Category: Careers & Professionalization
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Chapter 5 – Students: How to Put Your PhD to Work
Book Title: Putting the Humanities PhD to work In chapter five, Rogers examines the specific ways of putting the humanities PhD to work. She focuses this intervention on not only the students but also those in positions to make institutional decisions, such as faculty members and university administrators. Rogers, in this chapter, offers practical suggestions…
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Book Launch Video and Q&A
Click to watch the full conversation I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Teresa Mangum at the University of Iowa to celebrate the launch of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work. Following a generous introduction by Dr. Cathy Davidson, Teresa and I had an invigorating conversation about the nature of graduate education, the…
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Digital Friday Recap: Enriching STEM: Creating Equity in and Beyond the Lab
In the sciences, because we are working to better understand the world and systems within it, a diversity of opinions and viewpoints is absolutely necessary, especially in light of the notorious lack of diversity that can be seen throughout scientific history. In recent years, STEM fields have made important strides towards equity. For example many universities…
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Graduate Education for the Public Good: Event Recap and Reflection
Event date: May 1, 2020 What a joy to gather, in the midst of a time of separation and loss, to talk about what we imagine for higher education. On Friday, May 1—Labor Day across much of the world—my colleagues and I hosted a digital forum on graduate education for the public good. That more…
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Scholar Spotlight: Jesslyn Parrish
Why did you apply to HASTAC? I applied to HASTAC after learning about it from my professors within the Texts & Technology PhD program. The Texts & Technology program focuses on understanding the interdisciplinary possibilities between the humanities and technology. My background is in anthropology and applied linguistics, and I returned to graduate school to…
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Online M.S. in Applied Communication, Social Media Concentration
As a former HASTAC Scholar, I wanted to share this call for applications for a new program that I’ve developed with my colleagues at Fitchburg State University. We’re now accepting applications on a rolling basis for our second cohort in our M.S. in Applied Communication with a concentration in Social Media.I hope you’ll consider sharing…
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The Thought Project: Podcast episode on Putting the PhD to Work and the CUNY Humanities Alliance
I was delighted to join the Graduate Center’s Director of Media Relations, Tanya Domi, on January 15, 2020 to record an episode of The Thought Project podcast. In our 30-minute conversation, we talked about Putting the Humanities Ph.D. to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom, which will be published by Duke University Press in…
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$3.15 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Goes to The Graduate Center, CUNY to Support Humanities Teaching Initiative
The grant funds partnerships between The Graduate Center and four CUNY community colleges and supports 28 doctoral fellowships aimed at enhancing opportunities for students to engage with the humanities. NEW YORK, January 15, 2020 — The Graduate Center of The City University of New York has been awarded a second $3.15 million grant from The…
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Updates, abstracts, and more
I’m delighted to share that Putting the Humanities PhD to Work is in production at Duke University Press, and should be out in the world in time for Fall 2020! It has a fresh new subtitle (Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom), and a structure that has been much improved thanks to thoughtful comments and…
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She Said/She Said: Grad Student Collaboration and Conquering Fear
Deanna Stover (DS): I’ve been a HASTAC Scholar for, to put it kindly, over a year. And I have yet to publish anything on the blog. I’ve drafted numerous posts and then . . . just stopped. I have things to say, but fear got in the way. Public scholarship is difficult. It’s scary to…