The History Department at NEIU is happy to introduce its first Community College Transfer Student Stipend Program for BA seeking students.

$1,000 will be awarded to any community college transfer student who successfully completes the following three steps:

1. Be admitted to NEIU as a degree-seeking student.
2. Declare History as a major.
3. Pass 9 credit hours three 300-level history courses with a 2.5 GPA. 
   1. Students may complete all 9 units in one semester or longer, and all courses must count toward a BA degree in history at NEIU.

To Qualify

Applicants must have completed an Associate's degree or have completed 60+ college credits before their first semester at NEIU. Students who have transferred prior to Summer 2024 do not qualify for this stipend but other scholarships are available.

Note that this program does not disqualify students from applying to other forms of financial aid including scholarships and grants. Upon completion of step 3, a check for $1,000 will be mailed to the student.  

Interested Students Must Apply Now

There is a limit of 5 stipends per semester and they are only available to new (never attended NEIU) community college transfer students on a first come first serve basis beginning in the Summer 2024 sessions.

Application Deadlines

To reserve a place in the program interested students must apply no later than:

May 1, 2024 for Summer 2024
July 1, 2024 for Fall 2024

Declare a major in history

For more information, please contact the department chair Dr. Mateo Farzaneh at m-farzaneh@neiu.edu or (773) 442-5821.

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The American Studies Graduate Certificate provides you with the opportunity to deepen and expand your knowledge of the American experience in all its complexities, and challenge existing biases and notions of what it means to be American. Through this interdisciplinary program, in consultation with faculty advisors, students select eighteen credits of coursework, with no more than six credits in any one of twelve participating programs. This flexibility allows you to tailor the program to your particular needs and interests, while enabling you to work with accomplished faculty in a range of disciplines.

The program will help students develop new frameworks, analytical approaches and materials. It will reward those whose curiosity about American cultures and societies calls for advanced work and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The certificate program provides rich and engaging professional development for those in fields such as education, and library and information science.

For more detailed career information, visit the U.S. Department of Labor .

Take a closer look at the American Studies Graduate Certificate and the courses offered toward the program.

If you are interested in the program or have questions, please contact History at (773) 442-5630.

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As a History student, you will develop skills of critical thinking and writing that you will find indispensable as you pursue a variety of careers, including education, research, law, business, public affairs and the service professions. Below are a few alumni profiles to give you an idea of the many career opportunities available to History majors.

Christina Cogswell

B.A. in History, 2015 (NEIU) 
M.S. in Library and Information Sciences, 2017 (UIUC)
M.A. in History (NEIU - In progress)

I'm the Information Services Librarian at El Centro.  In this role I manage the El Centro Library, supervise 1 full-time employee, and 3 graduate assistants. It's my goal to make sure that students taking their classes at El Centro have the same services available to our on-campus students.  This includes access to our eResources and interlibrary loans, but also in-person reference help and meeting with students 1-on-1 to help with their research. Great customer service is a huge part of our job at the El Centro Library, and I feel lucky to be able to help students feel less stressed!

Studying history helped me in so many ways! The research skills (secondary + primary sources!) I gained while studying history are honestly so helpful! Once you learn something new, it's easy to forget how hard/overwhelming it was to learn it. Many students are intimidated and overwhelmed by the research process - it's been very nice to be able to share my experiences and successes at NEIU - I hope the students I help feel more confident after I meet with them. The other aspect of studying history I find beneficial is writing - when you study history, you end up doing so much writing. Because of this, I'm extremely comfortable with any writing that is required for my job. In addition to these skills helping me in my career, I also believe studying history has helped me in my life. Knowing how to evaluate the information that I encounter on a daily basis really helps me keep my critical thinking cap on. I also like to think that history helped me begin to understand so many huge socio/political issues that affect our lives every day. It caused me to start wondering about the how + why behind events and people's opinions. Having a small glimpse into the complications of human life through time helped me see those complications in everything around me.

Simeon Nockov

B.A. in History and Philosophy, 2009 (NEIU)
Juris Doctorat (JD), 2012 (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2013 (University of California, Berkeley, School of Law)

Currently, I work for the State of Illinois as an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). As an ALJ, I preside over property tax appeals for residential, commercial, and industrial matters.

Studying history helped me develop the ability to research and analyze large amounts of information. These skills are very applicable to the field of law where we constantly research case law, statutes, and other pertinent authority. Being able to boil down the vast amount of information into a short persuasive story is what trial lawyers do on the daily basis. Studying history also gave me a deeper understanding of the historical context behind the political and cultural nuances that shaped the law as we know it today.

Erica Feldman

B.A. in History, 2007 (NEIU)
M.A. in Gender and Cultural Studies, 2012 (Simmons College)

I am the "Head Witch in Charge", and Creative Director of HausWitch Home + Healing, a radical, intersectional feminist witch store in Salem, MA.

My history degree from NEIU paved the way for my graduate work studying Witch trials and the archetype of the Witch from a multidisciplinary perspective. The knowledge I gained gave me a unique perspective when starting my business in Salem, MA, a town inextricably linked to history. I have also found that my background in history has provided a useful context with which to understand current events and I sincerely wish that more people studied history so that it would stop repeating itself!

Duke University

History, Ph.D.

“‘Moral Madness’: Representations of Prodigality, Disability, and Competence in German History,” in Disability in German-Speaking Europe: History, Memory, and Culture, ed., Linda Leskau, Tanja Nusser, and Katherine Sorrels (under contract with Camden House, 2022).

“Denouncing the Spendthrift: Debating Social Identity in the Court of Law and Public Opinion,” in Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany, edited by Beth Plummer and Joel Harrington. Berghahn Publishers (Oxford, UK), May 2019.

Awards & Honors:

• National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute “Global Histories of Disability,” 2018
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation & Council for European Studies, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2016-2017
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Scholarship, 2013-2014

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Students seeking to attain a minor in Asian Studies should meet the requirements listed in the Academic Catalog.

Take a closer look at the minor in Asian Studies and the courses offered in the program.

If you are interested in the program or have questions, please contact History and the Program Coordinator at (773) 442-5630.

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Loyola University Chicago

History, M.A.

University of Chicago

History, Ph.D., 1996

Dr. Grossman specializes in modern Central American History and US Foreign Relations. His recent publications include "The Hero Never Dies: Augusto Sandino of Nicaragua" in Samuel Brunk and Ben Fallaw, eds. Heroes and Hero Cults in Latin America (University of Texas Press. 2006) and "The Blood of the People: The Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua's Fifty Year War Against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979" in Cecilia Menjivar and Nestor Rodriguez, eds. When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror (University of Texas Press, 2005).

Columbia University

History, Ph.D., 1999

Threads of Empire: Loyalty and Tsarist Authority in Bashkiria, 1552-1917 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016).

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Northern Illinois University

History, Ph.D., 1993

Resconstructing Russia:  U.S. Policy in Revolutionary Russia, 1917-1922 (Kent, OH:  The Kent State University Press, 1999)

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University of California, Davis
Latin American History, Ph.D.

Book:

"The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico" (University of New Mexico Press, 2016.)

Winner of:

• Michael C. Meyer Prize for Best Book on Mexican History in a Five-Year Period, 2017
• Alfred B. Thomas Award 2016, Honorable Mention
• Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 2017 Book Prize, Honorable Mention

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