American Historical Association Social Impact Fellowship

Fellowship Description

The American Historical Association (AHA) seeks Social Impact Fellows for summer and fall 2023. Fellows will work on a variety of projects and gain insight into historical and nonprofit work. They will have an opportunity to attend departmental and general staff meetings and to learn about the day-to-day work of the world's largest professional association of historians.

Fellows may be involved with research projects on the history of the AHA; data projects on the history discipline; teaching and learning projects related to K-12 education; and communications projects on the AHA's website redesign project and social media strategy.

Preferred qualifications: a degree in history or related field.

Your Host

The American Historical Association promotes historical work and the importance of historical thinking in public life. Incorporated by Congress in 1889, its mission to enhance the work of historians also encompasses professional standards and ethics, innovative scholarship and teaching, academic freedom, and international collaboration. As the largest membership association of professional historians in the world (over 11,000 members), the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions, and represents every historical era and geographical area.

SIF Mentor

Alexandra Levy

Communications Manager, American Historical Association

Social Impact Fellowship Mentor

I am the communications manager for the American Historical Association, the largest membership association of professional historians in the world. I manage its social media platforms, press and media relations, and the AHA website, and help coordinate the AHA's advocacy work. I am a historian of World War II and the Holocaust, and have an MA in history from the University of Virginia and a BA in history from the University of Pennsylvania. I previously served as vice president at the Atomic Heritage Foundation and as a communications consultant.