# Government & Non-Profit ## expand\_more [### Sally Chen ](/people/sally-chen)Class of 2019, Ethnic Studies Deputy Director, Livable City **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... ![Sally Chen](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/20220313_0916211.jpg?itok=0LiWUsvs) [### Naomi Coquillon ](/people/naomi-coquillon)Class of 2002, America Chief, Informal Learning & Experience Design, Library of Congress **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... ![naomi_coquillon_02_photo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/naomi_coquillon_02_photo.jpg?itok=nNZewPJ1) [### Sam Greenberg ](/people/sam-greenberg)Class of 2014, America Co-founder, Y2Y Harvard Square **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**... ![Sam Greenberg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/img_3737.jpg?itok=DJaBHILd) [### John Griffin ](/people/john-griffin)Class of 2016, American Studies Managing Partner for Advocacy & Strategy, Partners in Democracy **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... ![John Griffin](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/headshot_may_18_1.jpg?itok=9h2YY_iX) [### Madeline Holland ](/people/madeline-holland)Class of 2015, America Managing Director, Talent Beyond Boundaries **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... ![madeline_holland_15_photo.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/madeline_holland_15_photo.png?itok=1n3BkvY7) [### Kevin O'Donnell ](/people/kevin-odonnell)Class of 2017, American Studies Training Director of the Ohio Student Association **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... ![Kevin O'Donnell](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/odonnell_photo.jpg?itok=-9MRcd3g) [### John Sakellariadis ](/people/john-sakellariadis)Class of 2016, American Studies Master's student in Public Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University **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 &... ![john_sakellariadis.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/john_sakellariadis.png?itok=w0zkqzdo) [### Ryan Tierney ](/people/ryan-tierney)American Studies, 2024 Submarine Officer, US Navy **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... ![Ryan Tierney](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Ryan%20Tierney.jpeg?itok=X8J4Hk7a) [### Alexandra Walsh ](/people/alexandra-walsh)Class of 2018, European Studies Public Programming and Outreach Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks **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... ![Alexandra Walsh](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/_jba0020.jpg?itok=LQWOn9No) [### Abby Westover ](/people/abby-westover)Class of 2017, Medieval World Administrative Officer, National Print Museum (Dublin, Ireland) **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... ![Abby Westover](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/westover_17_photo_0.jpg?itok=f-9k0o2v) [### Katie Wu ](/people/katie-wu)Class of 2017, American Studies Justice Fellow, The Equal Justice Initiative **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... ![Katie Wu](/sites/g/files/omnuum4926/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/histlit/files/katie_wu.jpg?itok=JecvUI0v)