LibGuides: History: Jobs and Professional Organizations

History Communities

Phi Alpha Theta, Gamma Rho Chapter
Wichita State University chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the nation's leading history honor society. Chartered in May, 1950, this chapter has been a part of the Department of History for over half a century. One of the main projects has been the Fairmount Folio, a student-inspired and student led journal of essays and reviews.
Society of Public Historians
The Society is a student organization affiliated with the Public History Program at Wichita State University. Membership is also open to professionals and interested persons in the community.

American Historical Association (AHA)
The American Historical Association is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies.
AHA Affiliated Societies
Historical organizations affiliated with the American Historical Association.
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
AASLH is the professional association for history-doers. Whether you are the director of a history museum, a volunteer at a historical society, a genealogist, an educator at a historic house, a history teacher, an avocational historian, an archivist, or in one of the many other important roles in the history field, AASLH is your community.
National Council on Public History (NCPH)
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) is a membership association dedicated to making the past useful in the present and to encouraging collaboration between historians and their publics. Our work begins in the belief that historical understanding is of essential value in society.
Oral History Association (OHA)
Since 1966, the Oral History Association has served as the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history. OHA engages with policy makers, educators, and others to help foster best practices and encourage support for oral history and oral historians. With an international membership, OHA serves a broad and diverse audience including teachers, students, community historians, archivists, librarians, and filmmakers.
Public and Kansas Community History Organizations
Links compiled by the Wichita State University History Department.
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America's oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of archives and archivists. SAA represents more than 6,200 professional archivists employed by governments, universities, businesses, libraries, and historical organizations nationally.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Our edited networks publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussions for colleagues and the interested public. The computing heart and main office of H-Net resides at the History Department, Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe.
History News Network (HNN)
Each week HNN features up to a dozen fresh op eds by prominent historians. Our archives, extending over the past decade, include thousands of well-researched pieces. Because we believe history is complicated our pages are open to people of all political persuasions. Left, right, center: all are welcome.

Jobs for History Majors

Careers for History Majors (AHA)
What can you do with an undergraduate degree in history? Among the jobs you can consider are: advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, campaign worker, consultant, congressional aide, editor, foreign service officer, foundation staffer, information specialist, intelligence agent, journalist, legal assistant, lobbyist, personnel manager, public relations staffer, researcher, teacher . . . the list can be almost endless.
Careers for Students of History (AHA)
"What can I do with a major in history?” Career counselors, job fairs, and even college faculty are full of advice about the many careers open to students who are contemplating or have completed an undergraduate major in history. While all that advice can be valuable, it does not address or answer a quite different question that many students who have chosen history as a major or minor may ask: what careers are open to me if I want to be an historian? Such students see the study of history not as part of a general education preparing them to be something else, but as a discipline and a profession with interests, skills, and methods in which they wish to be engaged. This booklet is for those who want to do history. We hope that it will provide you with guidance to help you reach that goal.

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