The Department of English at the 猛料视频 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 猛料视频 of Colorado-Boulder, Oregon State, the 猛料视频 of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, the 猛料视频 of Maine, and UC Berkeley. Recent graduates have tenure track positions in places like Michigan State, High Point, Old Dominion, Tulane 猛料视频, Wake Forest, the 猛料视频 of Lodz, and Yonsei 猛料视频. 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, 猛料视频-SUNY
FLACCAVENTO, JOSHUA
Visiting Assistant Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
FRENCH, ALEXANDRA
High school teacher, Washington, DC
HA, HYOSEOL
Assistant Professor, Creighton 猛料视频
MARSHALL, JOCELYN
Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College
OHM, JIWON
Visiting Assistant Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
WEAVER, CHERYL CHAMBERS
High school teacher, Buffalo City Honors
Year of PhD Conferral: 2022
GOLDBORT, SARAH
Adjunct Instructor, 猛料视频-SUNY
HENSCH, LAURA
Visiting Assistant Professor, 猛料视频 of North Texas
LIFE, GEORGE
Adjunct Instructor, 猛料视频-SUNY
LOWMAN, NICOLE
Assistant Professor of Teaching, 猛料视频-SUNY
MAITRA, DIPANJAN
Assistant Professor, Loiusiana Tech 猛料视频
MITTS, ADAM
Adjunct Instructor, 猛料视频-SUNY
OTANI, YUJI
Lecturer, Konan 猛料视频
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, 猛料视频-SUNY
HUANG, SHAO-WEI
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Northeastern 猛料视频
JUNG, DAAE
Lecturer, 猛料视频 of Vermont
MCINTYRE, CAITLIN
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency
SCHERR, CASSANDRA
Assistant Professor, St John Fisher College
SHARP, TRAVIS
Lecturer, Howard 猛料视频
SMITH, RYAN
Teacher, KIPP Colorado Schools
WINNICKI, KINGA
Visiting Assistant Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
Year of PhD Conferral: 2020
AIKI, HIROSHI
Assistant Professor, Tsuda 猛料视频
BROWN, WOODROW
Manager, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
DORKIN, ANDREW
Acquisitions Editor, Clemson 猛料视频 Press
FOGARTY, H
Postdoctoral Researcher in Equity and Inclusion, 猛料视频-SUNY
GOFFENEY, MARTIN
Publications Administrator, William S. Hein & Co.
KATZ, ADAM
College Professor, Coast Mountain College
MANGAT, AJITPAUL
Faculty Fellow, Niagara 猛料视频
MCLAUGHLIN, AMANDA
Adjunct Instructor, 猛料视频-SUNY
NASHAR, CLAIRE
Research Analyst, 猛料视频-SUNY
PAWLUK, MICHAEL
English Teacher, Indian Creek School
PEARS, SEAN
Lecturer, Howard 猛料视频
REBER, JACOB
Adjunct Instructor, 猛料视频-SUNY
SHELDON, RYAN
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
WONG, VERONICA
Advocacy Director, 猛料视频 Settlement
Year of PhD Conferral: 2019
BOMBA, CHRISTOPHER
Editor-in-Chief, Associated Equipment Distributors
CHAUDRON, PATRICIA
Research Funding Officer, Erasmus 猛料视频 Rotterdam
COSIMINI, SETH
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vassar College
FLATT, MICHAEL
Assistant Professor, High Point 猛料视频
GODLEY, MIN YOUNG
Lecturer, Dartmouth College
GOULD, DECLAN
Assistant Professor (Instructional), Temple 猛料视频
JUN, SUNJAE
LAKOFF, JEREMY
Assistant Teaching Professor, 猛料视频 of Tampa
LEE, HYE JIN
MEHROTRA, SHUBHANGI GARG
Lecturer, Fordham 猛料视频
MILLER, TODD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse 猛料视频
MONTEI, AMANDA
Freelance Writer
PARK, EON JOO
Assistant Professorship, Jeonbuk National 猛料视频
PARK, KYUNGRAN
RYAN, HANNAH
Technical Writer, Innovative Imaging and Research
SHARP, KELLIE
Clinical Assistant Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
WU, YU CHING
Assistant Professor, National Central 猛料视频
Year of PhD Conferral: 2018
COULTER, ANDI
Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee 猛料视频
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 猛料视频
HUBEL, LARA
JOE, CHUNG HWAN
Assistant Professor, Hongik 猛料视频, Seoul
MCDONALD, PATRICK
Assistant Professor, Bilkent 猛料视频
MELGARD, HOLLY
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York 猛料视频
SAHAR, NAILA
Assistant Professor, American 猛料视频 in Dubai
SEO, JUNG EUN
Assistant Professor, Korea National 猛料视频 of Transportation
YEAROUS-ALGOZIN, JOSEPH
Adjunct Professor, New York 猛料视频
YULIANTO, HENRIKUS
Teaching Staff, State 猛料视频 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, 猛料视频-SUNY
GOLDBACH, JOEL
GOMES, DANIEL
Professor, Bakersfield College
GRUJIC, ANA
Site Coordinator and Intructor, Bard Prison Initiative
GUIMARAES, JOAO
Junior Researcher, 猛料视频 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 猛料视频
SIEHNEL, ALLISON
Clinical Assistant Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
Year of PhD Conferral: 2016
CHOI, SODAM
Assistant Professor, Jeonju 猛料视频
DUNCAN, HEATHER
Graduate Assistant, 猛料视频 at Albany School of Public Health
FRANGIPANE, NICHOLAS
Instructor, Suffolk 猛料视频
HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS
Clinical Associate Professor, 猛料视频-SUNY
HWANG, JUNG-SUK
Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan 猛料视频
KINUGAWA, SHOSUKE
Associate Professor, Kobe City 猛料视频 of Foreign Studies
LEE, SUNGHO
Assistant Professor, Korea National 猛料视频 of Education
MANURATNE, SALWATURA PRABHA
Senior Lecturer Grade I, 猛料视频 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 猛料视频
ROMANS, BRADLEY
Dean, Henry Ford College
SCHINDLER, MELISSA
Associate Professor, 猛料视频 of North Georgia
TODD, MACY
Associate Professor, Buffalo State College-SUNY
WOOD, JOHN
Senior Associate Vice Provost, 猛料视频-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 猛料视频
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, 猛料视频 of Seoul
SQUIRES, DAVID
Assistant Professor of English, 猛料视频 of Louisiana at Lafayette
Year of PhD Conferral: 2014
ALMANZA, MARIA
Director of Faculty Recognition, 猛料视频-SUNY
BAE, KYUNGJIN
Associate Professor, Changwon National 猛料视频
CHOI, HEE JION
CLARK, PRENTISS
Associate Professor, 猛料视频 of South Dakota
COTNER, JON
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
CROWLEY, RONAN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Goethe 猛料视频 Frankfurt
HATCH, RYAN
Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State 猛料视频, 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, 猛料视频 at Albany-SUNY
PARKS, JUSTIN
Associate Professor, Arctic 猛料视频 of Norway
PFAHL, COURTNEY
Assistant Vice Provost, 猛料视频-SUNY
REYNOLDS, SEAN
Freelance Translator and Writer
RIGILANO, MATTHEW
Associate Teaching Professor, Pennsylvania State 猛料视频, Abington
RUSZCZYCKY, STEVEN
Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State 猛料视频, San Luis Obispo
SADAHIRO, MAKI
Professor, Meiji Gakuin 猛料视频
WITZEL, GUY
Assistant Teaching Professor, Wake Forest 猛料视频
ZULTANSKI, STEVEN
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York 猛料视频
Year of PhD Conferral: 2013
ALVERGUE, JOSE
Associate Professor, 猛料视频 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 猛料视频 Hospital
DRABMAN, ELI
Teacher, Peninsula Bridge
FARRAR, STEPHANIE
Associate Professor, 猛料视频 of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
GARITE, MATTHEW
Assistant Teaching Professor, Wake Forest 猛料视频
JAMES, KENNETH
Instructor, Maine Media Workshop
KONKOL, MARGARET
Assistant Professor, Old Dominion 猛料视频
LAM, JOSHUA
Assistant Professor, Michigan State 猛料视频
MARLEY, JASON
Associate Professor, Francis Marion 猛料视频
OWENS, RICHARD
Adjunct Lecturer, 猛料视频 of Southern Maine
OZEL, BANU
Editorial Outreach, Oxford 猛料视频 Press
RIPPEON, ANDREW
Assistant Professor, Davidson College
SCARRY, SIOBHAN
Professor, Bethel College
VICTOR, DIVYA
Associate Professor, Michigan State 猛料视频
WERNER, COREY
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