Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Education, interpretation, training, marketing, public outreach, and house and grounds maintenance.

Walk the six acre site, adjacent to the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, and ensure that the cultural landscape in this location where the American revolution began, is intact. Research American Transcendentalism, literature, and history as it pertains to the historic site and house where Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne lived. Maintain close relations with local community, and to those ends I serve on the board of directors of the Concord Chamber of Commerce. Ensure the 1769 home is structurally intact, and that its artifacts are suitably preserved.

Everything, but mainly public outreach and education.

Dealing with bureaucracy, and data entry tasks.

Fulfills a fascination I've always had in US history and culture.

All those acquired as a mature student at Sheffield, 1985-88.

1988-90, MA in US History at the University of Connecticut:

1989-1995, director of education at the Windham Textile Museum, at Willimantic, CT:

1989-2006, scholar and consultant for the Connecticut Humanities Council:

1998-2005, overseas part-time student in University of Leicester's PhD program. Degree awarded in 2005:

1995-2005, adjunct professor of American and British History at several private and public universities in CT:

2006, Director of Erie County Historical Society, PA:
Current, Historic Site Director at the Old Manse, Concord, MA

At the Old Manse in Concord, MA.

Persistence! Don't give in and become a lawyer. Volunteer at historic sites, museums, join public history organizations, and complete a PhD, full time or part time as it provides options in other history related fields. Publish, publish, publish.

Be proud that you are studying at one of Britain's finest red brick universities.