{"id":14274,"date":"2019-06-13T13:48:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=14274"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:56:48","slug":"what-i-do-personal-narratives","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/resource\/what-i-do-personal-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Do: Personal Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History PhDs build careers in a stunning variety of professions. The following resources provide personal stories of history PhDs talking about what they do for a living, how they found their jobs, transitioning from graduate school, and what it means to be a historian in their line of work.<\/p>\n<p>Career Paths is an ongoing series in <em>Perspectives on History<\/em>. Visit\u00a0<em>Perspectives\u00a0<\/em>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-publications\/perspectives-on-history\/past-issues\/all-articles\/?_perspectives_section=perspectives-career-paths\">read recent pieces<\/a> in the ongoing series.<\/p>\n<p>What I Do: Historians Talk about Their Work is a video series that answers some of the questions people have about where historians work and what they do. Historians talk about what they do, how they got their job, what makes their job interesting or challenging, and what they love about their work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Stephen Aron &#8211; History Professor and Chair of the Autry Institute<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HOKJs-egN5s?si=3bE031HKV7eiinlK\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: The Rhythm of Work with Professor Kevin Boyle<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b1DMMTAMtEw?si=xKEhfbDbpU--7yPj\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Lincoln Bramwell &#8211; Chief Historian, US Forest Service<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dzG17GcH9Os?si=n9i0uBpNhiWT4w7n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Ramona Houston &#8211; Entrepreneur and activist-scholar<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FmlJ7Wgxqn8?si=cXImPhMBFg7Wmuld\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: LuAnn Jones &#8211; Historian, US National Park Service<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EmGOUBD-H2o?si=yaiEJCW_l3iOXti-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Laura Kamoie &#8211; From History Professor to Novelist<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8klmduAO4qI?si=UbQFlOMK9ddOHTGU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Andrew Keating &#8211; Director of Cloud Services, Internet2<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QMM0j2U0OTI?si=Kd8hVkNaa0KV1qlx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Jessie Kratz &#8211; Archivist for the National Archives<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0lGXe9nVqiw?si=1dtSSofp3vZk3PXj\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: John Lawrence &#8211; Former Chief of Staff for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HOyjGfOW_B8?si=x684LQeMQ7bJEF_Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Aaron Marrs &#8211; Historian, US Department of State<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQfnORA_WVY?si=v-17Cx9OrZhnGG4n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What I Do: Valerie Paley &#8211; 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