The GW Department of History is proud of its undergraduate and graduate alumni who have used their education as a springboard to successful careers in law, the military, medicine, government, nongovernmental organizations, journalism, politics and teaching. They have published books, won fellowships and taught in universities from Colorado to China.
"Being out in the city as a cop can be such a culture shock. Literature, history and philosophy helped me through some difficult situations. ... The humanities are a window into understanding people."
Edward Gillespie
BA '92
Conservative Intellectuals and Richard Nixon: Rethinking the Rise of the Right
Sarah Katherine Mergel, PhD ’07, explores the relationship between postwar conservatives and President Richard Nixon from 1968 to 1974. Mergel uses the Nixon years as a window into the...
The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture
Victoria Grieve, PhD ’04, chronicles the processes of compromise and negotiation between high and low art, federal and local interests and the Progressive Era.
The Gods of Diyala: Transfer of Command in Iraq
In March 2004, Gregory M. Tomlin, PhD ’13, and Caleb S. Cage deployed to Baquba, Iraq, on a mission that would redefine how conventional U.S. forces fight.
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