Position: Editor-in-Chief of Washingtonian Magazine; Author
Field: Journalism & Media
Thesis Title: “The Anxious Imperialist: The Fear of European Intervention during America’s Imperial Infancy, 1848-1871”
Graduated: 2003
I’ve found my history training useful...
Position: Goldman Sachs
Field: Finance & Consulting
Graduated: 2007
I graduated in 2007 with a concentration in history, focusing on Modern Europe. It would be fair to say that my professional trajectory since graduation has been unconventional for a history...
Position: Product Manager for Financial Planning Company
Field: Finance & Consulting
Thesis Title: “Japan’s Changing Credibility in the London Bond Market (1904-1914)” Awarded the Hoopes Prize
Graduated: 2009
During my first History 90 tutorial, Prof. Ernest...
Position: Analyst for Natural Resources Investment Firm
Field: Finance & Consulting
Thesis Title: “Beyond Betrayal: The Warsaw Uprising and the Crisis in Inter-Allied Relations, August-October 1944”
Graduated: 2010-2011
After graduation, I took my History...
Position: Analyst for the NBA in China
Field: Finance & Consulting
Thesis Title: “Information and Political Power: The Impact of Foreign Communications Technology in the Decline of the Late Qing and in the Modern PRC”
Graduated: 2008
I graduated with a joint...
Position: Consultant for Hong Kong finance and real estate company
Field: Finance & Consulting
Graduated:1997
As an American entrepreneur in China, and consultant for a Hong Kong family in the real estate and financing business, studying History at Harvard...
Position: Doctoral Candidate
Field: Education
Thesis Title: “Reconstructing Sophiatown: Personal Memory, Public Narrative, and the Production of History in South Africa, 1940-2009”
Graduated: 2009
When I first chose to study history as a Harvard freshman, it...
Position: Rhodes Scholar
Field: Education
Thesis Title: “Prospect for America: Nelson Rockefeller, The Special Studies Project, and the Search for America’s Best and Brightest” Awarded the Hoopes Prize
Graduated: 2012
As a brand new graduate of Harvard’s...
Position: High School Teacher
Field: Education
Thesis Title: “Perils of Modernization: The ‘Revolt of the Lash’ in the Brazilian Navy, 1910”
Graduated: 2007
Studying history at Harvard prepared me for my career teaching high school history in several concrete...
Position: College Director
Field: Education
Thesis Title: “Religious and Practical Implications of James I’s 1618 Book of Sports”
Graduated: 1992
20+ years after my History classes at Harvard, I use the skills I learned from those classes every day in my work...