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From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the University of California, Irvine in 1987, at Peking University's Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​
 
From January to August 1979, Unterberger was a [[Woodrow Wilson]] Fellow at [[Princeton University]] in Princeton, [[New Jersey]]. From the late 1980s on, she was a frequent visiting professor, teaching at the University of California, Irvine in 1987, at Peking University's Institute of International Relations in [[Beijing]] in 1988, and at [[Prague]]'s Charles University in 1992. In 1991, she was appointed Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M, and in 2000 was elevated to Regents professor of the TAMU System.<ref name=bmuvita/>​
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A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 over Professor Robert Dallek as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967. She won the post over Professor Robert Dallek.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​
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A high point of Unterberger's career was her election in 1986 over Professor Robert Dallek as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, an organization 99 percent male founded in 1967.<ref name=oah/> Toward the end of her career, she developed an interest in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], particularly the work of Pandurang Shastri Athavale,  the founder of the Swadhyay Movement. According to Unterberger, Swadhyay "liberated millions from poverty and moral dissipation." In 1997, she successfully nominated Athavale for the $1.3 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.<ref name=oah/>​
    
Unterberger served on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Advisory Committee for Access to Documents and Open Information. She received a personal letter of appreciation for her service from [[Leon Panetta]], the then CIA director.<ref name=obit/>
 
Unterberger served on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Advisory Committee for Access to Documents and Open Information. She received a personal letter of appreciation for her service from [[Leon Panetta]], the then CIA director.<ref name=obit/>
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