For what sorts of jobs do IPCAA students usually apply after graduation, and how successful have they been?
A.: By far the majority of our students enter the Program in hopes of eventually finding a university teaching and research position, and by far the majority of those who complete the Program have indeed been successful in fulfilling that ambition (not always with a job in the part of the country or at the type of school they had expected!). Others arrive with a strong interest in possible museum-based careers, or develop such an interest from working “behind the scenes” at the Kelsey Museum (and the new certificate in Museum Studies seems likely only to make this more popular); a number of our alumni hold jobs involving curation, conservation, and outreach work in museum settings. But a smaller number of former IPCAA students have found employment in a wide range of other contexts, including high school teaching, special education, architecture, international banking, freelance writing, data management, and film-making. Please click here for a list of IPCAA’s former students and their
