Supporting Our Students on the Job Market
Even in the very difficult academic job market of the last decade, LSU PhDs have been competing for—and getting—tenure-track positions at an array of educational institutions, from large public universities (University of Arkansas, University of Illinois-Springfield) to small liberal-arts schools (Hastings College, Oklahoma City University, Medaille College) to a wide range of regional universities (Louisiana Tech University, Alcorn State University, University of Mobile, Middle Georgia State University). In addition, our students regularly are awarded post-doctoral fellowships by institutions including Georgia Tech and Tulane—awards that typically serve as stepping-stones to full-time academic positions.
A vigorous, supportive, and personalized placement program assists our students in obtaining academic positions that are right for them. Students who wish to pursue jobs in academia typically go on the market in the Fall of their fifth year. They work with the department’s Placement Officer, from whom they receive advice on the application process and on the preparation of job materials. Workshops for job candidates take place throughout the Fall semester, as students work together on writing their application letters, research and teaching statements, and other vital documents. After earning a job interview, students are able to participate in practice-interviews run by individual faculty members, and those who get a call-back to campus have the opportunity to present a job-talk rehearsal in the supportive environment of our department.
Many other of our graduates pursue and obtain non-academic jobs, for which their PhD or MFA prepared them either directly or indirectly. Our graduates teach in private high schools, direct arts institutions, staff non-profits, and work as librarians, writers, editors, among other positions.
Recent Job Placements
Year | Graduate | Appointment | Previous |
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2022 | Matthew Blasi | Assistant Professor, Centenary College of Louisiana | |
Zita Husing | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
Misty Fuller | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology | ||
MIa Escott | Assistant Professor, Berry College | ||
Taylor Scott | Assistant Professor, Southern University | ||
Stephanie Rambo | Assistant Professor, George Mason UNiversity | ||
2021 | Caleb Doan | Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University | |
Jiwon Min | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware | ||
Hanna Groniger | Teacher, Collegiate Academies (LA) | ||
Darren Hutchinson | Assistant Professor, Allen University | ||
Lauren Rackley Ray | Coordinator of Honors Research Initiatives and Academic Advisor, University of Southern Mississippi | Teacher, Gulfport (MS) High School | |
Carly Rubin | Strategy Associate, Via (NY) | ||
Nawaf Almutairi | Assistant Professor, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul-Aziz University | ||
Alejandra Torres | Asst Dir, Office of Multicultural Affairs, LSU | Program Director, Humanities Amped (LA) | |
2020 | Gayle Fallon | Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University | |
2019 | Benjamin Bergholtz | Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech Univ | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech |
Amandine Faucheux | VAP, Univ of Louisiana, Lafayette | ||
Megan Feifer | Assistant Professor, Medaille College | ||
Christine Jeansonne | Assistant Professor, Southern Univ | ||
Lindsay Katzir | Assistant Professor, Langston Univ | Instructor, Oklahoma City Univ | |
Eric Kennedy | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hastings College | ||
Kieran Lyons | Director of Education Programs, To the Top Education | ||
Ryan McGuckin | Assistant Professor, Southern Univ | ||
Joshua Myers | Lecturer, Kent State Univ, Salem | ||
Taylor Orgeron | Assistant Professor, SW Oklahoma St Univ | ||
Amanda Wicks | Public Affairs Specialist, NYU | Digital Editor, CUNY | |
Logan Wiedenfeld | Assistant Professor, Alcorn State Univ | Postdoc, Tulane | |
Dustin Zemel | Assistant Professor, St. Martin's College | ||
2018 | Lindsay Head | Instructor, Florida International Univ | |
Jaime Cantrell | Assistant Professor, Texas A&M-Texarkana | VAP, Univ of Mississippi | |
Aaron Duplantier | Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse Univ | VAP, Univ of Houston | |
Jared Hromadka | Instructor, LSU | Instructor, ELOP/LSU | |
Corrie Kiesel | Instructor, LSU | Instructor, Southeastern Louisiana Univ | |
Monica Miller | Assistant Professor, Middle Georgia State Univ | Postdoc, Georgia Tech Univ | |
Rimun Murad | Assistant Professor, Temple Univ | Postdoctoral Instructor, LSU | |
Emily Nemens | Editor, The Paris Review | Editor, The Southern Review | |
Ikuko Takeda | Assistant Professor, Housei Univ | ||
Sarah Webb | Assistant Professor, Univ of Illinois, Springfield | ||
2017 | Stacey Amo | Senior Lecturer, Univ of Wisconsin, Superior | |
Atom Atkinson | Director of Literary Arts, Chautauqua Institution | ||
Maggie Callahan | Assistant Professor, Hastings College | ||
Christie Cognevich | English Faculty, Mt. Carmel Academy | ||
Vicki Davis | Assistant Professor, Indiana Tech Univ | ||
Brandon Katzir | Assistant Professor, Oklahoma City College | ||
Casey Kayser | Assistant Professor, Univ of Arkansas | ||
Emily Kobayashi | Lecturer, Auburn Univ | ||
Michael Rands | Assistant Professor, Univ of Mobile | ||
Jordan Von Cannon | Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast Univ | ||
Michael Von Cannon | Lecturer, Florida Gulf Coast Univ | ||
Anna West | Founding Director, Humanities Amped | ||
2016 | Penelope Dane | Public Librarian, Sacramento | Visiting Scholar, Hamilton College |
2015 | Madoka Kishi | Assistant Professor, Univ of Tokyo | |
Katherine E.C. Willis | Assistant Professor, Univ of Central Arkansas | ||
2014 | Laura Faulk | Postdoctoral Instructor, LSU | |
Anthony Hoefer | Assistant Professor, George Mason Univ | Director, University Scholars Program, GMU | |
Cara Jones | Instructor, Towson Univ | ||
Laura Keigan | Instructor, Pellissippi State CC | ||
Stephanie Krassenstein | Instructor, Indiana State Univ | ||
Dan Mangiavellano | Assistant Professor, Loyola Univ (MD) | Postdoc, Tulane Univ | |
Laura Helen Marks | Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane Univ | Postdoctoral Instructor, LSU | |
David Riche | Assistant Professor, Univ of Denver | ||
Jennifer Ellis West | Assistant Professor, Gordon College | ||
2013 | Kevin Casper | Assistant Professor, Univ of West Georgia | |
Rich Cooper | Lecturer, Texas A&M | VAP, Tulane Univ | |
Alison Graham-Bertolini | Assistant Professor, North Dakota State Univ | Postdoc, Tulane Univ | |
Laura Jones | Assistant Professor, Montclair Univ |