
Curating Comes Full Circle
Morgan Lippert’21 is putting the Museum Studies knowledge and skills gained at Beloit College to work at three cultural organizations.
moreHistorians work in all kinds of professions, often applying their skills to areas quite far from the field of history.
Our recent graduates include archivists and oral historians, lawyers, business entrepreneurs, high school and middle school teachers, social workers, and journalists; others work in the arts or for a variety of non-profit organizations. A few students each year decide to continue their historical studies at the MA or PhD level.
The American Historical Association lists five primary skills that history students acquire:
More information about careers for history students and how to prepare for them can be found at the American Historical Association’s section on careers for history majors.
Many, many things. With Beloit’s liberal arts foundation and a history major, the world is your oyster and you can consider a multitude of careers. Among the jobs you can consider are: advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, campaign worker, consultant, congressional aide, editor, foreign service officer, foundation staffer, information specialist, intelligence agent, journalist, legal assistant, lobbyist, personnel manager, public relations staffer, researcher, teacher … the list can be almost endless.
More specifically, though, with your degree in history you can be an educator, researcher, communicator or editor, information manager, advocate, or even a businessperson.
Morgan Lippert’21 is putting the Museum Studies knowledge and skills gained at Beloit College to work at three cultural organizations.
moreStill early in her career, poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney’12 publishes a poem in The New Yorker .
moreAs a U.S. Navy lieutenant, Carlos de Cordoba’11 finds that embracing discomfort helps him learn and grow.
moreBre Partida’21 was surprised to find herself more prepared than her older peers in the University of New Mexico’s tight-knit history masters program. A former soccer player, RA, and member of Theta Pi Gamma sorority, Bre reflects on how Beloit shaped the person she is today.
moreRussian language major and software educator Caitlin Abrams’08 has become a TikTok star for creating videos that investigate the life (and death) of everyday people — all while cleaning their gravestones. Abrams reflects on how she got here.
moreWhy did residents of what’s now Cahokia, Illinois, abandon their thriving settlement a millennium ago?
Geoarchaeologist Caitlin Rankin’14 and her colleagues are untangling this mystery with the latest tools, an interdisciplinary mindset, and a willingness to challenge long-held assumptions.
Kaylie Williams’21 recently embarked on her post-college journey as a park aide at Clear Lake State Park in California. She’s bringing the skills and confidence she developed at Beloit to help her inspire future generations of nature and Indigenous rights advocates.
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