Medieval Studies Career Placement

Medieval Studies alumni pursue a variety of careers, both within academia and without. Some recent placements include:

Michael Innocenti (M.A. 2025) is employed as an Undergraduate Advisor for the School of Management at SUNY - Binghamton.
James Terrasi (M.A. 2024) is enrolled in the PhD Program in History at Stanford University.
Olivia Caroline (M.A. 2024) is enrolled in the PhD Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Benjamin Hausman (M.A. 2024) is a Radiological Controls Technician at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory in PA.
Taryn DeLeon Mendiola (M.A. 2024) is enrolled in the PhD Program in History at Boston University
Alana Kilcoyne (M.A. 2023) is enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in English at Columbia University.
Mark Host (MA 2023) is enrolled in the PhD Program in English at Fordham University
E. Alice Grissom (MA 2023) is enrolled in the PhD Program in English at Rutgers University
Daniel Berardino (MA 2023) is enrolled in the PhD Program in History at University of California, Berkeley
Trevor Nau (MA 2022) is employed as an Administrative Coordinator at the Association of University Presses.
Matthew Maresca (MA 2022) is employed as a Field Representative for IATSE Local 161
Grace Campagna (MA 2022) is employed as a Travel Coordinator and Quality Control Specialist at WAC Travel
Camila Marcone (MA 2021) is enrolled in the PhD Program in Medieval Studies at Yale University
Frances Eshleman (MA 2021) is enrolled in the PhD Program in History at Fordham University
Alessandro Pisano (MA 2021) is enrolled in the PhD Program in Theology at Fordham University
David Howes (M.A. 2020) is a Captain ib the U.S. Army, currently stationed at Fort Benning.
Marco Damiano (M.A. 2019) is currently employed in a M.A. Program in Economics for Data Anaysis at the New School. Until recently, he taught at All Hallows High School.
Thomas Lobitz (M.A. 2019) is a Social Studies teacher at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia, SC.
Ashley Newby (M.A. 2019) is an assistant to the manager of Eleoteca and specialty herb nursery at a vineyard and olive grove in the Dundee Hills of Oregon. She also works for a local Oregon-based dealer of rare books.
Christie Olek (M.A. 2019) is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in History at Fordham University.
Galina Krasskova (M.A. 2019) is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Theology at Fordham University.
Stephen G. Powell (M.A. 2018) teachers Social Studies at Rockhurst (Jesuit) High School in Kansas City.
Jacob Prescott (M.A. 2018) is Assistant Director of Special Programs at School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Michael Weldon (M.A. 2018) teaches in the Visual and Performing Arts department at Fordham Prep and serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair.
Katherine Briant (M.A. 2017) Completed a Ph.D in English at Rochester University, and a second Ph.D at Columbia University. She is a Project Preliminary Conditions Assestment of Medieval and Renaissance Collections Assistant at Columbia.
David Smigen-Rothkopf (M.A. 2017) completed his Ph.D in English at Fordham University and is an Upper School English Teacher at Sacred Heart Greenwich, CT.
Kasey Fausak (M.A. 2017) worked for Student Service at Fordham University (including as Assistant Directory of Student Engagement and Technology) until 2021. She is now a Recruiting Operations Associate at Bridgewater Associates.
Alexander Profaci (M.A. 2016) completed his Ph.D. in History at Johns Hopkins University and is teaching at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, NY.
Alexa Amore (M.A. 2016) complete a M.A. in Art History at Case Western University and an M.Phil in Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. She teaches Art History at the Marymount School of New York.
Heather Hill (M.A. 2016) earned a M.S in Library and Information Science at the Pratt Institute. She is currently an Instructional Technologist at Fordham University.
Abigail Sargent (M.A. 2015) received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in History and is now an assistant professor of History at Central Connecticut State University.
Tobias Hrynick (M.A. 2015) received his PhD in History from Fordham University and is now a full-time Lecturer at the University of Maine Honors College..
Joseph Rudolph (M.A. 2015) received his Ph.D. in English from Fordham
University and is now teaching Latin and literature at Jackson Hole Classical Academy.
Sarah O'Brien (M.A. 2014) received her Ph.D. in English at Fordham University and is now Academic Advising Dean, University of Maryland.
Kristen Mapes (M.A. 2014) completed an M.L.I.S. at Rutgers University and currently serves as Interim Director of Digital Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University.
Alison McCormack (M.A. 2014) completed an M.L.S. at Indiana University and is now an Original Cataloger for Special Collections at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library.
Louisa Foroughi (M.A. 2013) completed her PhD in History at Fordham
University and is now an Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College.
Brian Glasenapp, O.S.B. (M.A. 2013) completed a Ph.D. in Music at Columbia University and is Assistant Professor of Liturgical Music and Medieval Studies at the Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music.
James Henkel (M.A. 2013) teaches Spanish in the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District in Westchester.
Brittany Poe (M.A. 2013) is a Copy Editor at Nisus Corporation in TN.
Kiley Samz (M.A. 2013) is an antiquarian bookseller at B & L Rootenberg Rare Books in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Uta Ayala (M.A. 2012) is a Content Designer and UX Researcher at Street Bird Studio in Chicago.
Michael Laney (M.A. 2012) is Head of Kline Digital Media Center and Manager of the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University Libraries.
Allen Strouse (M.A. 2012) received a PhD in English from CUNY, teaches at Hunter College and the New School, and has published several books, including Form and Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision (Fordham UP, 2021).
Sarah Townsend (M.A. 2012) is in the Ph.D. program in English at the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Miller (M.A. 2012) received a Ph.D. in Art History at Northwestern
University, worked as a post-doc at the Cloisters, and is now an Assistant Curator of European Art at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Christopher Rose (M.A. 2012) teaches English at Regis High School in NYC.
Marjorie Harrington (M.A. 2011) received a PhD in English from the University of Notre Dame and is now Program Manager for Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
Marjorie Harrington (M.A. 2011) received a PhD in English from the University of Notre Dame and is now Program Manager for Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
William Little (M.A. 2011) received a PhD in Classics from the University of Kentucky and is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Classics at Ohio State University.
Alexandra Plante (M.A. 2011) completed an MLIS at Rutgers University and is currently Client Services Manager at IEEE in NJ.
Margaret Gurewitz Smith (M.A. 2010) is Assistant Professor and Program
Director of History at Bellevue University in NE.
Nicholas Laccetti (M.A. 2010) received a M.Div. from Union Theological
Seminary and is currently Communications Coordinator for the Kairos Center, and a member of the National Communications Team of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Kathryn Treadway (M.A. 2010) is Regional Sales Manager, Institutional Specialist, at Macmillan Learning in NY.
Richard P. Hresko (M.A. 2009) is an Adjunct Lecturer in the College of 60 at Fordham University and Director of QED Professional Preparation Services.
Anna M. Moscatiello (M.A. 2009) teaches Latin and History at Wilberforce Middle School in NJ.
Yvonne Rode (M.A. 2009) is Chair of Special Collections at the Westchester Community College Library.
M. Christina Bruno (M.A. 2008) received a PhD in History from Fordham University and is currently the Associate Director of the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham.
Christine James Zepeda (M.A. 2008) received a MSIS and a MA in Art History at the University of Texas, Austin, where she is also pursuing a PhD in Art History.
Sarah Celentano (M.A.2007 ) completed her Ph.D. in Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. She is currently the Director of Development at the Municipal Art Society of New York.
Edward Harvey (M.A. 2007) earned a MPPA at UMass, Amherst and is now Senior Economic Development Planner, Franklin Regional Council of Governments, MA.
J. Patrick Hough, S.J. (M.A. 2007) is Retreat Director, Jesuit Spirituality Center, LA.
Rachel Liptak (M.A. 2007) received a MLIS from Simmons University and is Branch Manager at Timmonsville Public Library, SC.
Jessie Spressart (M.A. 2006) is Managing Director of Optia Consulting LLC.
Anna Quereshi (M.A. 2006) is Senior Enterprise IT Quality & Consultant at Novonesis and Chairwoman of the Board at Global Mentoring Walk in Denmark.
Kristin Uscinski (M.A. 2006) received a PhD in History from Fordham University and is Co-Producer and Audio Editor of Footnoting History.
Heather Burns (M.A. 2005) did graduate work in Art History at the University of Michigan, worked at several museums, and is now a Real Estate agent in NYC.
Morgan Franck Kay (M.A. 2005) is a Software Engineer at Rocketgenius, Inc. in WA.
Kristin Canzano Payano (M.A. 2005) received a PhD in History at Rutgers University.

We recently tracked 100 of our MA graduates in Medieval Studies:

*45% of the MA graduates went on to PhD work, a much higher percentage than for most MA programs. About half went into doctoral programs at Fordham, but others went to such universities as Berkeley, Cambridge (UK), Columbia, CUNY, Kentucky, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Tennessee-Knoxville, Texas-Austin, Toronto, and Yale, and the University of New Mexico, among others.

*17% of the MA graduates pursued other post-graduate degrees in another field, such as Business, Divinity, Education, Law, and, especially Library Science.

In 2014, these 100 graduates were pursuing these career options:

22% were still in Ph.D. programs
15% were in some sort of business field (half of these were in IT)
14% were high-school teachers (including two administrators)
13% had their Ph.D.s and were teaching or working in university administration
12% were writers, rare book dealers, or in publishing
10% had their Ph.D.s and were teaching at the college level
9% were working librarians
6% were in legal careers
5% were in non-profit administration
4% were artists or in arts/museum administration

To help our student medievalists understand the options open to them, the Center runs a Compatible Careers Workshop each April, when we bring back alumni to discuss how the skills they acquired as medievalist graduate students can be transferred to non-academic careers.