate attorney in the Environment & Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Melanie Schmidt, '02. In fall 2005 I am starting my PhD at UCLA after working in Washington, D.C. Moving across the country will be an adventure in its own rite! I’ll be studying 20^th US history…and I would be happy to talk to anyone about grad school!

Elizabeth Treat, '03. Student, "I would be happy to be available by e-mail to talk to Carleton students or grads about going to grad school in history. I'm a first year in a PhD program in history at Brown University, focusing on early modern British history, and interest in early modern European history, Ottoman Empire, and gender history."

Kate Van Gundy, '03. Student, MA-Teaching at Brown University, Providence, RI. Will teach History/Social Studies in grades 7-12. "It is a great (intense) 12 month masters program."

Marga Warnicke, '97. Warnicke, Marga. Class of 1997. MA in History with a Certificate in Museum Studies. University of Delaware in Museum Studies. I currently manage the GMAT/GRE/LSAT test preparation program at Arizona State University. On a daily basis, I help our students prepare for the graduate school admissions tests as well as help them navigate the graduate school admissions process. I would be happy to speak to Carleton students or alumni about the standardized tests, general graduate school admission issues or my own graduate school work. I am currently in the process of applying for admittance to a PhD program in Public Administration because I didn’t get enough of graduate school the first time around!

Adam Webster, 2000. I gave up the world of public relations and am now back in graduate school. I am in my 4th year at Brown University in the History Department, working on my dissertation research and aiming to finish up this PhD in the next few years. At the moment (10-01-2007), I am writing from Tübingen, Germany, in Baden-Wurttemberg, where I am on a DAAD fellowship at the local university. I specialize in German history since 1870, but I suppose my fields of so-called expertise are Germany since 1870, European cultural history since 1870 and British history since 1760. My dissertation itself deals with Germany´s experience in 1945 itself, a long-talked-about-but-irregularly-closely-studied thing. If there are students interested in talking to someone about modern European history PhDs and life on the East Coast, I am more than happy to talk!

Derek Wolff, '92. Ph.D., Japanese history, University of Chicago. Dissertation: "Notes from the Periphery: Satsuma Identities in Early Modern and Modern Japan." Postdoctoral fellowship, Harvard's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. "I'd be happy to serve as a resource for current Carleton students or alumni who are engaged in or are considering Asian Studies or Japanese Studies."

Falan Yinug,'96. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Masters in Public Policy. Current job/career: International Trade Analyst, U.S. International Trade Commission."I'd be happy to talk with students and fellow alums about graduate school or my career."

3. Graduate School Information Sources

Carleton History Department's Graduate School Alphabetical Index for History Majors

Council of Graduate Schools: http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=160

GradSchool.com has 3 History-related sites:
Historical Preservation: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/HistoricPreservation_menu.html
History: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/history_menu.html
History of Science and Technology: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/hist_sci_tech_menu.html

H-Net Graduate School Link

Law School Index, American Bar Association, http://www.abanet.org (Look on the left hand bar for section that says Law Student and gives three options, including one for a complete index of Law Schools.

The Princeton Review site includes search engines and a lot of other information about choosing, applying, financial assistance, and other good stuff: http://www.princetonreview.com/grad/

The History Department, Leighton 204, has supplemental materials on the bulletin boards and coffee table for you to examine at any time.

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