Our Ph.D. graduates have had great success in securing a variety of positions within the academy and also beyond it. We are enormously proud of our placement record, which in 2022 alone included seven tenure-track positions.
“The Ph.D. in English at Notre Dame fully prepared me to examine literature, film, media, and other cultural productions using a combination of cutting-edge theoretical, historical, and pedagogical frameworks.…Between my training in seminars, working one-on-one with leading faculty, and various opportunities to teach courses of my own design, I will forever be grateful for my time as a Ph.D. student in English at Notre Dame.”
The following represents just a sampling of recent positions:
Tenure-Track Positions (past five years only):
Queens College, CUNY
California Lutheran University
Berry College
George Fox University
Flagler College
Grace College
Bowdoin College
Concordia University Irvine
University of Miami
Ferrum College
Kennesaw State University
Teaching Professorships and Directorships:
University of Mississippi
Purdue University
Brigham Young University
International Positions:
Maynooth University
University of Gothenburg
Cardiff University
Pusan National University
Postdoctoral Fellowships
ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University
ACLS Carl and Betty Pforzheimer Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Fellowship, Heidelberg Center for American Studies
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Historical Association
Positions Beyond the Academy
Culver Academies
MMI Preparatory School
Federal Reserve
Y Combinator
Peter Lang Publishing
The Ohio State University Press
“The 5+1 Fellowship Program was instrumental in launching my career in publishing. Because I worked for UND Press, I was completely immersed in how they do their craft and how that world operates, I was able to gain a definite edge when it came to applying for jobs.”