History Major Alumni

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Our majors have gone on to successful careers in a variety of fields including business, administration, law, government and higher education. They have advanced into an array of graduate programs. Here are some examples of history major alumni and their professional endeavors:

  • Paul Turovsky (’73), Owner, True North Management Group LLC  
  • Michael Timmeny (’73), Former Senior Vice President at Cisco 
  • Diane Fischer Castiglione (’82), Department of State (retired)
  • Joseph Tiesi ('86), Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions, 91ÉçÇø 
  • John Choe (’93), Executive Director, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce 
  • Dana West (’98), Financial Planner, Prudential   
  • Kevin Schlesier (’98), Senior Director, Museum and Industry Affairs, NASCAR  Hall of Fame
  • Alexander Vindman ('99), Retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army and former Director for the European Affairs for the U.S. Security Council 
  • Eugene Vindman (’99), U.S. Congressman from Virginia’s Seventh District 
  • Patrick Clarke ('00, MA ‘02), Assistant Superintendent, Vestal Central School District
  • Paul Marsh, Senior Director Application Development, New York Jets 
  • Jared Fishman (’03), History Teacher, Hackley School and Founder and Podcast Host,
  • Lilac Inthavong-McEvoy ('05) Strategic Client Executive, Zelis 
  • Philip McEvoy ('05), Registered Representative and Insurance Agent, New York Life
  • Moira Penza (‘05), Trial Lawyer and Partner at Wilkinson Stekloff, LLP 
  • Michelle Jones (’05), Director, Harpur Academic Advising 
  • Gaddi Goren ('07), Partner, Commercial Litigation, Meister Seelig & Fein 
  • Stephanie Skiba Fitzpatrick (’07) President, The Book Links LLC 
  • Ravi Khambhampaty (’07), Chief (Supervisory Attorney-Advisor), Border Security Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol 
  • J. Marlena Edwards (’07, MA ’09), Assistant Professor of History, African American Studies, and African Studies, Penn State University
  • Keisha Blain ('08), Professor of History and Africana Studies, Brown University and  Best-Selling Author
  • Joe Rogan (’09), Director of Development at Cornell University College of Engineering
  • Andrew Bard Epstein (’09),
  • Chris Juergens ('10, MA '12),
  • Emily Joan Elliott (’12),
  • Quintin Maidment ('13),  
  • Paul Gorelik ('14), Assistant Director for Undergraduate Education, 91ÉçÇø
  • Cara London ('14), Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist, /
  • Vanessa Luna ('14), ;  
  • Amanda Sterling ('14),
  • Ilana Ben-Ezra (’14),  
  • Kelly Garson ('15),.
  • Eric Lee (’15),
  • Ali Cain ('16), Policy Officer, Delegation of the European Union to the United States 
  • Michael Miller ('16),
  • Laura Earls (’16), and
  • Rachel Blaifeder ('17),
  • Tiffany Camusci ('17): Associate Data Analyst - Processing at the
  • Madison Avati ('17),  
  • Savoy Curry (’17), PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University
  • Jared Goldfarb (’18),  
  • Mycah Hazel (’18),  
  • Joshua Hummell ('18), Asst. Manager Orchestration and Analytics, Navy Federal Credit Union
  • Nicholas Sisti (’18), Digital Merchandising Manager at Cookies Kids 
  • Oshila Bopearachchi ('19), Case Manager,  
  • Hailee Milligan ('19, MA '20), Social Studies Teacher,
  • Valentin Kotlyar ('20), Medical Scribe, Consensus Health 
  • Zifeng Wang (’21), Policy Researcher, AI Governance Exchange 
  • Borana Somen (’23),
  • Brian Curtis (’23),  
  • Eliana Ellerton (’23, MA '24),  
  • Kaitlyn Bowers (’24), JD Candidate Syracuse University College of Law 
  • Arielle Moreau (’24, MA '25), Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grantee, Germany
  • Thomas Cipro ('24, MA '25), Academic Advisor, 91ÉçÇø
  • Lia Richter ('25) PhD Student in History, Stonybrook University