Blog CLXXIII (173): The History Ph.D. as a Lot of Things

This post represents a return of the "History Ph.D. as ...." series (sort of).  The original series was a series of guest essays from individuals with a Ph.D. in history (with one or two notable exceptions) who found themselves working somewhere other than in a history department.  Starting in 2013 the American Historical Association's newsletter Perspectives on History began a similar series called "Career Paths."  In running this blog I have always preferred to avoid articles from other media outlets that were widely available elsewhere.  When I have reproduced stories, I have tried to do so from outlets that most of the readers of this blog would not regularly consult.   While Perspectives is clearly a publication that many readers of this blog read regularly, there are a number of articles in it that are similar to the "History Ph.D. as ..." series and since there are so many accounts that can be consulted quickly I am presenting links to these first-person accounts here:

• Think Tank: Ted Bromund, “From Academia to a Think Tank: Reflections on How to Be Lucky”

• Non-profit: Robert Oxnam, “Launching Pad-PhD, Target-TBD”

• Academic Administration: Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, "What I Learned at AHA 2014: A Mentor's Perspective"

• Government Service/Novelist: Clifford Adelman, "The Edges of History"

• Business Consulting: Joshua Wolff, "A New Course: Converting a Passion for History into a Private Sector Career"

• Academic Administration: Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, Pam Lach, Jason Myers, and Anne Mitchell Whisnant, "In Admin: Four History PhDs Discuss their Alt-­Ac Careers"

• Congressional Staff: John A. Lawrence, "A Historian on the Hill"