Careers and Placement for Literary & Cultural Studies Ph.D.s
Since its inception in 1986, the Ph.D. program in Literary & Cultural Studies (LCS) in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon University has been preparing its graduates for academic and non-academic positions around the world. LCS graduates secure careers as faculty members of English programs as well as in a wide variety of industry research positions.
Alumni Spotlight: Sheila Liming
Class of 2014
Assistant Professor of English, University of North Dakota
"Now, in my own research and writing, I work as much from history as I do from literary texts, owing to the disciplinary flexibility that I developed while studying at Carnegie Mellon."
Recent Placement (2013-2023)
- Teaching Faculty, Choate Rosemary Hall
- Assistant Professor, Glenville State University
- Teaching Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Assistant Professor of Modernism and Digital Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Assistant Professor of Literature, Antioch College
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Christian Brothers University
- Grants Manager, The University of Findlay
- Adjunct Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University
- Lecturer, Lasell College
- Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Wabash College
- Adjunct Instructor, Emmanuel College
- Assistant Director of Faculty Programs (Kennedy School of Government), Harvard University
- Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Instructor, Brookdale Community College
- Visiting Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey
- Lecturer, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
- Senior Lecturer, University of North Dakota
- Government Services Project Manager, Center for Technology and Civic Life
- Postdoc, University of California - Santa Barbara
- Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies, Dickinson College
- Assistant Professor of English, University of North Dakota
Long-Term Placement (before 2013)
- Video Collection Manager and Adjunct, Carnegie Mellon University
- Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh
- Humanities Teacher, Hong Kong International School
- Assistant Professor of English, BITS-PILANI, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
- Assistant Professor of English & Drama, New York University
- Associate Professor of English and Modern Drama, Saint Mary's College of California
- Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Assistant Professor Of Medicine, Allegheny Health Network
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Duquesne University
- Digital Communications Specialist, Oregon State University
- Associate Professor, SUNY Empire State College
- Professor of Writing & Humanities, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
- English Teacher, Oakwood Secondary School, California
- Professor of English, Eastern Illinois University
- Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University
- Gender Advisor & Grants Coordinator, U.S. Embassy (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Associate Professor of English, Western Carolina University
- Professor, New York University
- Professor of English, Gordon State College
- Visiting Faculty, Miami University
- Associate Professor of English, Kyung Hee University
- Lecturer, University of California - Los Angeles
- Adjunct Instructor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Professor, City College of San Francisco
- Associate Professor, Iowa State University
- Executive Associate Dean and Associate Professor of English, Bowling Green State University - Firelands
- Professor, Eastern Michigan University