English Department Post-Graduate Placement
The Department of English is dedicated to preparing students for a variety of career paths, with particular focus on the academic job market, academic administration, and secondary school education. We admit a small incoming cohort of students each year in order to provide each student with personalized support and guidance as they enter and navigate the job market. For more than ten years, our graduate students have been supported by a dedicated job Placement Officer from our faculty, who organizes roundtables, helps applicants with drafting and refining job and fellowship application materials, and aids graduate students in preparing for interviews and campus visits. Our record of recent placements below demonstrates a proven track record of success securing full-time employment for our students inside and outside academia.
We have a rigorous job market preparation program, coordinated by the Director of Placement and Professional Development (Prof. John Bugg is the Interim DPPD for Fall 2023). In the spring prior to students’ job searches, the DPPD holds an information session that acquaints potential candidates with the process. After students have declared their intentions to go on the academic job market, the DPPD assigns each candidate a faculty mentor from the Job Placement Committee; over the summer and into the fall, that mentor guides the candidate through the development of rigorous application documents. In the late fall, the DPPD organizes mock interviews for all job candidates, and the department continues to advise students (about interviewing, campus visits, and offer negotiations) well into the spring semester. Graduates returning to the market in their years after finishing the PhD also continue to receive comprehensive advising and support from the department.
The job placement program is coordinated by the Director of Placement and Professional Development (Prof. Maria Farland). Current students students may access the Job Placement Handbook (please contact the Graduate Administer for password).
Recent Placements
2023
Olivia Badoi, Assistant Professor, St. Louis University, Madrid, Spain
Kyle Campbell, OneGoal, Director of Grants and Communication, NYC
Carolyn Cargile, Columbia University, Lecturer in Discipline (English), (multi-year renewable)
Angela Furry, English Teacher, Notre Dame de Sion High School, Kansas City
Mahlika Hopwood, Arizona State University, Assistant Teaching Professor of English (tenure track teaching position)
Peter Krause, Dartmouth College, Assistant Director, Center for Professional Development
Vivian Papp, CUNY City-Tech, English Lecturer (permanent position)
2022
Aaron Pinnix, Postdoctoral research scholar, University of Konstanz
Amina Tajbhai, Lecturer, Hostos Community College (long term renewable position)
Sarah O'Brien, Academic Advising Dean, University of Maryland
Julia Cosacchi, Manuscripts Editor, SUNY Press
Alex Finn-Atkins, Upper School English Teacher & Department Chair, Storm King School
David Smigen-Rothkopf, Upper School English Teacher, Sacred Heart School Greenwich CT
Ellis Light, Managing Editor, Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Society of America
2021
Jamie Bolker: Early American, Research Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society and American Antiquarian Society, Boston, MA
Caitlin Cawley: 20th and 21st-Century American, Brittain Fellow in Writing, Georgia Tech (declined); Lectureship in English, Fordham (accepted), Bronx, NY
Lennox Debra: Modern American, English Teacher, Upper School, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Matthew Lillo: Early Modern, English Teacher, Upper School, Dalton School, NY, NY
Cathal Pratt: 20th Century British, Irish Studies, Latin American, Assistant Professor of English, University of Providence, Great Falls, MT
Danielle Sottosanti: Medieval, Chief Content Director, The Rudin Group Consultancy, NY, NY
2020
Jamie Bolker: Early American, Assistant Professor, MacMurray College; full-year Research Fellow, Newberry Library, 2020-2021
Caroline Hagood: Modern American, Director of Writing Program (Tenure Track), English Department, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Joseph Rudolph: Medieval, Jackson Hole Classical Academy, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Samantha Sabalis: Medieval, Development officer, Council of Independent Colleges, Washington DC
2019
William Fenton: Early American Literature, The Library Company of Philadelphia, Director of Scholarly Innovation
Callie Gallo: Modern American Literature, Marymount School of New York, Upper School English teacher
Matthew D. Lillo: Early Modern, Sacred Heart Greenwich (Secondary), English Faculty
Liz Porter: Eighteenth-Century American, Hostos Community College, Assistant Professor
James M. Van Wyck: Nineteenth-Century American, Princeton University, Professional Development Program Specialist
Mira Zaman: Eighteenth-Century British, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Assistant Professor
2018
Steven Bruso: Medieval, Endicott College, Assistant Professor
Clarissa Chenovick: Early Modern, Florida Atlantic University, Assistant Professor
Sharon Harris: Early Modern, Brigham Young University, Assistant Professor
Boyda Johnstone: Medieval, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Assistant Professor
Jordan Windholz: Early Modern, Shippensburg University, Assistant Professor
2017
Felisa Baynes-Ross: Medieval, Yale University, Lecturer
David Pedersen: Medieval, College of the Ozarks, Assistant Professor
Christy Pottroff: Early American, Merrimack College, Assistant Professor
Christi Spain-Savage: Early Modern, Siena College, Assistant Professor
Kara Stone: Medieval, Penn State Worthington Scranton, Assistant Professor of Writing
2016
Vernita Burrell: 18th-Century British, East Los Angeles College, Assistant Professor
Alexis Butzner: Early Modern, Chemeketa Community College, Instructor
Matthew Leporati: British Romanticism, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Assistant Professor
Kate Nash: British Modernism, Boston University College of General Studies, Lecturer
Jordan Windholz: Early Modern, Shippensburg University, Visiting Assistant Professor
2015
Christine Armacost: Contemporary American, Rotterdam University, Lecturer
Dan Olson-Bang: Associate Director, Graduate Career Services, Syracuse University
Anthony Brano: 18th-Century British, Georgian Court University, Assistant Professor
Tara Foley: 19th-Century American, Baylor University, Lecturer
Michelle Kelly: 20th-Century American, NYU, Writing Lecturer
Paul Thifault: Early American, Springfield College, Assistant Professor
2014
Karina Everett: Victorian, Stevens Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor
Danica Miller: Native American Studies, University of Washington, Tacoma, Assistant Professor
Lauren Navarro: Modern American, LaGuardia Community College, Assistant Professor
Christi Spain-Savage: Early Modern, Sienna College, Visiting Assistant Professor
Patty Tarantello: Early American, Marist College, Visiting Assistant Professor
John Ziegler: Early Modern, Bronx Community College, Assistant Professor
2013
Sarah Cornish: British Modernism, University of Northern Colorado, Assistant Professor
Elizabeth O'Connor: British Modernism, Washington College, Assistant Professor
Arvind Thomas: Medieval, UCLA, Assistant Professor
2012
Maija Birenbaum: Medieval, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Assistant Professor
Heather Blatt: Medieval, Florida International University, Assistant Professor
Stephanie Pietros: Early Modern, Mount Saint Mary College, Assistant Professor
Leah Richards: Victorian, LaGuardia Community College, Assistant Professor
Anne Thell: 18th-Century British, National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor
Paul Thifault: Early American, Lindsey Wilson College, Assistant Professor
Meagan Witzleban: 19th-Century British, Hilbert College, Assistant Professor
2011
Tasha Kohl: 19th-Century American, Centenary College, Assistant Professor
Scott Levin: British Romanticism, Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor
Danielle Spratt: 18th-Century British, California State University, Northridge, Assistant Professor
Arvind Thomas: Medieval, Yale University, Visiting Assistant Professor
2010
Cara Erdheim: 19th-Century American, Sacred Heart University Visiting Assistant Professor
Andrew Tumminia: Early Modern Spring Hill College, Assistant Professor