Career Paths for Humanities PhDs
IF YOU LIKE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS,
AND PROBLEM SOLVING . . .
Postsecondary Faculty (Research-Intensive)
Consulting
 Consultant, PwC
 Principal, Theresa Reid, PhD + Associates Consulting
 Consultant, The Bridgespan Group
 Consultant, InterVISTAS Consulting
 Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Research & Analysis in Industry
 Research Analyst, The LaSalle Network
 Market Insights Director, EF Educational Tours
 User Experience Researcher, Uber
 Director, Market Intelligence, Pitney Bowes
 Senior Consultant, Talent Solutions, LinkedIn
 Research Analyst, Fidelity Investments
Research & Analysis in Think Tanks
 Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
 Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
 Director, American Research Institute in Turkey
Research & Analysis in Nonprofits & Government
 Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art
 Computational Scientist for the Digital Humanities,
Research Computing Center, UChicago
 Historian, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
 Senior Research Director, Education and Child
Development, National Opinion Research Center
 Senior Afghanistan Researcher, Human Rights Watch
IF YOU LIKE WRITING AND EDITING . . .
Writing, Editing, and Publishing
 Series Editor, Open Court Publishing
 Managing Editor, American Naturalist, UChicago Press
 Writer, Ci3, UChicago
 Editorial Associate, University of Chicago Press
 Editor, Sinn and Form
 Editorial Director, Art Institute of Chicago
 Executive Editor for the Humanities, Harvard UP
 Senior VP and Editor, Encyclopaedia Brittanica
Translating
 Interpreter, TechTrans International
 Director, Translation Services, Onscope Group
 Co-Founder and Partner, Arabic Language Associates
Grant Writing and Development
 Asst. Director, Stewardship, Art Institute of Chicago
 Communications Associate & Stewardship
Coordinator, Stanford University
Communications, Marketing, Public Relations
 Director of Marketing, Paulist Press
 Associate Director, Communications, Northwestern
 Senior Communications Officer, Int’l Monetary Fund
 Media Coordinator, Duke Talent ID Program
IF YOU LIKE TEACHING, ADVISING, AND
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING . . .
Postsecondary Faculty (Teaching-Intensive)
K-12 Teaching
 Chinese Teacher, University Liggett School
 English Teacher, Seattle Academy
 Music Teacher, Alliance Charter Academy
 History Teacher, Cambridge School of Weston
 Latin and Greek Teacher, UChicago Lab School
Education, Training, & Instructional Design
 Instructional Designer, Stanford University
 Digital Pedagogy Fellow, UChicago
 Manager of Educator Programs, Portland Art Museum
 Manager of Adult Learning, Toronto Film Festival
Counseling, Advising, and Human Services
 Advisor in the College, UChicago
 Advocate and Tutor, Advocates for Special Education
 Self-Employed Healer and Philosopher
 Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, San Diego
IF YOU LIKE ADMINISTRATION AND
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT . . .
Academic Administration
 Director, Academic Affairs, Humanities Division
 Assistant Director, GRADTalk, UChicagoGRAD
 Director, Fellowship & Scholarship Advising, Syracuse
 Senior Director, Foundation Relations, UChicago
 Assistant Provost for Faculty Appointments, Harvard
 Associate Dean, UChicago Graham School
 Director of Study Abroad, College of the Holy Cross
Library and Archive Administration
 Visual Resources Librarian, MIT Libraries
 Director, East Asian Library, Princeton University
 South Asian Studies Librarian, Princeton University
 Head of Research Archives, Oriental Institute
 Curator, Prose and Drama, Yale Library
Nonprofit and Cultural Institution Administration
 Director, DANK Haus German American Cultural Cent.
 Dir. of Programming & Operations, Hyde Park Institute
 Director, Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library
 Executive Director, Winston Churchill Foundation
 Director, Institute for Endangered Languages
 Music Director, East Meets West Music Arts
 Collections/Programs Curator, Chicago Film Archives
 Director, Academic & Professional Affairs, American
Historical Association
 Director, Civil Rights Heritage Center, IU South Bend
Government Administration
 Program Officer, National Endowment for the
Humanities
 Policy Advisor & Mayor’s Initatives Dir., Salt Lake City
 Country Director, Peace Corps
 Program Director, Comisión Mexico-US de
Intercambio Educativo y Cultural
 Civil Servant, European Committee of the Regions