Graduate Job Placements
The Director of Graduate Placement and the department's Placement Committee assist students with the academic job search as well as job options outside of the academy.
UMD English’s graduate program maintains a departmental website with complete information about the job search process, including the basic protocols and timelines, advice for academic and non-academic job searches and other relevant materials. Enrolled graduate students should contact the director to be given access to this site.
Contact
Preperation
Preparation for the academic job search begins in the spring semester, when the director convenes a meeting for Ph.D. candidates who intend to conduct an academic job search in the following school year. Providing practical and moral support through the long process of searching for an academic job, the director meets individually with all job candidates and, with the Placement Committee, reviews all materials that candidates prepare for the search (including letters of application, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstracts and statements of teaching philosophy). The Placement Committee also conducts mock interviews and arranges for mock job talks for job seekers.
The national visibility of our graduate program, the excellence of our students and our commitment to graduate-student mentoring have contributed to our excellent job placement record. Our students take jobs at public and private research universities, regional comprehensive state universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges. Some have received prestigious postdoctoral appointments such as those funded by the American Council of Learned Societies.
The director also works closely with the ARHU Career Development Center in helping students to explore employment opportunities in the public and private sectors. Several of our Ph.D. students have gone on to careers in the alternative academic sector at non-profit organizations, cultural heritage foundations, advocacy centers and federal agencies (such as the National Endowment for the Humanities), a process facilitated by the University of Maryland’s ties to the institutional culture of Washington, D.C.
Recent Ph.D. Placements
2020-Present
- Fernando Duran (PhD, 2026) — Lecturer, UMD English
- Dylan Lewis (ABD, MA 2026) — Rare Books Librarian, Rose Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
- Erin Green (PhD, 2025) — Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Aaron Bartlett (PhD 2024) –– Lecturer, UMD English
- Frederick O’Neal Cherry (PhD, 2024) — Assistant Professor of African American Literature, Auburn University
- Annemarie Ewing (PhD, 2024) — Lecturer, UMD English
- Alexis Walston (PhD, 2024) — Assistant Professor of English, Belmont University
- Elizabeth Catchmark (PhD, 2023) — Director of Writing Center, Georgetown University
- Jenny Schollaert (PhD, 2023) — Outreach and Engagement Librarian in Special Collections, University of Maryland
- Fatima Taha (CMLT PhD, 2023) — Marketing and Communications Manager, ADP HR and Tax Services
- Danielle Griffin (PhD, 2022) — Assistant Professor of English, Oxford College, Emory University
- Jeffrey Moro (PhD, 2022) — Assistant Clinical Professor of Digital Humanities and Digital Studies, AADHum, UMD
- Justin Thompson (PhD, 2022) — Program Manager, Robert H. Smith School of Business, UMD Washington, D.C. Campus
- Katie Bramlett (PhD, 2022) — Assistant Professor of English, California State East Bay
- Norrell Edwards (PhD, 2021) — Assistant Professor of English and 75th Anniversary Endowed Professor of the Humanities, Le Moyne College
- Aqdas Aftab (PhD, 2021) — Assistant Professor of English, Loyola University Chicago
- Keisha Allan (PhD, 2021) — Postdoctoral Fellow, Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center, University of Maryland
- Kyle Bickoff (PhD, 2021) — Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Justine DeCamillis (PhD, 2021) — Assistant Director of Justice and Legal Thought, University of Maryland
- Kayla Harr Doucette (PhD 2021), Senior Communications Manager and Project Manager at Rose Li and Associates (a Science Research and Communications firm)
- Sara Faradji (CMLT PhD 2021), Technical Writer, Abnormal Security
William Gonch (PhD 2021), Assistant Professor of Literature, Ave Maria University
Hillary Roegelein (PhD 2021), Peer Review Coordinator, Biophysical Society, Washington, DC
Tung-An Wei (CMLT PhD 2021), Assistant Professor, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Joseph Good (PhD, 2021) — Assistant Teaching Professor, Pennsylvania State University
- Hillary Roegelein (PhD, 2021) — Associate Media Editor in History, W. W. Norton & Company
- Nabila Hijazi (PhD, 2020) — Postdoctoral Fellow, Loyola University Writing Department
- DeLisa Hawkes-Gore (PhD 2020) –– Assistant Professor of English, The College of William and Mary
Gerard Holmes (PhD 2020) –– Lecturer, UMD
Setsuko Yokoyama (DH PhD 2020) –– Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, Singapore Institute of Technology and Design
2010–2019
Tim Bruno (PhD 2019) –– Instructor of English, Howard Community College
- Nathan Tillman (PhD, 2019) –– Promotion-track position, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
- Cameron Mozafari (PhD, 2019) –– Senior Lecturer, Cornell University
- John Macintosh (PhD, 2019) –– Lecturer, UMD
- Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones (PhD, 2019) — Lecturer, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Oliver Brearey (PhD, 2018)— Senior Analytical Writer/Editor, Office of Institutional Research, Northern Virginia Community College
- Sarah Humud (PhD, 2018) — Associate Director of Honors Humanities, University of Maryland
- Nathan Kelber (PhD, 2018) — Educational Manager for Constellate and Director of the Text Analysis Pedagogy Institute
- Ruth Osorio (PhD, 2018) — Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
- Elizabeth DePriest (PhD, 2017) –– English Faculty, Arundel High School
- Thomas Geary (PhD, 2017) –– Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Tidewater Community College
- Jeremy Metz (PhD, 2017) –– Upper School English Faculty, The Potomac School
- Emily Yoon Perez (PhD, 2017) — Assistant Professor of English, UMBC
- Nataliya Pratsovya (PhD CMLT, 2017) — Full-time faculty, Philology Department, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
- Maggie Ray (PhD, 2017) –– English Faculty, Prince George's County Resident Teacher's Program
- Rob Wakeman (PhD, 2017) –– Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Mary College
- Jamison Kantor (PhD, 2013) — Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Mansfield
- Chris Brown (PhD, 2016)— Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
- Elizabeth Ellis Miller (PhD, 2017) –– Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
- Gillian Knoll (PhD, 2015) — Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
- Christian Taylor (PhD, 2016)— Assistant Professor, Shenandoah University
- Lisa Rhody (DH, PhD, 2015) — Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives, CUNY Graduate Center; Research Assistant Professor, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
- Katie Stanutz (PhD, 2015) — Assistant Director of the University Honors Program, University of Maryland
- Michelle Boswell (PhD, 2015) — Faculty, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
- Heather Lindenman (PhD, 2015) — Assistant Professor, Elon University
- Cristin Marie Taylor (PhD, 2015) — Associate Professor, Shenandoah University
Nate Underland (PhD 2016) — Associate Director of the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan Williams (PhD 2016) — Assistant Professor of English, Bilkent University, Turkey
Michelle Boswell (PhD 2015) –– Faculty, Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology, VA
- Amanda Visconti (PhD DH, 2015) — Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA
- Kelly Wisecup (PhD, 2015) — Professor of English, Northwestern University
- Anita Baksh (PhD, 2014) — Professor of English, LaGuardia Community College
- Rewa Burnham (PhD, 2014) –– Associate Professor of English, Trinity Washington University
- Aaron Dinin (DH, PhD 2014) –– Duke University Innovation & Entrepreneurship, co-founder, Audience Acceleration Labs
- James Hodapp (PhD, 2014) — Associate Professor of Liberal Arts, Northwestern University in Qatar
- Andy Black (PhD, 2013) — Associate Professor of English, Murray State University
- Damion Clark (PhD, 2013) –– Director of Academics, KIPP Public Schools Northern California
- Sarah Sillin (PhD, 2013) — Assistant Professor of Transnational American Literature, Central Washington University
- Isabella Cooper (PhD, 2012) — Academic Advisor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMD
- Marc Ruppel (PhD, 2012) — Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Jennifer Wellman-Andryuk (PhD, 2012) — Project Manager, Green Building Council, Washington, D.C.
- Mariah Bauer (PhD, 2011) –– Provost’s Representative, University of Maryland
- James Goodwin (PhD, 2011) — Lecturer, UMD
- Laura Lauth (PhD, 2011) — Lecturer, Writers’ House, UMD
- Shaun Myers (PhD, 2011) — Assistant Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh
- Kate Singer (PhD, 2011) — Professor and Endowed Chair, Mount Holyoke College
- Deborah Bailin (PhD, 2010) — Democracy Analyst, ACLS
- Leonardo Flores (PhD, 2010) — Professor and Chair of English, Appalachian State University
- Jason Rhody (DH, PhD, 2010) — Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, MLA
- Elizabeth Veisz (PhD, 2010) — Associate Professor of English, Bridgewater State University
- Nazera Wright (PhD, 2010) — Associate Professor of English, University of Kentucky
2000-2009
- Tanya Clement (PhD, 2009) — Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin
- Nancy Comorau (PhD, 2009) — Associate Professor of English, Ohio Wesleyan University
- Delores Phillips (PhD, 2009) — Associate Professor and Director of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center, James Madison University
- Michelle Brown (PhD, 2008) — Dean, Maricostas School of Arts and Sciences, Western Connecticut State University
- Cameron Bushnell (PhD, 2007) — Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Clemson University
- Simone Drake (PhD, 2007) — Distinguished Professor of African American and African Studies, Ohio State University
- Elizabeth McClure (PhD, 2007) — Lecturer, UMD
- Emily Orlando (PhD, 2007) — Professor of English and E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Fairfield University
- Geoffrey Schramm (PhD, 2006) — Upper School Faculty, National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.
- Tricia Slusser (PhD, 2006) — Senior Communications Specialist, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration
- Mihaela Moscaliuc (PhD, 2006) — Associate Professor of English, Montclair College
- Ritu Saksena (CMLT PhD, 2006) — Associate Dean for Graduate Education, University of Minnesota
- Amy Hobbs (PhD, 2005) — Dean and Professor, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Central State University, Ohio
- Koritha Mitchell (PhD, 2005) — Professor of English, Ohio State University
- Erin Sadlack (PhD, 2005) — Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, St. Bonaventure University
- Matthew Elliott (PhD, 2004) — Associate Professor of English, Emmanuel College
- Matthew Hill (PhD, 2004) — Associate Professor of English, Coppin State University
- Ingrid Satelmajer (PhD, 2004) — Honors Humanities Faculty Fellow, UMD
- Stephen Severn (PhD, 2004) — Head of Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages and Associate Professor of English, West Texas A&M University
- April Shemak (PhD, 2004) — Professor of English, Sam Houston University
- Edward Whitley (PhD, 2004) — Professor of English, Lehigh University
- Abby Bardi (PhD, 2003) — Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus
- Eric Berlatsky (PhD, 2003) — Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University
- Ryan Claycomb (PhD, 2003) — Senior Associate Dean, Colorado State University
- Liz Driver (PhD, 2003) — Director, Maryland English Institute, UMD; retired 2022
- Michael Duvall (PhD, 2003) — Associate Professor, College of Charleston
- Erin Kelly (PhD, 2003) — Associate Professor of English, University of Victoria
- Lara Vetter (PhD, 2003) — Professor of English, UNC Charlotte
- Kate Dobson (PhD, 2002) — Associate Professor of English, McDaniel College
- Daniela Garofalo (PhD, 2001) — Professor of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma
- Jennifer James (PhD, 2001) — Associate Professor of English, George Washington University
- Michele I. Osherow (PhD, 2000) — Associate Professor of English and Judaic Studies, UMBC
- Jeana del Rosso (MA, 1993; PhD, 2000) — Professor, Loyola University Maryland
- Linda Macri (MA, 1994; PhD, 2000) — Director of the Graduate Writing Program, UMD
- Crystal Parikh (PhD, 2000) — Professor of English and Social & Cultural Analysis, NYU
Before 2000
- Elizabeth Deloughrey (PhD, 1999) — Professor of English, UCLA
- Stanley Dambroski (PhD, 1999) — Professor, UMGC
- Rodrigo Lazo (PhD, 1998) — Professor of Literature, UC Santa Cruz
- Annette Debo (PhD, 1998) — Professor and Chair of English, University of Kentucky
- Adrienne McCormick (PhD, 1998) — Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Redlands University
- Dali Tan (PhD, 1997) — Professor of Chinese and World Language Discipline Group Chair, Northern Virginia Community College
- Donald Hall (PhD, 1993) — Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Binghamton University, SUNY
Recent MA Placements
2017-Present
- Brandy Williams (MA, 2020) — English PhD program, University of Chicago, specializing in Early Modern Studies and Critical Race Studies
- Mal Haselberger (MA, 2020) — Art History PhD program, University of Maryland
- Jack Pugh (MA, 2020) — English PhD program, University of Colorado Boulder
- Sade Tyndall (MA, 2020) — Upper School Humanities Department, Glenelg Country School
- Daniel Quimby (MA, 2019) — English Program in Korea (EPIK)
- Allison Gibeily (MA, 2019) — English PhD program, Northwestern University
- Chelsea McLin (MA, 2019) — Marketing and Communications, University of Maryland Department of English
- Sarah Spech (MA, 2019) — LAK Public Relations, New York City
- D'Arcee Neal (MA, 2019) — English PhD program, Ohio State University
- Rakia Khalid (MA, 2019) — NYC Teaching Fellows
- Joanna Falk (MA, 2018) — English PhD program, George Washington University
- Lt. Mary Senoyuit (MA, 2018) — Instructor, United States Naval Academy
- Lissette Escariz (MA, 2018) — English PhD program, University of Pittsburgh
- LCDR Phil Garrow (MA, 2018) — Junior Permanent Military Professor, United States Naval Academy
- Christopher Suarez (MA, 2018) — English PhD program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Jessica Harrington (MA, 2017) — Program Coordinator, Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES), University of Maryland
- Emily Smith (MA, 2017) — English PhD program, Pennsylvania State University
- Shaun Russell (MA, 2017) — English PhD program, Ohio State University
- Tyler Talbott (MA, 2017) — English PhD program, Northwestern University
- Trent McDonald (MA, 2017) — English PhD program, Washington University in St. Louis
- Brooke Feichtl (MA, 2017) — Strategic Communications Officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Lt. Daniel Stepler (MA, 2017) — English Instructor, United States Coast Guard Academy