Category: Schools
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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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Submit a Proposal for HASTAC 2020! (Deadline Extended to March 1)
Call for Proposals Cross-posted from https://hastac2020.org/. The 2020 international conference of HASTAC (the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, or “haystack”) will be hosted by the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at The University of Texas at Dallas (ATEC@UTD) on October 15-18, 2020. The theme of HASTAC 2020 is Hindsight • […]
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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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Michigan State University MUSE (Mentoring Underrepresented Scholars in English) Program
The Department of English at Michigan State University is once again offering Mentoring Underrepresented Scholars in English (MUSE) workshop opportunity. Please share this information with anyone you believe might be interested. This fall, the MSU Department of English will host the 2nd Annual MUSE Scholars workshop for prospective graduate students in English from October 16-20, 2019. The MUSE […]
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Putting the PhD to Work—For the Public Good
I recently had the privilege of giving a joint keynote address at the Big XII Teaching and Learning Conference at the University of Texas, Austin, together with Adashima Oyo, doctoral student in social welfare, a graduate fellow in the Futures Initiative, and the director of HASTAC Scholars. Our goal in giving the talk was to […]
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The Price to Pay for being a Survivor: The Need for Trauma-Informed Universities
*Trigger warning/self-care for trauma/sexual violence/possible triggers for many traumatic experiences* A few months ago, I was sitting in a graduate seminar when I saw my phone light up, notifying me of a new text message from a colleague in the program. Although my phone should’ve been away, I checked the text to read a long […]
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Digital Humanities (DH) at KU – Being a HASTAC Scholar
Last month, our HASTAC scholars presented our work in the Digital Scholars’ Showcase. Please check the following link for the presentation I gave: https://prezi.com/view/BDhH0VHc8OPWfF5bHv24/ In my brief talk, I shared how I came to DH via happenstance when a classmate of mine shared their engagement with DH on campus. After meeting with the staff at […]
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