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."
Andrew Hartman, PhD ’06, offers a fresh perspective on the post-Cold War transformation in U.S. political culture by way of an examination of education.
Stephen Neese, PhD ‘02, reflects on a man whose life reflected the religious, social and cultural conventions of late 19th- and early 20th-century America.