History Majors

tsdad
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:27:54 +0000

I started off in law school after majoring in history and then went to grad school to become a history professor. I got my MA but the professor thing didn’t work out. I spent 30 years in the Federal Government doing policy and investigative work in civil rights with some time in criminal justice coordination and victims’ issues. I’ve retired from that and am now doing complaint investigations for UW-Madison.

History taught me to define a problem, research it, and then write it up. It’s a great major for any career that requires critical thinking.