Recent PhD Placements

Nadia Kanagawa, PhD 2018

Premodern Japan

• Instructor of Asian Studies and History, Furman University, 2018-present

Young Sun Park, PhD 2018

Modern Korean History

• Assistant Professor of History, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, 2019-present
• Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in History, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, 2018-2019

Sari Siegel, PhD 2018

• Geoffrey H. Hartman Postdoctoral Fellow, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University, 2018-2019
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in the History of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2019-2021
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, UCLA, 2019-Present
• Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2021-Present
• Founding Director, Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2021-Present

Yu Tokunaga, PhD 2018

Karin Amundsen, PhD 2017

Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, British History

• Omohundro Institute-NEH Postdoctoral Fellow, College of William & Mary, 2019-present
• USC Dornsife Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar-Teaching Fellow, 2017-2019

David-James Gonzales, PhD 2017

19th-20th Century U.S.

• USC Dornsife Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar-Teaching Fellow, 2017-2018
• Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, 2018-present

Dan Sherer, PhD 2017

Premodern Japan

• Cressant Postdoctoral Fellow in Premodern Japan Studies, University of Southern California, 2017-2018
• Tenure-track position in the Asian Studies Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, beginning Fall 2019

Nicholas Gliserman, PhD 2016

Early America

• Chief Academic Officer, Game Learning, 2017-present
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2017-2018
• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Haverford College, 2016-2017

Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, PhD 2016

20th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, La Sierra University, 2017-present

David Neumann, PhD 2016

20^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History-Social Sciences Education, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, 2016-present

Christian Paiz, PhD 2016

20^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2016-present

Patrick Wyman, PhD 2016

Roman Empire

• History Podcast Host/Writer
• http://wondery.com/wondery/shows/tidesofhistory/

Michelle Damian, PhD 2015

Premodern Japan

• Assistant Professor of History, Monmouth College, 2016-present
• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2015-2016

Sachiko Kawai, PhD 2015

Premodern Japan

• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2016-2017
• Harvard University College Fellow in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, 2015-2016

Keith D. Pluymers, PhD 2015

Early Modern Atlantic World

• Assistant Professor of History, Illinois State University, 2018-present
• Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities, California Institute of Technology, 2015-2018

Justin Clark, PhD 2014

19^th-20^th Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, Nanyang Technological University, 2016-present

Max Felker-Kantor, PhD 2014

20^th-Century U.S.

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Ball State University, 2018-2019
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Assistant Professor of History, DePauw University, 2017-2018
• Assistant Professor of History (non-tenure track), Marian University, 2016-2017
• Affiliated Postdoctoral Scholar, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, 2014-2016

Curtis Fletcher, PhD 2014

20^th-Century U.S.

• Associate Director of the Polymathic Labs, University of Southern California, 2016-present
• Project Manager for the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture

Annie Johnson, PhD 2014

19^th-Century U.S.

• Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist, Temple University Press and Temple University Libraries, 2016-present
• CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Academic Libraries, Lehigh University, 2014-2016

Allison Lauterbach-Dale, PhD 2014

[J.D., University of California, Berkeley Boalt School of Law, 2014]

20^th-Century U.S.

• Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2014-present

Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhD 2014

19^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Channel Islands, 2014-present

Monica Pelayo, PhD 2014

20^th-Century U.S.

• Education and Programs Coordinator, Chinese Historical Society of America, 2018-present
• Assistant Professor of History and Public History Program Director, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2014-2017

Luman Wang, PhD 2014

Modern China

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Military Institute, 2014-2017

Heather Ashby, PhD 2014

Soviet Union and 20^th-Century U.S.

• Regional Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, 2015-present
• Program Analyst, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014-2015

Jennifer M. Black, PhD 2013

19^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, Misericordia University, 2014-present

Mark Braude, PhD 2013

Modern France

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Stanford University, 2014-2017

Matthew Fox-Amato, PhD 2013

19^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, 2016-present
• Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014-2016
• Postdoctoral Fellow, USC Visual Studies Research Institute, 2013-2014

Rieko Kamei-Dyche, PhD 2013

Premodern Japan

• Assistant Professor, Rissho University, 2016-present

David Levitus, PhD 2013

20th-Century U.S.

• Host, LA Forwards & Backwards Podcast, 2017-present
• Founder, LA Forward, 2016-present
• Co-Founder, Climate Cents, 2015-2017
• Director of Development, YKLA, 2013-2014

Elizabeth Logan, PhD 2013

19^th-20^th Century U.S.

• Associate Director, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2017-present
• Dornsife Preceptor, University of Southern California, 2015-2017
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2013-2015

Anne Reid, PhD 2013

Spanish North American Borderlands

• Assistant Professor of History, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2015-present

Raphaelle Steinzig, PhD 2013

19^th-20^th Century U.S.

• Content Strategist, University of California, Office of the President, 2020-present
• User Experience Designer, Wells Fargo Digital Channels, 2018-2019
• Content Designer, City of Oakland, 2016-2018

Ericka Swensson, PhD 2013

Medieval England

• Director of Development, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2017-present
• Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, University of Southern California, 2015-2017
• University Lecturer, Humanities, University of Southern California, 2013-2016

Benjamin Uchiyama, PhD 2013

Modern Japan

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Southern California, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas, 2013-2017

Kristina Buhrman, PhD 2012

Premodern Japan

• Assistant Professor of Religion, Florida State University, 2013-present
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2012-2013

Catherine E. Clark, PhD 2012

Modern France

• Associate Professor of French Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of French Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-2017

Sarah Keyes, PhD 2012

19^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University, 2015-2017
• ACLS New Faculty Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2013-2015

Jessica Kim, PhD 2012

19^th-20^th Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Northridge, 2013-present
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2012-2013

Michael Block, PhD 2011

Early Modern Atlantic World

• USC College Postdoctoral Distinguished Teaching Fellow, 2011-2012

Dylan Ellefson, PhD 2011

Early Modern and Modern Japan

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Skidmore College, 2015-2016

Gilbert Estrada, PhD 2011

20^th Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, Long Beach City College, 2014-present

Ryan Linkof, PhD 2011

Modern Britain

• Associate Curator, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2016-present
• Director, USC-LACMA History of Photography Series, 2014-2016
• Assistant Curator, Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014-2015
• Parsons Curatorial Fellow, Photography, LACMA, 2011-2014

Rosina Lozano, PhD 2011

19^th-20^th Century U.S., American West, Mexican American History

• Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University, 2013-present
• National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2013

David Rands, PhD 2011

Modern Japan

• Assistant/Associate Professor of History, Austin Peay State University, 2012-present
• Instructor/Assistant Professor of History, Frostburg State University, 2007-2012

Sarah Fried-Gintis, PhD 2010

20^th-Century U.S., Women’s History, Dance History

• Director of Faculty Affairs and Human Resources, USC Kaufman School of Dance, 2016-present
• Program Manager, USC Kaufman School of Dance, 2014-2016
• Program Manager, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), University of Southern California, 2011-2014

Jason LaBau, PhD 2010

20^th-Century U.S.

• History Teacher, The Waterford School, 2015-present
• University Lecturer, California State University Campuses, 2011-2015
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, 2010-2012

Ian Livie, PhD 2010

Modern Britain

• Social Studies Teacher, Drew School, 2010-present

Rebecca Sheehan, PhD 2010

20^th-Century U.S.

• Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender and Program Director of Gender Studies, Macquarie University
• Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2010

Alexander Aviña, PhD 2009

Modern Latin America

• Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University, 2016-present
• Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, 2015-2016
• Assistant Professor of History, Florida State University, 2009-2015

Jerry Gonzalez, PhD 2009

Mexican-American History, 20^th-Century U.S.

• Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2016-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2010-2016
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latina/Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009-2010

Karin Huebner, PhD 2009

Native American History

• Academic Director of Programs, USC Sidney Harman Academy of Polymathic Study, 2010-present
• Associate Director, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, 2008-2010

Yuko Itatsu, PhD 2009

U.S.-Japan Relations

• Assistant/Associate Professor, Program in English At Komaba (PEAK), University of Tokyo, 2008-present

Gerardo Licon, PhD 2009

Mexican-American History, 20^th Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2010-present

Gustavo Licon, PhD 2009

Mexican-American History, 20^th Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Ithaca College, 2010-present

Laura Kalba, PhD 2008

Modern France

• Associate Professor of Art, Smith College, 2016-present
• Assistant Professor of Art, Smith College, 2009-2016
• Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Art History, George Mason University, 2008-2009

Christopher Jimenez West, PhD 2007

20^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, Pasadena City College, 2009-present
• History Curator, California African American Museum, 2005-2009

Hyrum Lewis, PhD 2007

20^th-Century U.S.

• Assistant/Associate Professor of History, Brigham Young University-Idaho, 2008-present

Matthew Newsom Kerr, PhD 2007

Modern Britain

• Assistant/Associate Professor of History, Santa Clara University, 2009-present

Ana Rosas, PhD 2006

Mexican-American History

• Associate Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, 2013-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, 2007-2013
• University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2007

Tillman Nechtman, PhD 2005

Early Modern Britain

• Associate Professor of History, Skidmore College, 2011-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Skidmore College, 2005-2011