We are committed to training professional historians who advance scholarly understanding of the past as well as teach and engage broader publics. Our graduates work in universities, colleges, museums, the federal government, historical research firms and the private sector, including:
| Bowdoin College | LaGrange College | University of British Columbia |
| Brookings Institution | Linfield College | University of California--Riverside |
| Brown University | Lower Columbia Community College | University of California-Santa Cruz |
| California State University-Fullerton | Middlebury College | University of Durham, UK |
| Carthage College | Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) | University of Maryland-Baltimore County |
| Center for Military History | National Park Service | University of Michigan |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Northern Illinois University | University of New South Wales |
| Central Washington University | Northwest College | University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Charles University (Prague) | Pacific Lutheran University | University of Texas-San Antonio |
| College of St. Rose, Albany | Presidential Management Fellowship Program | University of Utah |
| Dartmouth College | Princeton University, Post-doctoral fellowship in the Society of Fellows | Utah Historical Quarterly |
| Dept. of Housing and Urban Development | Schenectady Community College | University of Virginia |
| Fordham University | Seattle Central Community College | University of Washington -Seattle |
| Genealogical Society of Utah | Seattle University | University of Washington-Bothell |
| Genealogical Society of Utah | Simon Fraser University | University of Washington Press |
| Georgia Southwestern State University | South Dakota State University | University of Dayton |
| Grand Valley State University | Southern Connecticut | Valparaiso University |
| Guilford College | Southern Illinois University | Virginia Tech |
| Harvard University, Post-doctoral fellow in Global American Studies at the Charles Warren Center | Trinity College | Washington University |
| Indiana State University | UCLA | Western Washington University |
Academic Positions Held by Recent History Ph.D.s
- Antony Adler, Visiting Research Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard University
- Chong Eun Ahn, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at Central Washington University
- Steven Beda, Instructor in the History Department at the University of Oregon
- Joseph Bernardo, Intercultural Affairs Associate at Loyola Marymount University
- Hsiao-wen Cheng, Asst. Prof. in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at the University of Pennsylvania
- Xiaolin Duan, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at Elon University
- Chad Garcia, Instructor at Columbia Basin College
- Mira Green, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at the University of Utah
- Christopher Herbert, Assoc. Prof. in the History Department at Columbia Basin College
- Jeongwon Hyun, Instructor at Western Washington University
- Stefan Kamola, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at Eastern Connecticut University
- Jessie Kindig, Visiting Scholar in the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University
- Allan Lumba, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at the University of Michigan
- Marty Manor Mullins, Instructor at Flathead Valley Community College
- Deborah McNally, Lecturer in history at the University of Washington
- Monica Meadows, Instructor in the Humanities Department at Tacoma Community College
- Mei Feng Mok, Post-doctoral Fellow in the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore
- Alexander Morrow, Instructor in the Center for the Study of Community and Society at the University of Washington-Tacoma
- Julie Osborn, Writing Center Director in the History Department at the University of Washington
- Maria Quintana, Post-doctoral Associate in the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration at Yale University
- Nathan Roberts, Lecturer in history at the University of Washington
- Kurt Schaefer, Instructor at Bates Technical College
- Juned Shaikh, Asst. Prof. in the History Department at the University of California-Santa Cruz
- Amanda Swain, Director of the Humanities Commons at the University of California-Irvine
- Catherine Warner, Post-doctoral Fellow in the South Asian Studies Department and the History Department at Harvard University
- Jennifer Webster, Instructor at Evergreen State College
- Nathaniel Weston, Instructor in the History Department at the University of Washington
- Woonkyung Yeo, Asst. Prof. in the Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at Seoul National University