Alumni

Job Placements

PhD

Naomi Extra ’22 – Postdoctoral Fellow ACLS Emerging Voices: Fellow in Feminist Knowledge and Social Justice, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Lauren O'Brien ’22 – Graduate Internship, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles African American Historic Places Project     

Reniqua Allen '20 - Senior Episode Producer for The Problem with Jon Stewart

Jennifer Caroccio-Maldonado '20 - Assistant Professor of English, Baruch College, CUNY

Bernard Lombardi ‘20 – Postdoctoral associate in African American and African Studies, Rutgers-Newark  

Keishla Rivera-Lopez ’20 – NEH Postdoctoral Research Associate in American Studies, Montclair State University

Jina Lee ’19 – Part Time Lecturer, Rutgers-Newark

Asha Black '17 - Assistant Professor of Geography, Clark University

Molly Rosner ’17 – Assistant Director of Education Programs at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, LaGuardia Community College/CUNY

Katie Singer ’17 – Part Time Lecturer, Rutgers-Newark

Erica Tom ’17 – Director of Native American Studies Sonoma State University

Laura Troiano ’17 – Dean, Honors College, Rutgers-Newark

Taylor Black '15 - Assistant Professor of English, Duke University

Samantha Boardman '15 - Project Manager, Research & Community Partnership, Newest Americans, Rutgers-Newark University

Robin Foster ’15 – Adjunct Professor, History, George Mason University

Jules Gill-Peterson ’15 – Associate Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University

Paul Heideman ’15 – History Teacher, Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Shana Russell ’15 – Assistant Professor of English, Bard Early College Newark

Rosie Uyola ’15 – Founder, Media Academy

John Johnson ’14 – Assistant Professor of History, St. Peter's University

Sean Singer ’13 – Poet, Freelance Editor       

Sara Grossman ’11 – Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies on the Johanna Alderfer Harris and William H. Harris Professorship in Environmental Studies, Bryn Mawr College

MA

Adriana Cuervo ’22 – Head of Archival Collections and Services - Dana Library, Rutgers-Newark

Destiny Jones '22 – Research Assistant at The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation

Colleen O'Neal '22 – Phd Student, American Studies, Rutgers-Newark

Andrew Guglielmo ‘21 – Social Studies Teacher, West Orange High School

Brandon Morrissey ’20 – PhD Student, Sociology, North Carolina State

Alison Roseberry-Polier ’20 – Program Assistant, Science History Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Michael Steadman ’20 – Chief Executive Officer, Ironbound Media

Noelle Lorraine Williams ’20 – Curator, Researcher, and Program Manager, Black Power 19th Century, Newark, NJ

Dahlia Azran ’19 – Assistant Director of Professional Programs, 9/11 Museum

Lawrence Durst ’19 – PhD Candidate, American Studies, Rutgers-Newark  

Sheridan Sayles ’19 – Technical Services Archivist, Seton Hall University Library    

Michelle Carpenter ’16 – Assistant Division Head, High School Division, Grace Church School, Newark, NJ

Kevin Manuel-Bentley ’15 – Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Individual Giving, Union Theological Seminary

Christopher Rzigalinski ’15 – Virtual Client Experience Specialist & Event Host, Coursehorse, Los Angeles, CA

Erin Sweeney ’15 – Executive Director at Schools That Can, Newark, NJ

Frances Aboushi ’14 – Principal, Bradford Elementary School, Montclair, NJ

Itea Bell ’13 – Director of Curriculum, Bishop Walker School, Washington DC

Brian Blumenfeld ’12 – Attorney, BSC Group

Justin Mann ’12 – Assistant Professor of English, Northwestern University, Visiting Research Scholar in African American Studies at Princeton University

Jaime Olmos ’12 – ASAP Academic Advisor, CUNY Hostos Community College

Mariah Zimpfer ’12 – Lecturer, Sociology, Sam Houston State University

Monica Barra ’11 – PhD Candidate, Cultural Anthropology, Graduate Center CUNY

Cassondra Basile ’11 – Teacher, Montessori School, Boston, MA

Caseen Gaines ’11 – English Teacher, Hackensack High School, Hackensack, NJ

Sheila Moreira ’11 – Supervising Attorney, International Rescue Committee, Manhattan, NY

Jason Slesinski ‘10 – Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi

Evelyn Rodriguez ’09 – Legal Secretary, Law Offices of Angelo R. Bianchi