Outcomes by Year
NOTE: We are working to create a comprehensive database for our alumni network. This is not a complete list. If you are an alumnus/alumna and notice missing or outdated information, please contact Tim Libaris at tlibari@luc.edu.
Select any of the drop-down boxes to view alumni outcomes from respective degree programs.
Public History MA Program
2024
Guest Services Associate, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
2023
Local History Librarian, Cook Memorial Public Library, Libertyville, IL
Guest Services Coordinator, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
Administrative Assistant, Sociology Department, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Coordinator, Strategic Forecasting Committee, American Dental Association, Chicago, IL
Consulting Associate, Partners for Sacred Places, Philadelphia, PA
Collections Technician, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
Special Collections Assistant, Library, University of Pennsylvania, East, Stroudsburg, PA
2022
Program Associate, Chicago Metro History Affair, Chicago History Museum, Chicago IL
2021
Archivist, Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL
Library Services Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus, Fond Du Lac, WI
2020
Park Guide, National Park Service, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS
Public Engagement Coordinator, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
2019
Architectural Historian, EBI Consulting, Chicago, IL
Collections Manager, Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2018
Program Officer, Massachusetts Humanities Council, Northampton, MA
Educator, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2017
Public Tours Coordinator and Project Assistant, Chicago Detours, Chicago, IL
Outreach Director, Chicago Film Archives, Chicago, IL
2016
2015
Education Coordinator, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
Curator of Collections, Des Plaines History Center, Des Plaines, IL
Tour Guide, Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI
2014
Manager, Early Childhood and Family Programs, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
Preparator of Collections, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2013
Manager, Library and Information Services, Driehaus Museum, Chicago IL
- Author, Museum and Historic Site Management: A Case Study Approach (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)
Grants Administrator, Wayfarer Foundation, Highland Park, IL
Research and Academic Programs Manager, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Manager of Programs and Interpretive Services, Primrose Farm, St. Charles, IL
2012
Grants Manager, International Documentary Association, Los Angeles, CA
Curator of Collections, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC
Director, Wilmette Historical Museum, Wilmette, IL
Manager, Department of Records Management & Archives at the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
2011
Assistant Archivist and Records Manager, Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
Invoicing Specialist Marsh, USA and Public Historian Volunteer
Media Archivist & Video Specialist at Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, IL
Archivist, Allied Vaughn, Minneapolis, MN; Curator of Collections, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI
Associate Planner, Planning and Zoning Division, City of Aurora, Aurora, IL
2010
Director, African American History Initiative, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
Collections Assistant, Chicago Cultural Alliance, Chicago, IL
2009
Director of Internal Communications, TNTP, Brooklyn, NY
History PhD Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Policy Development Coordinator, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Director of Collections Information and Management, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
Social Media Manager and Staff Writer, Craft Industry Alliance, Wellesley, MA
History Fair Assistant, Chicago Metro History Education Center, Chicago, IL
Site Manager, Fischer Farms Historic Site, Bensenville Park District, Bensenville, IL
2008
Assistant Director for Access, Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Photo Archivist and Corporate Historian, MDRT, Park Ridge, IL
2007
Supervisory Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
2005
Strategic Initiatives Coordinator, Division of Enrollment Management, UW-Madison, MAdison, WI
Process and Systems Manager, Legal Records, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA
2004
Director, Frances Willard House Museum and Executive Director, Center for Women's History and Leadership, Evanston, IL; Director, Evanston Women's History Project, Evanston, IL
2003
2002
Principal, Fleming Museum Consulting, Chicago IL
Vice President of Education and Exhibitions, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Executive Director, DeKalb County History Center, Sycamore, IL; DeKalb County Historian, Sycamore, IL; Board of Directors, Illinois Association of Museums Chicago, IL
1996
1995
1994
1993
Archivist, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, IL
1991
1990
1989
1988
1986
Public History MA/MLIS Dual Degree Program
2024
Yujay Masah
Black Studies Librarian, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Kaylee Morlan
Tour Guide, Inside Chicago Walking Tours, Chicago, IL
2023
Katie Rose
Digital Media Specialist, Westat, Region 14 Comprehensive Center, Austin, TX
2022
Karis Blaker
Program Coordinator, Winnetka Historical Society, Winnetka, IL
Melissa Newman
Collections Manager, National Museum of the American Sailor, Great Lakes, IL
2021
Archivist, Barack Obama Presidential Library, US National Archives, Arlington Heights, IL
Contract Processing Archivist, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Archives, New Haven, CT
2020
2019
2017
Collection Management Archivist, Jesuit Archives & Research Center, St. Louis, MO
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
2002
1996
1995
1991
Public History/American History PhD Program
2023
Director: Patricia Mooney-Melvin
Advisor: Benjamin Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow in Public History, Department of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Dissertation: Environments of War: The Pacific Northwest and the Waging of World War II
Advisor: Patricia Mooney-Melvin
2022
Historian/Archivist, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
Dissertation: “The Saloon is their Palace”: Race and Politics in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1920
2021
Sebastian Wuepper
Collections Consultant, DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Visiting Scholar, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Theology, Chicago, IL
Dissertation: Reams, Revolutionaries and Radicals - The German American Milieu in Chicago, 1847-1890
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
2020
Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, Midwest Collaborative for Library Sciences, Lansing, MI
Dissertation: “An Environmental Sleight of Hand:" Trash, Activism, and Urban Finance in Detroit, 1970-1990
Advisor: Elliott Gorn
Assistant Professor of Practice in Local and Community History, Texas State University, San Marcos Campus, San Marcos, TX
Dissertation: Useful for Life: Women, Girls, and Vocational School Reform in Chicago, 1880-1930
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
Marketing and Engagement Manager, American Historical Association, Washington, DC
Dissertation: Mobilizing the Past: Local History and Community Action in Modern Metropolitan Chicago
2019
Curator, Winnetka Historical Society, Winnetka, IL; Contract Researcher at U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association
Dissertation: Exhibiting Sovereignty: Tribal Museums in the Great Lakes Region, 1969-2010
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
Freelance Public Historian and Web Designer
Dissertation: All and More That Was Owed: American Indians and Settler Capitalism on the Upper Mississippi, 1805-1890
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
2017
Public Historian and Co-Founder, Omnia History
Board of Directors of the National Council on Public History (2020-2022)
Dissertation: "She Shot Him Dead: The Criminalization of Women and the Struggle over Social Order in Chicago, 1871-1919"
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
2015
Historian and Western Regions Coordinator, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Project, Minneapolis, MN
Dissertation: "Producing a Past: Cyrus McCormick's Reaper from Heritage to History"
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
2010
Administrator for the Division of Collections and State Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
Dissertation: "Ten Cents a Dance: Taxi Dancers, A Living Wage, and the Sexual Politics of Women's Work, 1912-1952"
Advisor: Susan Hirsch
2006
Elizabeth MyersDirector of Special Collections, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Dissertation:"Burning Bras, Long Hairs, and Dashikis: Personal Politics in American Culture, 1960-75"
Advisor: Lewis Erenberg
2005
Career Coach, Catherine Maybrey Coaching Services, Hamilton, Ontario
Dissertation: "From Onanism to Orgasm: Masturbation, Medicine and Gender in America, 1646-1960"
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
2004
Collection and Facilities Manager, Dumbarton House, Washington D.C
NOTE: We are working to create a comprehensive database for our alumni network. This is not a complete list. If you are an alumnus/alumna and notice missing or outdated information, please contact Tim Libaris at tlibari@luc.edu.
Select any of the drop-down boxes to view alumni outcomes from respective degree programs.