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View in which fields our guest bloggers earned their degrees. Note, however, that individuals often end up working in fields far removed from their original areas of academic expertise.

Links will take you to the author's introductory post. To gain a meaningful understanding of their work, be sure to read their full "Week in the Life" posts, Monday through Friday, available to the right and at the bottom of each entry.

Social Sciences

Adam Capitanio | Berghahn Books

While I was still in graduate school, a fellow student called me “true believer.” I ran into her at the library, midway through a day of writing and research at the graduate carrels. She meant that I seemed like the type who was determined to make a career out of academia, no matter what. At […]

Kristen Gwinn-Becker | HistoryIT

I am the founder and CEO of HistoryIT, a rapidly growing software and services company that works with institutional clients in various markets to help them develop and implement strategies to create truly accessible digital archives. I sincerely believe I have the coolest life. It’s a life I never would have dreamed of in graduate […]

Christopher P. Thornton | National Geographic Society

“Hi. My name is Chris, and I am a workaholic.”   I’ve never joined a 12-step program, but if I did, this line would be the first sentence I’d utter (unless it was an AA meeting).  For me, work is its own reward – something about the Protestant Ethic or American Dream or whatever – which […]