After Kenyon

The American Studies major or concentration is beneficial for students thinking about future careers in academia, law, museums, public history, or education. Kenyon American Studies graduates use their training in a number of different ways. Below is a sample of what some of our recent graduates are doing.

Kristen E. Dolan '09: management and production analyst for the FBI

Amy L. Zimmerman '09: senior account executive with CareerBuilder

Christopher L. Loggins '08: community outreach for Beginning with Books, an early literacy center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Francis V. Gourrier Jr. '08: Teach for America in the Oakland Unified School District of California

Emily H. Margolis '07: graduate student at Duke University

Matthew Long Middleton '07: marketing manager at Murray Street Productions in New York City, an innovator in radio, audio, digital media production, marketing and distribution.

Andrew Kahrl '01: assistant professor of history at Marquette University; received a Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2008 with a disseration entitled "On the Beach: Race and Leisure in the Jim Crow South"

Elizabeth Pillsbury '98: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellow at Columbia University for her project, "An American Bouillabaisse: The Ecology, Politics and Economics of Fishing around New York City, 1870-Present"

Elizabeth Belanger '97: assistant professor of history and director of the American Studies program at Stonehill College; received a Ph.D. in American civilization from Brown University in 2006