Alumni Directory

Public Humanities MA program graduates have found work in museums, historical societies, cultural planning agencies, heritage tourism, historic preservation, informal learning centers, universities, and community arts programs. Explore this directory to see our alumni's current jobs and locations.

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  • Lauren Abman, MA'14

    Exhibition Specialist, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

    Washington, DC

  • Deborah Abramson Kroll, MA'08

    Senior Investment Manager for Creative Industries & AI at Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

  • Christina Alderman, MA'21

    Assistant Director, Family & Teen Programs, RISD

    Providence, RI

  • Krystal Appiah, MA'11

    Instruction Librarian at University of VA

    Charlottesville, VA

  • Amy Atticks, MA'11

    Director of Development at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond

    Richmond, VA

  • Lily Benedict, MA'14

    Educator, School + Teacher Programs, RISD Museum | Secretary - Board of Directors, RISD Museum of Science and Art

    Providence, RI

  • Shawn Biegen, MA'08

    Electronic Resources Coordinator, Bailey-Howe Library, University of Vermont

    Burlington, VT

  • Rachael Binning (Ripps), MA'09

    Synagogue Initiative Deputy Director, Southern Pacific Region, AIPAC , Orange County & Long Beach Director at AIPAC

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Montana Blanco, MA'10

    Theater designer, Self-employed

    New York City, NY

  • Leanne Boudreau (Tremblay), MA'07

    Fine Artisan, Owner, Loomination

    Westminster, MA

  • Ashley Bowen, MA'13, AMST PhD'16

    Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow, Digital Engagement Manager, Science History Institute

    Philadelphia, PA

  • Erin Boyle, MA'11

    Writer, Editor, Self-employed

    New York City, NY

  • Hillary Brady, MA'14

    Digital Marketing Manager at Penguin Random House

    New York, NY

  • Matthew Branch, MA'21

    Assistant Director for Student Activities, Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Rosie Branson-Gill, MA'09

    Director of Education, Milk Street Kitchen | Program Director, Cold Hollow Sculpture Park

    Boston, MA | Enodburg Falls, VT

  • Bryant Brown, MA'21

    American Studies PhD Student

    Providence, RI

  • Arielle Julia Brown, MA'17

    Performance Curator and Cultural Producer for Monument Lab., Director and Founder of Black Spatial Relics

    Philadelphia, PA

  • Emily Bryant, MA'12

    Education Manager at the Constitution Museum

    Boston, MA

  • Leah Burgin, MA'17

    Manager of Museum Education and Programs, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown

    Providence, RI

  • Gerald Carbone, MA'13

    Writer, Speaker and Tour Leader (self employed)

    Providence, RI

  • Alma Carrillo, MA'07

    Executive Director, Buffalo Arts Studios | Advisory Board, Center for Public Humanities at Brown

    Buffalo, NY

  • Clarissa Ceglio, MA'09, AMST PhD'14

    Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, Associate Director of Research at Greenhouse Studios, University of Connecticut

    Browad Brook, CT

  • Margaret (Peggy) Chang, MA'13

    Associate Dean of the College & Director at Curricular Resource Center

    Warwick, RI

  • Victoria Charette (Spitz), MA'12

    Director of Marketing at Novarica

    Portland, OR

  • Thomas Chen, MA'07, AMST PhD'14

    Software Engineer at Envoy (https://envoy.com/)

    Norwich, VT

  • Josephine Chiles, MA'08

    Director Product Marketing, AppExchange, Salesforce

    San Francisco, CA

  • Estella Chung,

    Chief Curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society

    Madison, WI

  • Laura Cohen, MA'08

    Nonprofit Fundraising and Development Communications Consultant

    Seattle, WA

  • Elon Cook, MA'12

    Director of Interpretation and Education at National Trust for Historic Preservation

    Providence, RI

  • Jonathan Cortez, MA'17

    American Studies PhD Student at Brown

    Providence, RI

  • Kristen Costa, MA'07

    Curator, Newport Restoration Foundation

    Newport, RI

  • Elizabeth Crawford, MA'15

    Program Manager, Digital Learning and Design at Brown University, Design Operations Manager, Online Learning and Innovation at Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Erin Curtis, MA'08, PhD'15

    Curator at Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

    Los Angeles,CA

  • Keila Davis, MA'14

    Analyst, Department of State

    Washington, DC

  • Erendina Delgadillo, MA'13

    Associate Curator of History at Oakland Museum

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Kathy (Kathleen) Devlin (Rudder), MA'08

    Manager, Historic Crafts, Trades, and Domestic Skills at Plimoth Plantation

    Plymouth, MA

  • Katherine Diedrick, MA'15

    Researcher, United Campus Workers, Communications Workers of America

    Atlanta, GA

  • Sophie Don, MA'20

    Administration and Operations Manager for the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation

  • Sarah Dylla, MA'16

    Museum Director of The Center for Puppetry Arts

    Atlanta, GA

  • Barbara Elmudesi Krogh, MA'16

    Program Manager at Fundacion Plades

    Valdivia, Chile

  • Sara C. Emmenecker, MA'11

    Annual Giving Program Manager, Medicine and Health at University of Minnesota Foundation

    Minneapolis, MN

  • Emily Esten, MA'18

    Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities at Penn Libraries

    Philadelphia PA

  • Abigail Ettelman, MA'14

    Senior Development Officer at the Brooklyn Museum

    New York, NY

  • Yuanyuan (Angela) Feng, MA'18

    American Studies PhD Student

    Providence, RI

  • Caitlin Fisher, MA'10

    Project & Program Manager, Process Auditor

    Bay Area, CA

  • Julieanne Fontana, MA'18

    Public and Education Programs at Cabrillo National Monument

    San Diego, CA

  • Stephanie Fortunato, MA'08

    Director, Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, City of Providence

    Providence, RI

  • Raina Fox, MA'12

    Partnerships Director at Millennium Campus Network (MCN)

    Boston, MA

  • Sharaldine Francisco, MA'21

    Providence, RI

  • Tyler French, MA'17

    Innovation and Partnerships Director at Story Tapestries

    Washington, DC

  • Victoria Fulton, MA'13

    Program Manager, EmcArts

    Winston-Salem, NC

  • Maiyah Gamble-Rivers, MA'16

    Manager of Programs and Outreach, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Maria Paula Garcia Mosquera, MA'18

    Programme Officer at the International Council on Archives

    Paris, France

  • Diane Garvey, MA'16

    Freelance Flimmaker

    Pacific NW

  • Anna Ghublikian, MA'13

    Manager, Programming Strategy at Bluprint

    Denver, CO

  • Thaddeus Gibbson, MA'18

  • Tracy Gierada (Payovich), MA'08

    Marketing and Communications Assistant at the William L. Clements Library

    Ann Arbor, MI

  • Margaret Goddard, MA'17

    American Studies PhD Student at Brown

    Providence, RI

  • Matthew Goldman, MA'21

    American Studies PhD Student

    Providence, RI

  • Elena Gonzales, MA'10, AMST PhD'15

    Author and curatorial consultant, Self-employed

    Chicago, IL

  • Andy Goodman, MA'21

    Providence, RI

  • Alexandra Goodman (Francis), MA'11

    Museum Educator

    Vienna, Austria

  • Alexis Gordon,

    2nd YEAR PUBLIC HUMANITIES MA STUDENT

  • Caroline Griffith, MA'13

    PhD Student at University of Wisconsin, Department of Geography, Edge Effects Editor at Center for Culture, History, and Environment at the University of Wisconsin

    Madison, WI

  • Jane-Coleman Harbison, MA'13

    Historic Preservation Specialist, Tennessee Historical Commission

    Nashville, TN

  • Jacquelyn Harris (Schulte), MA'13

    German Teacher at Abington Heights School District

    Clarks Summit, PA

  • Nara Hernandez, MA'10

    Visual Arts Director, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Kathryn Higgins, MA'11

    Interim Museum Educator, Seattle Art Museum

    Seattle, WA

  • Chistina Ho, MA'17

    Art Private Sales

    Honolulu, HI

  • Yilin Huang, MA'20

    Communications Specialist, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai

    Shanghai, China

  • Rachael Jeffers, MA'12

    Development and Communications Officer, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

    Providence, RI

  • Jessica (Jess) Johnson, MA'06, AMST PhD'12

    Outreach and Community Engagement Director at Department of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst, MA

  • Jazzmen Johnson, MA'15

    Artist in Residence, RI Department of Health

    Providence, RI

  • Annie Johnson, MA'08

    Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist, Temple University

    Philadelphia, PA

  • Natasha Kandekar, MA'16

    Independent Director and Curator, Self-employed

    Boston, MA

  • Amanda Kazden, MA'21

  • Molly Kerker, MA'15

    Manager of Continuing Education, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    Brooklyn, NY

  • Kimberly Kowal-Arcand, MA'13

    Visualization Lead and Production Coordinator, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory | Smithsonian Astrophysicsal Observatory

    Cambridge, MA

  • Deborah Krieger, MA'21

    Exhibit and Program Coordinator, Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket, RI

    Providence, RI

  • Rae Kuruhara, MA'21

    PhD Student, English, UCLA

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Sophia LaCava-Bohanan, MA'15

    Program Manager for the Brown Arts Initiative at Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Allyson LaForge, MA'20

    American Studies PhD Student

  • Nicole Larrondo, MA'16

    Assistant Instructor and PhD Students, University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, TC

  • Julia Lazarus, MA'07

    Providence, RI

  • Hanna Leatherman, MA'21

    Providence, RI

  • Andrea Ledesma, MA'17

    Web and Digital Projects Specialist, The Field Museum, Program Co-Chair (MCN2019) at Museum Computer Network

    Chicago, IL

  • Heather Lee, MA'09, AST PhD'14

    Assistant Professor of History at New York University Shanghai | Project Manager, Chinese Migrant Portal | Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT

    New York, NY

  • Albert Lees, MA'10

    Owner and Operator, Lees Market

    Providence, RI

  • Yao-Hsuan (Sharon) Lin, MA'20

  • Anna Links, MA'13

    Owner & Chief Project Manager, Links, Ink. Cultural Project Management

    San Francisco Bay Area, CA

  • Lucia Lopez, MA'09

    Assistant Director Of Development at California Science Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Mireya Loza, MA'06, AMST PhD'11

    Assistant Professor of Food Studies at New York University

    New York, NY

  • Conor Macdonald, MA'20

  • Rica Maestas, MA'18

    Freelance

    Albuquerque, NM

  • Elizabeth Malone, MA'20

  • Elizabeth Manekin, MA'09

    Head of University Programs and Academic Projects at the Ackland Art Museum at UNC

    Chapel Hill, NC

  • Paul Margrave, MA'14

    Course Developer II at 2U

    London, UK

  • Chandra Marshall, MA'20

  • Adrienne Adj Marshall, MA'13

    Program Administrator of International Programs and Partnerships at Tufts University

    Boston, MA

  • Breylan Martin, MA'21

    PhD Student, UC Berkeley

    Berkeley, CA

  • Emily McCartan, MA'13

    Program Coordinator at Nisqually River Foundation

    Seattle, WA

  • Elyse McNiff (Koglmeier), MA'12

    Head of Growth at Artwork Archive, Educational and Creative Content Creation & Strategy Consultant

    Denver, CO

  • Laura Mitchell Tully, MA'15

    Communications & Creative Director, Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale

    New Haven, CT

  • Anna Moir, MA'11

    Grants & Communications Manager, Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Cambridge, MA

  • Lyra Monteiro, MA'09

    Co-Director, The Museum On Site | Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

    New York, NY | Providence, RI | Newark, NJ

  • Adrian Moore-Trask, MA'11

    Director of Business Advancement, Keshet Dance Company & Center for the Arts  

    Albuquerque, NM

  • Maddie Mott, MA'20

    Executive Assistant, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

  • Amanda Murray, MA'08

    Designer, Self-Employed

    Camden, ME

  • Leah Nahmias, MA'09

    Director of Programs & Community Engagement, Indiana Humanities

    Indianapolis, IN

  • Robin Ness, MA'18

    Senior Library Specialist, Brown University Library

    Providence, RI

  • Kara Noto, MA'17

    Special Lecturer - Oakland University

    Rochester, MI

  • Betsy O'Neill-Larkin, MA'08

    Associate Director, North America Programs, Road Scholar

    Boston, MA

  • Marjory O'Toole, MA'18

    Executive Director, Little Compton Historical Society

    Little Compton, RI

  • Jonathan Olly, MA'08, AMST PhD'13

    Curator, Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages          

    Stony Brook, NY

  • Jessica Palinski, MA'15

    Curatorial Project Assistant at Whitney Museum of Art

    New York City, NY

  • Jenny Park, MA'21

  • Alex Parker-Guerrero, MA'20

    Morton L. Mandel Presidential Fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Bess Paupeck, MA'13

    Exhibition Developer, Arts+Science at MIT Museum

    Cambridge, MA

  • Bryn Pernot, MA'18

    Research Analyst at dscout

    Chicago, IL

  • Resi Polixa, MA'14

    Park Ranger Interpretation, Lowell National Historical Park

    Lowell, MA

  • Anni Pullagura, MA'16

    American Studies PhD Student at Brown

    Providence, RI

  • Maria D. Quintero, MA'13

    Outreach & Programs Coordinator, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/Kennedy Library Foundation

    Boston, MA

  • Julia Renaud, MA'19

    Associate Director of Grants and Strategic Initiatives, RI Council for the Humanities

    Providence, RI

  • Nicole Restaino (Stengel), MA'07

    Senior Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships Relations at Artsy

    New York, NY

  • Sarah Reusche, MA'12

    Corporate and Foundation Relations Officer at Roger Williams University

    Bristol, RI

  • Rebecca Rex, MA'20

    Associate Director of Foundation Relations, Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Allison Roberts, MA'11

    Founder and Artist at Return to Sender, Inc.

    New York City, NY

  • Eduardo Robles, MA'16

    Grants Associate, Special Projects at the City of Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Edwin Rodriguez, MA'20

    American Studies PhD Student

  • Meg Rotzel, MA'10

    Arts Program Manager, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

    Cambridge, MA

  • Malgorzata (Gosia) Rymsza-Pawlowska, MA'08, AMST PhD'12

    Assistant Professor, Department of History, American University, Associate Director, Graduate Program in Public History at American University

    Washington, DC

  • Micah Salkind, MA'10, AMST PhD'16

    Special Projects Manager, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture & Tourism | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Public Humanities, Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Aliza Schiff, MA'09

    Public Art Consultant at Via Partnership LLP

    New York, NY

  • Jessie Schlosser-Smith, MA'17

    Director of Open Space Programming, MIT

    Cambridge, MA

  • Robyn Schroeder, MA'10, AMST PhD'15

    Director of Humanities for the Public Good, UNC Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, NC

  • Reya Sehgal, MA'16

    Freelance Writer and Editor

    New York, NY

  • Sarah Seidman, MA'08, AMST PhD'12

    Curator of Social Activism, Museum of the City of New York

    New York City, NY

  • Emily Sellon, MA'17

    Site Coordinator, DownCity Design

    Providence, RI

  • Reina Shibata, MA'10

    New York, NY

  • Rachel Shipps, MA'14

    Education Assistant at Museum of Craft and Design

    San Francisco, CA

  • Nicole Sintetos, MA'18

    American Studies PhD Student

    Providence, RI

  • Sage Snider, MA'15

    Pirate Fiddler at Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers, Lead Tutor at Pearwise Tutors

    Nashville, TN

  • Rebecca Soules, MA'15

    Curator of Collections at the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky

    Canterbury, NH

  • Caroline Stevens, MA'16

    Founder and Director, Doors Open Rhode Island

    Providence, RI

  • Nathan Storring, MA'14

    Communications Associate, Project for Public Spaces

    New York, NY

  • Miranda Summers-Lowe, MA'09

    Curator, Armed Forces History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, DC

  • Amelia Tatum-Grabowski, MA'15

    Acting Social Media Manager at National Museum of American History

    Washington, DC

  • Virginia Thomas, MA'16

    American Studies PhD Student at Brown, Graduate Fellow in Public Humanities

    Providence, RI

  • Jamie Topper, MA'14

    Public Artist at Transit Studios

    Chicago, IL

  • Meghan Townes, MA'10

    PhD Student, American & New England Studies, Boston University

    Richmond, VA

  • Mark Tseng-Putterman, MA'20

    American Studies PhD Student

  • Esteban Ucros, MA'10

    Project Strategist, Marqas

    Bogota, Colombia

  • Jessica Unger, MA'12

    Community Outreach and Grants Manager at DC Preservation League

    Washington, DC

  • Jasmine Utsey, MA'12

    Program Manager, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Washington, DC

  • Anya Ventura, MA'12

    Communications Writer at Harvard University

    Greater Boston Area, MA

  • Katie Vogel, MA'17

    Public Historian at Henry Street Settlement

    New York, NY

  • Anna Wada, MA'13

    MA Program, Library Science, Simmons College

    Boston, MA

  • Kaitlynne Ward, MA'11

    State Collections Manager, State of Rhode Island, Department of Administration

    Providence, RI

  • Shana Weinberg, MA'11

    Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University

    Providence, RI

  • Nathaniel Weisenberg, MA'13

    Program Associate at AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

    Washington, DC

  • Ariana Wescott, MA'20

  • Meera White, MA'20

  • May Wijaya, MA'14

    Senior Account Executive at Resnicow & Associates

    New York, NY

  • Miel Wilson, MA'08, AMST PhD'15

    Faculty and Outreach Associate, Archbishop Mitty High School

    San Jose, CA

  • Yiru Zhang, MA'20

  • Inge Zwart, MA'17

    PhD Student (Participatory Memory Practices) at Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

  • Janet K. Zwolinski, MA'11

    Executive Directors at Massachusetts Cheese Guild Inc.

    Westport Point, MA