*anguished sound*

[novapsyche]

Eric Alterman writes: I’m looking for a senior researcher to who work somewhere between half and full time for me.... Please apply only if... [y]ou have at least a master’s degree in American history or a closely related field like American studies, or, you have at least two years experience as historical researcher or editor or as a particularly impressive intellectually-oriented journalist on say, a Matt Yglesias or Sarah Wildman level

I knew there was some value in an American Studies degree. Now only if I were educated on the graduate level.