Our alumni
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.”
