Government & Non-Profit

Thesis Title: “Take Root”: Community Formation at the San Francisco Chinatown Branch Public Library 1970s-1990s

What Now: Deputy Director, Livable City

Coming from a low-income Chinese immigrant family, I struggled in my transition to college, but taking my...

Thesis Title: The Changing Face of Black Conservatism, 1890-1930

What Now: Chief, Informal Learning & Experience Design, at the Library of Congress

I use the knowledge of history, skill in textual analysis, and practice in crafting thoughtful questions that...

Thesis Title: “Through No Fault of Their Own”: Responses to Homelessness and the Framework of the Deserving and Undeserving Poor in Harvard Square 1983-2007

What Now: Co-Founder, Y2Y Harvard Square, the nation’s first student-run shelter for young adults

Wh...

Thesis Title: Writing the Past and Shaping the Future: Historical Revision and Local Color Fiction in Post-Reconstruction Louisiana

What Now: Managing Partner for Advocacy & Strategy, Partners in Democracy

What Next: Building a more vibrant and inclusive...

Thesis Title: Stories for Asylum

What Now: Managing Director, Talent Beyond Boundaries

After my freshman summer, I taught English to refugee and recent immigrant students at RYSE, one of PBHA's Summer Urban Programs. When my sophomore year began, I kept up...

Thesis Title: A Free Future: The Movement for Black Self Determination on Edisto Island, 1859-1882

What Now: Training Director of the Ohio Student Association

What Next: I plan to organize around economic and racial justice in Ohio and work on building...

Thesis Title: Waiting for Vietnam: Vietnam-era Canvas Graffiti and American Combat Morale in the pre-Tet Period

What Now: Master's student in Public Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs

My time in the History &...

Thesis Title: The Tragedy of Ted Kaczynski: Globalization, Disillusionment, and the Rise of the Far Right

What Now: Submarine Officer, US Navy

Perhaps more so than other Hist Lit students, my studies in the department are almost wholly unrelated to my daily...

Thesis Title: Pursuing a Second Odyssey: A Study in Homeric Renegotiation by Modern Greek Poets

What Now: Public Programming and Outreach Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks

What Next: J.D. Candidate at University of Pennsylvania Law School

Anyone close to me during my...

Thesis Title: Hair and Female Agency in the European Middle Ages

What Now: Administrative Officer, National Print Museum (Dublin, Ireland)

What Next: Continue working in museums and the heritage sector

One of the most valuable parts of my experience in...

Thesis Title: Curating Citizens: Educating through Visual Culture at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

What Now: Justice Fellow, The Equal Justice Initiative

One of my favorite aspects of Hist & Lit was being able to think critically about the way...