Alumni Voices

Graduates of History & Literature pursue careers in a wide range of fields such as journalism, medicine, politics, the arts, finance, public policy, education, law, media, consulting, and academia. 

Browse our alumni profiles to get a sense of what History & Literature concentrators do after graduation.

You might recognize this familiar face from television, but did you know that History & Literature alumnus Conan O'Brien wrote his senior thesis on Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner? O'Brien also wrote this funny reflection on his time in Hist & Lit for the 2006 centennial celebration: