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 If you are an alumnus/alumna and notice missing or outdated information, please contact Tim Libaris at tlibari@luc.edu.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.
2022
Meghan Flannery
Collections Inventory Assistant with The Museum Lady for a grant-funded project for the Minnesota Firefighters Museum
Madeleine Lawler
Education Coordinator, History Center of Olmsted County, Rochester, MN
2021
Scarlett Andes
Administrative Assistant for Academic Programming, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, Illinois
Rachel Madden
Archivist, Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL
Archivist, Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL
Ve'Amber Miller
Park Guide, Pullman National Monument, National Park Service, Chicago, IL
Miranda Ridener
Library Services Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus
Library Services Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus
Lizzie Schmidt
Museum Library Manager, Goodhue County Historical Society, Red Wing, MN
Casey Terry
Manager, Engagement, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
2020
Laurel Overstreet
Exhibit Developer, Luci Creative, Chicago, IL
Exhibit Developer, Luci Creative, Chicago, IL
Austin Sundstrom
Park Guide, National Park Service, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS
Park Guide, National Park Service, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS
Alicia Zeimet
Program Coordinator for Adult Education Seminars, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
2019
Anna Claspy
Architectural Historian, EBI Consulting, Chicago, IL
Architectural Historian, EBI Consulting, Chicago, IL
Alexandra Gradwohl
Project Manager, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, Seattle, WA
Bryan Morey
Collections Specialist, Charles Lindbergh Collection at the Missouri Historical Society, St. Luois, MO
Collections Specialist, Charles Lindbergh Collection at the Missouri Historical Society, St. Luois, MO
Angela Rothman
Architectural Historian, HNTP Corporation, Seattle, WA
2018
Kate Johnson
Library Technician, Archives and Special Collections, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Marie Pellissier
PhD Student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Stephen Petrie
Educator II, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Educator II, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Karen Sieber
Humanities Officer, Minnesota Humanities Center, St. Paul, MN
2017
Megan Bordewyk
Digital Library Associate, South Dakota State Library, Pierre, SD
Ellen Bushong
Public Tours Coordinator and Project Assistant, Chicago Detours, Chicago, IL
Public Tours Coordinator and Project Assistant, Chicago Detours, Chicago, IL
Julia Lacher
Outreach Director, Chicago Film Archives
Outreach Director, Chicago Film Archives
Nicole Stocker
Museum Educator, Lake County Forest Preserve District, Libertyville, IL
2016
Caroline Giannakopoulos
Project Archivist at Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago
Kyle Mathers
Curator, First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL
Curator, First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL
Exhibition Designer and Consultant at Third Coast Creation
Margaret McClain
Municipal Clerk at City of Madison, WI
Adam Widera
Automated Systems and Technical Services Librarian, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
2015
Courtney Baxter
Early Childhood and Family Programs Manager, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
Mollie Fullerton
Education Coordinator, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
Education Coordinator, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
Siobhan Heraty
Curator of Collections, Des Plaines History Center, Des Plaines, IL
Curator of Collections, Des Plaines History Center, Des Plaines, IL
Jennifer Pederson
Education Coordinator, Museum of Casa Grande, Casa Grande, AZ
Cambray Sampson
Tour Guide at the Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI
Tour Guide at the Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI
2014
Courtney Baxter
Early Childhood and Family Programs Manager, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
Early Childhood and Family Programs Manager, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
Patrick Turco
Preparator of Collections, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Preparator of Collections, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2013
Samantha Chmelik
Manager, Library and Information Services at Driehaus Museum, Chicago IL
Manager, Library and Information Services at Driehaus Museum, Chicago IL
- Author, Museum and Historic Site Management: A Case Study Approach (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)
Anne E. Cullen
Education Grants & Programs Associate, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL
Education Grants & Programs Associate, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL
Kristin Emery
Research and Academic Programs Manager, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Research and Academic Programs Manager, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Laura Johns
Manager of Programs and Interpretive Services, Primrose Farm, St. Charles, IL
Manager of Programs and Interpretive Services, Primrose Farm, St. Charles, IL
Rachel Lewis, PhD
Exhibit Designer, Prairie du Chien Historical Society, Prairie du Chien, WI
PhD, Middle Tennessee State University
Administrative Assistant, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Cijuela, Spain
2012
Melissa D’Lando
Coordinator of Grants and Research, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL
Coordinator of Grants and Research, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL
Director of Library Museum, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Chicago, IL
Siera Heavner Erazo
Curator of Collections, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC
Curator of Collections, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC
Rachel Ramirez
Director, Wilmette Historical Museum, Wilmette, IL
Director, Wilmette Historical Museum, Wilmette, IL
Kelsey Walsh
Manager, Department of Records Management & Archives at the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
Manager, Department of Records Management & Archives at the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
2011
Andrew Altepeter
Assistant Archivist and Records Manager, Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
Assistant Archivist and Records Manager, Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
William Ippen
Pamela (Kyle) Utsunomiya
Invoicing Specialist Marsh, USA and Public Historian Volunteer
Invoicing Specialist Marsh, USA and Public Historian Volunteer
Melinda Leonard
Media Archivist & Video Specialist at Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, IL
Media Archivist & Video Specialist at Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, IL
Kristy Noga
Elyssa Northey
Archivist, Allied Vaughn
Curator of Collections, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI
Archivist, Allied Vaughn
Curator of Collections, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI
Curator of Museum Collections, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO
Charles Wilkins
Associate Planner, Planning and Zoning Division, City of Aurora, IL
Associate Planner, Planning and Zoning Division, City of Aurora, IL
2010
Rochelle Caruthers
DEI Programs Assistant, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
DEI Programs Assistant, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Candice Jones
Collections Assistant, Chicago Cultural Alliance, Chicago, IL
Collections Assistant, Chicago Cultural Alliance, Chicago, IL
2009
Emma Bonanomi
Director of Internal Communications at TNTP, Brooklyn, NY
Director of Internal Communications at TNTP, Brooklyn, NY
Ashley Eckhardt
History PhD Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
History PhD Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Kathryn M. Hofherr
Policy Development Coordinator, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Policy Development Coordinator, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Heather Kendall
Administrative Manager at Friends of Historic Second Church
Facilitator at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL
Kat Latham
Director of Collections Management, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
Director of Collections Management, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
Laura McDowell Hopper
Social Media Manager and Staff Writer, Craft Industry Alliance
Social Media Manager and Staff Writer, Craft Industry Alliance
Rebecca Redinger
History Fair Assistant, Chicago Metro History Education Center, Chicago, IL
History Fair Assistant, Chicago Metro History Education Center, Chicago, IL
Jonathan W. Sebastian
Site Manager, Fischer Farms Historic Site, Bensenville Park District, IL
Site Manager, Fischer Farms Historic Site, Bensenville Park District, IL
2008
Heather Oswald
Manager of Public Services, Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Manager of Public Services, Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Jennifer Witkov
Photo Archivist and Corporate Historian, MDRT, Park Ridge, IL
Photo Archivist and Corporate Historian, MDRT, Park Ridge, IL
2007
Ryan Rutkowski
Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
2005
Sarah Nau
Process and Systems Manager, Legal Records, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA
Process and Systems Manager, Legal Records, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA
2004
Patrick Cunningham, CISM, FAI
Associate Director, IT Policy Governance and Compliance, AbbVie, Chicago, IL
Lori Osborne
Director of Frances Willard House Museum and Executive Director, Center for Women's History and Leadership; Director, Evanston Women's History Project, Evanston, IL
Director of Frances Willard House Museum and Executive Director, Center for Women's History and Leadership; Director, Evanston Women's History Project, Evanston, IL
2003
Robert F. Doane
Curator, Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI
Lea Domingo
Library Manager, Hawaii State Public Library, Honolulu, HI
Senior Affiliated Scholar, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
2002
Bethany Fleming
Principal at Fleming Museum Consulting, Chicago IL
Principal at Fleming Museum Consulting, Chicago IL
Susan Hanf
Heritage Communications Specialist, Rotary International, Chicago, IL
Kelley (Hayes) Szany
Vice President of Education and Exhibitions, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Vice President of Education and Exhibitions, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Melanie (Wood) O'Brien
Program Manager, National NAGPRA at National Park Service, Washington, DC
2001
Christine Heidenrich
Managing Editor, BLH Technologies/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
2000
David Cholewiak Bennett
Associate Executive Director, UtmostU, Chicago, IL
Frank Lipo III
Executive Director, Oak Park River Forest Museum, Oak Park, IL
1999
Amy (Hartt) Soprych
Psychiatric Nurse, DuPage County Health Department, Wheaton, IL
Barry Sturm
Occupancy Specialist, Catholic Charities, Chicago, IL
1998
Brian F. Coffey
Historian, 1924 Building, Historical Research and Building Inventory, Cultural Resource Stewardship Division, NPS, Atlanta, GA
Ned Howard
Senior Marketing Project Manager, The Standard, Portland, OR
Ann Fuhrman
Research and Operations Coordinator, Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society, Oklahoma City, OK
Janice Slupski
(Deceased) former historian for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Chesterton, IN
1997
Michelle Donahoe
Executive Director, DeKalb County History Center, Sycamore, IL
Executive Director, DeKalb County History Center, Sycamore, IL
DeKalb County Historian
Board of Directors, Illinois Association of Museums
Catherine (Nich) Eliasik
Director, Gift and Record Services, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Harry G. Klinkhamer
Historical Resources Manager, Venice Museum and Archive, Venice, FL
Ariel Orlov
Senior Director, Library and Learning Services, Adler University, Chicago, IL
1996
Amy T. Peterson, PhD
Vice President of Academics, Elevate K-12, Chicago, IL
1995
William Lebed
Freelance Historian
1994
Jeanie Child
Assistant Archivist, Room 1201 the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Christine Basque Malloy
Facilitator and Conflict Specialist, Omaha, NE
1993
Philip Costello
Archivist for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Archivist for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Catherine Dishman
Corporate Archivist, Marriott International, Bethesda, MD
1991
Rebecca (Strand) Johnson
Director, Center for Public History, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
1990
Kent Haag
(Retired) Chicago Trolley and Double Decker Company
Joanne (Grossman) Murray
Director, The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Joseph R. DeRose
(Retired) Historic Preservation Specialist, Division of Historic Preservation, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
1988
Micaela Sullivan-Fowler
Distinguished Academic Librarian and Curator, History of Health Sciences Librarian, Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1986
Donna Neary
Developer, NewComer Center for Newly Arrived Teens at Howard High School, Chattanooga, TN
2021
Jennifer Duvall
Academic Librarian and Archivist, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at Barron County
Tara (Cajacob) Hinkley
Archivist, Barack Obama Presidential Library, US National Archives
Archivist, Barack Obama Presidential Library, US National Archives
Erin Witt
Contract Processing Archivist, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Archives, New Haven, CT
Contract Processing Archivist, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Archives, New Haven, CT
2020
Bianca Barcenas
Metadata Technician, Obama Foundation, Chicago, IL
2019
Emily Muszynski
Youth Outreach Specialist, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, IL
2017
Maddie McDermott
Associate Archivist for Collection Management at the Jesuit Archives: Central United States, St. Louis, MO
Associate Archivist for Collection Management at the Jesuit Archives: Central United States, St. Louis, MO
Hannah Zuber
Archivist for Virtual Materials at Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
2015
Grace Lehner
Director of Archives and Administration, Evanston History Center
Adjunct Librarian, Truman College, Chicago, IL
2014
PhD Student, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2012
Archival Specialist, Vivian G. Harsh Afro-American History and Literature Collection, Chicago Public Library
2011
Catherine Crosse
Public Services Librarian, Palos Heights Public Library, Palos Heights, IL
2010
Amber Dushman
Teacher, Nevada Teachers of Tomorrow, Las Vegas, NV
2002
Laura Carroll
Archivist, Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling, WV
1996
Amy Peterson
Vice President of Academic Strategy at Pearson
1995
Susan Olsson
Patient Care Coordinator, Olsson Oral and Maxillofocial Surgeons, Northwestern
1991
Detective, Area 1 Violent Crimes, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, IL
2022
Sean Jacobson
Assistant Professor of Public History and American History, Univeristy of North Alabama, Florence, AL
Dissertation: Hidden in Plain Sight: Challenges of Remembering Antebellum Indian Missions in the Great Lakes and the South
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
Ella Wagner
Historian, Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education, National Parks Service, Washington, D.C.
Dissertation: “The Saloon is their Palace”: Race and Politics in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1920
Advisor: Michelle Nickerson
Dissertation: “The Saloon is their Palace”: Race and Politics in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1920
Advisor: Michelle Nickerson
2021
Kelly Schmidt
Research Coordinator, Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project, St. Louis University
Dissertation: "We heard sometimes their earnest desire to be free in a free country": Enslaved People, Jesuit Masters, and Negotiations for Freedom on American Borderlands, 1823-1930
Advisors: Kyle Roberts and Theodore Karamanski
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
Chelsea Denault
Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, Midwest Collaborative for Library Sciences, Lansing, MI
Dissertation: "We All Live Downwind:" Trash, Technology, and "Terrorism" in Detroit, 1973-1989
Advisor: Elliott Gorn
Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, Midwest Collaborative for Library Sciences, Lansing, MI
Dissertation: "We All Live Downwind:" Trash, Technology, and "Terrorism" in Detroit, 1973-1989
Advisor: Elliott Gorn
Ruby Oram
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
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
Hope Shannon
Public Historian and Co-Founder, Omnia History
Executive Director, Urban History Association
Executive Director, Urban History Association
Coordinator, Career Diversity for Historians, American Historical Association
Dissertation: Mobilizing the Past: Local History and Community Action in Modern Metropolitan Chicago
Advisor: Patricia Mooney-Melvin
Advisor: Patricia Mooney-Melvin
2019
Meagan McChesney
Curator, Winnetka Historical Society, Winnetka, IL
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
Dissertation: Exhibiting Sovereignty: Tribal Museums in the Great Lakes Region, 1969-2010
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
Joshua Wachuta
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
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
Rachel Boyle
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
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
Dan Ott
Manager, National Parks Service, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Dissertation: "Producing a Past: Cyrus McCormick's Reaper from Heritage to History"
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
Manager, National Parks Service, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Dissertation: "Producing a Past: Cyrus McCormick's Reaper from Heritage to History"
Advisor: Theodore Karamanski
2010
Angela Fritz
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
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
2005
Catherine Maybrey
Career Coach, Catherine Maybrey Coaching Services
Dissertation: "From Onanism to Orgasm: Masturbation, Medicine and Gender in America, 1646-1960"
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
Career Coach, Catherine Maybrey Coaching Services
Dissertation: "From Onanism to Orgasm: Masturbation, Medicine and Gender in America, 1646-1960"
Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle
2004
Jerry L. Foust
Collection and Facilities Manager, Dumbarton House, Washington D.C
Collection and Facilities Manager, Dumbarton House, Washington D.C
