Where Are They Now?
Our majors have gone on to successful careers in a variety of fields including business, administration, law, government and higher education. They have advanced into an array of graduate programs. Here are some examples of history major alumni and their professional endeavors:
- Paul Turovsky (’73), Owner, True North Management Group LLC
- Michael Timmeny (’73), Former Senior Vice President at Cisco
- Diane Fischer Castiglione (’82), Department of State (retired)
- Joseph Tiesi ('86), Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions, Binghamton University
- John Choe (’93), Executive Director, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce
- Dana West (’98), Financial Planner, Prudential
- Kevin Schlesier (’98), Senior Director, Museum and Industry Affairs, NASCAR Hall
of Fame
- Alexander Vindman ('99), Retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army and former Director
for the European Affairs for the U.S. Security Council
- Eugene Vindman (’99), U.S. Congressman from Virginia’s Seventh District
- Patrick Clarke ('00, MA ‘02), Assistant Superintendent, Vestal Central School District
- Paul Marsh, Senior Director Application Development, New York Jets
- Jared Fishman (’03), History Teacher, Hackley School and Founder and Podcast Host, 20SidedGamified LLC
- Lilac Inthavong-McEvoy ('05) Strategic Client Executive, Zelis
- Philip McEvoy ('05), Registered Representative and Insurance Agent, New York Life
- Moira Penza (‘05), Trial Lawyer and Partner at Wilkinson Stekloff, LLP
- Michelle Jones (’05), Director, Harpur Academic Advising
- Gaddi Goren ('07), Partner, Commercial Litigation, Meister Seelig & Fein
- Stephanie Skiba Fitzpatrick (’07) President, The Book Links LLC
- Ravi Khambhampaty (’07), Chief (Supervisory Attorney-Advisor), Border Security Regulations
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
- J. Marlena Edwards (’07, MA ’09), Assistant Professor of History, African American
Studies, and African Studies, Penn State University
- Keisha Blain ('08), Professor of History and Africana Studies, Brown University and
Best-Selling Author
- Joe Rogan (’09), Director of Development at Cornell University College of Engineering
- Andrew Bard Epstein (’09), Creative Director, Zohran Mamdami for NYC Mayor
- Chris Juergens ('10, MA '12), Senior Curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial
- Emily Joan Elliott (’12), Associate Director for Research and Publications at H-Net
- Quintin Maidment ('13), Vice President, CTRx Pathway
- Paul Gorelik ('14), Assistant Director for Undergraduate Education, Binghamton University
- Cara London ('14), Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist, Gracie Square Hosptial / Independent Practitioner
- Vanessa Luna ('14), Public Speaker, Figure, and Thought Leader; Co-Founder ImmSchools
- Amanda Sterling ('14), Communications Manager, Glass Art Society
- Ilana Ben-Ezra (’14), President, National Claims Funding
- Kelly Garson ('15), Senior Associate at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
- Eric Lee (’15), PhD Candidate in History, Cornell University
- Ali Cain ('16), Policy Officer, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Michael Miller ('16), Assistant Principal, Broom Tioga-BOCES
- Laura Earls (’16), Director of the George Read II House & Gardens and Associate Producer of the podcast Things for Things: The History Podcast Where Things
Happen and Stuff
- Rachel Blaifeder ('17), Editor for Political Science and Sociology, Cambridge University Press (New York office)
- Tiffany Camusci ('17): Associate Data Analyst - Processing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Madison Avati ('17), Social Studies Teacher at Glen Cove School District
- Savoy Curry (’17), PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University
- Jared Goldfarb (’18), Librarian and Cataloger at Classical Numismatic Group
- Mycah Hazel (’18), Associate Producer, Radio Diaries
- Joshua Hummell ('18), Asst. Manager Orchestration and Analytics, Navy Federal Credit
Union
- Nicholas Sisti (’18), Digital Merchandising Manager at Cookies Kids
- Oshila Bopearachchi ('19), Case Manager, Urban Resource Institute
- Hailee Milligan ('19, MA '20), Social Studies Teacher, Warsaw Middle School (MSAD)
- Valentin Kotlyar ('20), Medical Scribe, Consensus Health
- Zifeng Wang (’21), Policy Researcher, AI Governance Exchange
- Borana Somen (’23), Museum Coordinator, Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center
- Brian Curtis (’23), JD Candidate, University of Virginia Law School
- Eliana Ellerton (’23, MA '24), Curatorial Research Assistant, Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Kaitlyn Bowers (’24), JD Candidate Syracuse University College of Law
- Arielle Moreau (’24, MA '25), Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grantee, Germany
- Thomas Cipro ('24, MA '25), Academic Advisor, Binghamton University
- Lia Richter ('25) PhD Student in History, Stonybrook University