Job Placement
The Department of English at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ has a long and successful record of placing students in both academic and non-academic careers. Some of our alums hold tenured positions at places like the the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Colorado-Boulder, Oregon State, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Maine, and UC Berkeley. Recent graduates have tenure track positions in places like Michigan State, High Point, Old Dominion, Tulane ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, Wake Forest, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Lodz, and Yonsei ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½. Many alums hold the equivalent of tenured positions at universities across Europe and Asia. Other alums hold prestigious and rewarding positions that utilize their skills and degrees in publishing, the media, and the arts.
What we do
While many students enter graduate school in order to pursue a career in academia, national trends indicate that about fifty percent of PhDs in the humanities find positions on the tenure track. This shift reflects the economic realities of higher education in the US, something that responsible departments are all adjusting to accommodate. With this professional environment in mind, the department offers strong support for graduate students pursuing academic careers and also a wealth of support for those who seek some form of employment beyond the tenure track.
We encourage students to begin considering their professional development from the day they arrive to Buffalo, offering courses on pedagogical theory and workshops on professional development during the first semester. Thereafter students have the opportunity to develop and teach composition and literature courses, to join graduate workshops in areas that will expand areas of research and teaching competence, and to receive course credit for a writing seminar (ENG 706), in which they focus on revising an earlier seminar paper for publication. The department also offers intensive, hands-on mentoring on issues from crafting job application materials to preparing for interviews. These opportunities and requirements are designed to ensure that students approaching the academic job market will have the skills and perspective necessary to conduct a successful job search.
The department also hosts talks and events designed to familiarize students with professional opportunities that are available outside the academy in what are often called Alternative-Academic (or “Alt-Ac”) positions. Recent events have included visiting editors talking about careers in publishing, career consultants discussing strategies for joining the non-academic workforce, curators talking about finding a career in the arts, and alums discussing jobs in academic administration.
The program at UB is intentionally designed to be flexible, affording students to design opportunities that will helpful in opening professional opportunities both within and outside the university.
Year of PhD Conferral: 2023
BOUDREAULT, BRANDON
English Instructor, Kennebec Valley Community College
COX, BRENT
DICKSON, NATHANIEL
Visiting Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
FLACCAVENTO, JOSHUA
Visiting Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
FRENCH, ALEXANDRA
High school teacher, Washington, DC
HA, HYOSEOL
Assistant Professor, Creighton ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MARSHALL, JOCELYN
Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College
OHM, JIWON
Visiting Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
WEAVER, CHERYL CHAMBERS
High school teacher, Buffalo City Honors
Year of PhD Conferral: 2022
GOLDBORT, SARAH
Adjunct Instructor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
HENSCH, LAURA
Visiting Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of North Texas
LIFE, GEORGE
Adjunct Instructor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
LOWMAN, NICOLE
Assistant Professor of Teaching, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
MAITRA, DIPANJAN
Assistant Professor, Loiusiana Tech ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MITTS, ADAM
Adjunct Instructor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
OTANI, YUJI
Lecturer, Konan ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
PULVER, MORGAN
WHITING, KEZIA
WILSON, MEAGAN
Upper School Teacher, Indian Creek School
Year of PhD Conferral: 2021
CARDON, ALLISON
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College
CONNOLLY, MATTHEW
Editor, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
DRURY, ADAM
Clinical Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
HUANG, SHAO-WEI
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Northeastern ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
JUNG, DAAE
Lecturer, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Vermont
MCINTYRE, CAITLIN
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency
SCHERR, CASSANDRA
Assistant Professor, St John Fisher College
SHARP, TRAVIS
Lecturer, Howard ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
SMITH, RYAN
Teacher, KIPP Colorado Schools
WINNICKI, KINGA
Visiting Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
Year of PhD Conferral: 2020
AIKI, HIROSHI
Assistant Professor, Tsuda ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
BROWN, WOODROW
Manager, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
DORKIN, ANDREW
Acquisitions Editor, Clemson ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Press
FOGARTY, H
Postdoctoral Researcher in Equity and Inclusion, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
GOFFENEY, MARTIN
Publications Administrator, William S. Hein & Co.
KATZ, ADAM
College Professor, Coast Mountain College
MANGAT, AJITPAUL
Faculty Fellow, Niagara ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MCLAUGHLIN, AMANDA
Adjunct Instructor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
NASHAR, CLAIRE
Research Analyst, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
PAWLUK, MICHAEL
English Teacher, Indian Creek School
PEARS, SEAN
Lecturer, Howard ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
REBER, JACOB
Adjunct Instructor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
SHELDON, RYAN
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
WONG, VERONICA
Advocacy Director, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Settlement
Year of PhD Conferral: 2019
BOMBA, CHRISTOPHER
Editor-in-Chief, Associated Equipment Distributors
CHAUDRON, PATRICIA
Research Funding Officer, Erasmus ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Rotterdam
COSIMINI, SETH
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vassar College
FLATT, MICHAEL
Assistant Professor, High Point ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
GODLEY, MIN YOUNG
Lecturer, Dartmouth College
GOULD, DECLAN
Assistant Professor (Instructional), Temple ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
JUN, SUNJAE
LAKOFF, JEREMY
Assistant Teaching Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Tampa
LEE, HYE JIN
MEHROTRA, SHUBHANGI GARG
Lecturer, Fordham ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MILLER, TODD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MONTEI, AMANDA
Freelance Writer
PARK, EON JOO
Assistant Professorship, Jeonbuk National ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
PARK, KYUNGRAN
RYAN, HANNAH
Technical Writer, Innovative Imaging and Research
SHARP, KELLIE
Clinical Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
WU, YU CHING
Assistant Professor, National Central ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
Year of PhD Conferral: 2018
COULTER, ANDI
Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
FELDMAR, SOMA
Copy Writer, BRAM
FERNANDEZ, JONATHAN
Scholarly Database Consultant, Freelance
GODLEY, JAMES
Lecturer, Dartmouth College
GOLD, ELEANOR
Editor in Chief, Covalent Creative
HALL, JOSEPH
Visiting Assistant Professor, St Bonaventure ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
HUBEL, LARA
JOE, CHUNG HWAN
Assistant Professor, Hongik ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, Seoul
MCDONALD, PATRICK
Assistant Professor, Bilkent ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MELGARD, HOLLY
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
SAHAR, NAILA
Assistant Professor, American ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ in Dubai
SEO, JUNG EUN
Assistant Professor, Korea National ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Transportation
YEAROUS-ALGOZIN, JOSEPH
Adjunct Professor, New York ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
YULIANTO, HENRIKUS
Teaching Staff, State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Semarang
Year of PhD Conferral: 2017
ANDERSON, EMILY
Freelance Writer
BHATTACHARYA, SHAYANI
Assistant Professor, Lebanon Valley College
BOWEN, JEREMIAH
DARLING, KRISTINA
Editor-in-Chief, Tupelo Press and Tupelo Quarterly
FRASER, ALISON
Associate Curator, Poetry Collection, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
GOLDBACH, JOEL
GOMES, DANIEL
Professor, Bakersfield College
GRUJIC, ANA
Site Coordinator and Intructor, Bard Prison Initiative
GUIMARAES, JOAO
Junior Researcher, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Porto
KORNBERG, MORANI
Freelance Writer
MATTESON, TRAVIS
Associate Professor, Alfred State College, SUNY
MILLER, JESSE
Site Director, Bard Prison Initiative
SHIN, YOON HA
Associate Director, Graduate Student Career Development, Princeton ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
SIEHNEL, ALLISON
Clinical Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
Year of PhD Conferral: 2016
CHOI, SODAM
Assistant Professor, Jeonju ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
DUNCAN, HEATHER
Graduate Assistant, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ at Albany School of Public Health
FRANGIPANE, NICHOLAS
Instructor, Suffolk ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS
Clinical Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
HWANG, JUNG-SUK
Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
KINUGAWA, SHOSUKE
Associate Professor, Kobe City ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Foreign Studies
LEE, SUNGHO
Assistant Professor, Korea National ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Education
MANURATNE, SALWATURA PRABHA
Senior Lecturer Grade I, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Kelaniya
MUGAVERO, NICOLAS
City Carrier Assistant, United States Postal Service
OGATA, KEIKO (deceased)
OH, JEE YEON
PARROTT, WILLIAM
QUIRICI, MARION
Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
ROMANS, BRADLEY
Dean, Henry Ford College
SCHINDLER, MELISSA
Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of North Georgia
TODD, MACY
Associate Professor, Buffalo State College-SUNY
WOOD, JOHN
Senior Associate Vice Provost, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
ZIGON, TINA
English Teacher, International School of Minnesota
Year of PhD Conferral: 2015
ALDINGER, JOSEPH
Technical Writer, Red Hat
BENEDICT, LEAH
Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
CROTSER, JEREMIAH
Professor, Houston Community College
DEWHURST, ROBERT
Poet
GUTMANN, SARA
Faculty , Northwest School
HADBAWNIK, DAVID
Upper School Academic Dean, International School of Minnesota
KIM, JUNGMIN
Lecturer, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Seoul
SQUIRES, DAVID
Assistant Professor of English, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Year of PhD Conferral: 2014
ALMANZA, MARIA
Director of Faculty Recognition, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
BAE, KYUNGJIN
Associate Professor, Changwon National ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
CHOI, HEE JION
CLARK, PRENTISS
Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of South Dakota
COTNER, JON
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
CROWLEY, RONAN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Goethe ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Frankfurt
HATCH, RYAN
Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, San Luis Obispo
HYLAND, JOHN
Instructor, Hotchkiss School
KOLODZIEJCZAK, ALPHONSE
Teacher (retired)
LEE, HYEON JEONG
Teacher, Korean Language and Culture School
MUHLSTOCK, RAE
Lecturer in Writing, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ at Albany-SUNY
PARKS, JUSTIN
Associate Professor, Arctic ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Norway
PFAHL, COURTNEY
Assistant Vice Provost, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-SUNY
REYNOLDS, SEAN
Freelance Translator and Writer
RIGILANO, MATTHEW
Associate Teaching Professor, Pennsylvania State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, Abington
RUSZCZYCKY, STEVEN
Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, San Luis Obispo
SADAHIRO, MAKI
Professor, Meiji Gakuin ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
WITZEL, GUY
Assistant Teaching Professor, Wake Forest ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
ZULTANSKI, STEVEN
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
Year of PhD Conferral: 2013
ALVERGUE, JOSE
Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
ARNOLD, KEVIN
English Teacher, Pelham School District
BODWAY, JACOB
Faculty , Monroe Community College
BROCKMAN, SONYA
Freelance Editor
DEGIRMENCI, ASLI
Assistant Professor, Hacettepe ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Hospital
DRABMAN, ELI
Teacher, Peninsula Bridge
FARRAR, STEPHANIE
Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
GARITE, MATTHEW
Assistant Teaching Professor, Wake Forest ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
JAMES, KENNETH
Instructor, Maine Media Workshop
KONKOL, MARGARET
Assistant Professor, Old Dominion ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
LAM, JOSHUA
Assistant Professor, Michigan State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
MARLEY, JASON
Associate Professor, Francis Marion ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
OWENS, RICHARD
Adjunct Lecturer, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Southern Maine
OZEL, BANU
Editorial Outreach, Oxford ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Press
RIPPEON, ANDREW
Assistant Professor, Davidson College
SCARRY, SIOBHAN
Professor, Bethel College
VICTOR, DIVYA
Associate Professor, Michigan State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½
WERNER, COREY
Books by Recent Graduates
Resources: the following are a few links resources to help your job search.
MLA makes available an excellent guide to career planning:
A fantastic book about finding an academic job
An excellent book on preparing for the academic job market
MLA Job Information List:
Academic Keys (jobs in Humanities)
An excellent book on finding work outside the academy
UB is a member of the largest online community dedicated to non-academic and non-faculty careers for PhD graduates. http://grad.buffalo.edu/study/beyond/professionaldevelopment/versatilephd.html
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