Art History majors and minors from UC Irvine have gone on to graduate programs in art history and other areas, including business, law, and economics. Their career paths lead to in museums, universities, art galleries, conservation labs, libraries, design studios, and auction houses. Alumni have also put their art history training to use in entrepreneurship, non-profit management, consulting, engineering, software development, public health, and a variety of other fields that rely on analytic and research skills, critical reasoning, and cultural expertise.
What some of our alumni are doing
Morgan Matthews, 4+1 BA/MA 2023 |
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Art Collections Specialist at the Laguna Beach Festival of Art |
Alexis Nguyen, BA 2023 |
Founder of Students for Health Humanities (SHH), a global student association dedicated to the health humanities. |
Esme Bobadilla, 4+1 BA/MA 2022 |
Artist. |
Hania Hendrickson, BA 2022 |
Operations Manager at UCI Campus Recreation. |
Grace Horgan, BA 2022 |
Knowledge Engineer for Alexa AI at Amazon. |
Amanda McCarthy, BA 2022 |
Dance Director and Los Angeles Rams Cheerleader |
Peter Hoc McEldowney, 4+1 BA/MA 2022 |
Adjunct faculty member of the Art History department at Mt. San Antonio College. He also works as a children's art teacher and recreationally makes paintings. |
Brooke Denny, 4+1 BA/MA 2020 |
Ph.D. student in Art History at Indiana University |
Kevin Pham, BA 2020 |
Assistant Development Officer for Planned Giving, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
Jaimie Joo, 4+1 BA/MA 2019 |
Acumen Public Policy. |
Kylie Ching, 4+1 BA/MA 2017 |
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside |
Jasmin Pannier, 4+1 BA/MA 2017 |
Independent Curator and Social Media Specialist. |
Helman Alejandro Sosa, BA 2016 |
Ph.D. student in Art History at UCLA. |
Rex Wang, BA 2016 |
Youth Organizer at Korean Resource Center. |
Estie Choi, BA 2015 |
Senior UX Designer, JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Alex Garcia, BA 2015 |
Visitor Services Associate, The Broad museum, Los Angeles. |
Catalina Todd, BA 2015 |
Senior copywriter. |
Chelsea Trinh, BA 2015 |
Master’s student in Library and Information Science with a focus in archives/special collections. |
Michelle (Maasz) Brouwer, BA 2014 |
Director of Client Services at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. |
Emilie (Martin) Awerkamp, BA 2013 |
Interior Designer. |
Ashley Chen, BA 2013 |
Graphic designer, artist, and photographer. |
Karen Cody, BA 2014 |
Law student at Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles. |
Tessa Frey, BA 2013 |
Technical Project & Program Manager at Specright, a specification management software company. |
Careese Quon, BA 2013 |
Founder & CEO of CR Concepts talent management agency; Marketing Strategist and Content Creator at Lychee Style, and a style blogger. |
Rebecca Westermann Hendrickson, BA 2008 |
Consultant for non-profit community programs. |
EvaMarie Morris, BA 2006 |
Department Chair, Emeritus Institute, Humanities & Sciences, Saddleback College, Aliso Viejo. |
Dr. Elizabeth Mansfield, BA 1988 |
Professor of Art History, Pennsylvania State University |
Barbara Whitney, BA 1982 |
Director of Finance and Operations, Crossroads School. |
Giving
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