Careers of Humanities Alumni

Academics and Research

Studying the humanities at Stanford can lead to a successful career in many fields. Employers across every industry want to hire creative problem solvers who can think critically, look at problems in new ways, express their ideas effectively, and work well in teams—skills that are an essential part of Stanford’s many undergraduate programs in the humanities.

Explore careers that humanities majors from Stanford have pursued since 2001. Our students are not only leaders but also thoughtful, engaged citizens whose work has purpose and meaning, for themselves and for the world.

Department or Program	Title	Organization
East Asian Languages and Cultures	Fraud Specialist	Wish (e-commerce platform)
Music	Co-Founder	OrderAhead
History	Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Bujumbura	U.S. Department of State
English	Reporter	Forbes Magazine
Classics	2nd-Grade Teacher	Lomie G. Heard Elementary School
Classics	Associate Pastor	First Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach
East Asian Languages and Cultures	Assistant Director	Endangered Language Alliance
Philosophy	Communications Program Manager	Allen Institute (bioscience research)
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages	Vice President of Corporate Communications	Occidental Entertainment Group Holdings
English	Product Marketing Manager - Community/Outreach	Instagram
Religious Studies	Visual Art Teacher	BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life)
Linguistics	Linguistic Project Manager	Appen (speech and search technology company)
Philosophy	Program Assistant	Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Music	Geointelligence Data Analyst	Google
Theater and Performance Studies	Senior Research Analyst and Applications Specialist	National Society of Black Engineers
Linguistics	Data Scientist	Pinterest
Religious Studies	Head of Operations	Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation
Art and Art History	Conservator	SFO Museum
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages	Editor-in-Chief	1849 Medicine Garden
Linguistics	Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology	University of California, Berkeley
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity	Engineering Program Manager	Google
Linguistics	Assistant Professor of Literature	California State University, Fullerton
East Asian Languages and Cultures	Associate	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity	Chief of Staff	Kitchensurfing
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages	Associate Professor of Cinema Studies	California State University, Fullerton
Theater and Performance Studies	Online User Experience Librarian	Old Dominion University
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages	Consultant	Mercer \| CPSG Partners
East Asian Languages and Cultures	Associate	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Religious Studies	Educational Videogame Designer	Fourth Dimension Games
Religious Studies	Screenwriter	Self-Employed
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity	Poet, Playwright	Self-Employed
History	Real Estate Manager	Harvard University
Music	Co-Founder and Executive Director	Center for New Music
Linguistics	President and Founder	Leyenzal - A Yiddish Literacy Project
English	Associate Professor of English	George Washington University