Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at workinghistorians@gmail.com.
Hosts
Rob Denning
Rob earned an MA in History at California State University Sacramento and a doctorate in American history at The Ohio State University and works as Associate Dean of Liberal Arts for Southern New Hampshire University. Rob’s research interests include American political history, environmental history, and the history of the American West. He’s also into Legos and ukuleles.
Jimmy Fennessy
Jimmy earned an MA in Cinema Studies from San Francisco State University before returning to History and completing an MA in History at UH Manoa. He is a former Associate Dean of History and currently focuses on organizational learning and employee development.
Guests
Stephanie Averill appeared in 2017 and 2019.
Matthew Avitabile appeared in 2020.
Brent Bankus appeared in 2020.
John Bertland appeared in 2021.
Scott Black appeared in 2020.
William Black appeared in 2019.
Jennifer Bryant appeared in 2017 and 2021.
Kate Buchanan appeared in 2020.
Adrian Calamel appeared in 2019.
Matthew Campbell appeared in 2020.
Benjamin Carr appeared in 2020.
Brian Cervantez appeared in 2018.
Christopher Chan appeared in 2019.
Susie Chung appeared in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Cassandra Clark appeared in 2020.
Henry Crawford appeared in 2019.
Jeff Czarnec appeared in 2019 and 2020.
Susan Dawson appeared in 2019.
Debbie Disston appeared in 2018.
Richard Driver appeared in 2020.
Scotty Edler appeared in 2020 and 2022 (twice!).
Jason Engle appeared in 2018.
Kristen Engle appeared in 2024.
Sarah English appeared in 2019.
Sarah Estee appeared in 2020.
Joe Flickinger appeared in 2021.
Tim Garrity appeared in 2017 and 2023.
Michael Gattis appeared in 2020.
Deb Gogliettino appeared in 2023.
Jamie Goodall appeared in 2019 and 2024.
Will McLean Greeley appeared in 2024.
Jack Green appeared in 2022.
Eric Greisinger appeared in 2023.
Harley Hall appeared in 2020.
Lara Hall appeared in 2018.
Jillian Hartley appeared in 2018.
Robert Irvine appeared in 2017, 2019, and 2021.
Erik Johnsen appeared in 2019.
Mariko Kageyama appeared in 2018.
Susan Keefer appeared in 2020.
Christopher Kline appeared in 2017, 2019, and 2021.
Vasilios Kostakis appeared in 2019.
Shannon Lange appeared in 2019.
Deirdre Lannon appeared in 2020.
Jason Larson appeared in 2018.
Zeb Larson appeared in 2019.
Adam Lehman appeared in 2020 and 2022.
Anna Leshchenko appeared in 2018.
Margaret MacDonald appeared in 2024.
Stephanie McConnell appeared in 2019.
Paul McKenzie-Jones appeared in 2020.
Robin Mellen appeared in 2020.
Mathew Merz appeared in 2023.
Peter Milich appeared in 2021.
Allison Millward appeared in 2023.
Eric Morgenson appeared in 2022.
Julie Mujic appeared in 2018.
Jeremy Pedigo appeared in 2020.
Daniel Peters appeared in 2018.
Luke Peterson appeared in 2024.
Abigail Pfeiffer appeared in 2020.
Darrett Pullins appeared in 2020.
Brigitte Powell appeared in 2020.
Jeff Ramsey appeared in 2019.
Charles Reed appeared in 2018.
CB Repass appeared in 2023.
Marc Reyes appeared in 2019.
Gregory Robinson appeared in 2020.
Roya Rostamian appeared in 2018.
Guy Ruoff appeared in 2020.
Chris Savio appeared in 2019.
Kate Schaefer appeared in 2021.
Matthew Schandler appeared in 2020, 2023, and 2024.
Donald Shaffer appeared in 2020.
Karen Sieber appeared in 2020.
Shenetha Solomon appeared in 2020.
Elizabeth Spott appeared in 2018.
Natalie Sweet appeared in 2018 and 2021.
Nina Thomas appeared in 2023.
Ryan Tripp appeared in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Joel Tscherne appeared in 2021 and 2022.
Larry Tye appeared in 2020.
Cherri Wemlinger appeared in 2020.
Jonathan Wesley appeared in 2020.
Paul Witcover appeared in 2022.
Allen York appeared in 2019 and 2024.
Deborah Ziska appeared in 2018.