Cultivating Versatility as a Future Faculty Member
If you thought “versatility” was only relevant for nonfaculty job seekers, think again.
Category: Perspectives
Team-Teaching the Humanities at a Community College
The opportunity to team-teach with a Durham Tech faculty member provided doctoral student Maggie McDowell with unusually rich and multifaceted pedagogical training.
Navigating Hierarchical Relationships in Graduate School
Not sure how to ask your advisor for something you need? Some tips on managing up and showing up.
Reflections on My Summer Internship at UNC Press
History PhD student Siobhan Barco reflects on how a self-designed summer internship with UNC Press broadened both her academic and professional horizons.
Four Reasons to Read the Final NEH Report for Versatile Humanists at Duke
Do you really want to know how the NEH sausage was made? You just might.
What Are Dissertations Made Of? My Summer with Artworks
PhD student Alex Strecker knew he wanted a summer internship in Greece, but didn’t anticipate where else that experience would lead.
Against Overwhelm: Keeping Sight of the Big Picture
The group coaching format provides powerful tools with which to confront the issue of grad student overwhelm.
Career Diversity is Not Plan B: Thoughts from a PhD Candidate on the Nonfaculty Job Market
Not every humanities PhD candidate aspires to be a tenure-track professor. What’s the way forward for these students?
What Are You Waiting For?
Are there things you’re not letting yourself do or have until you finish the PhD?
The Big Picture Faculty Job Search
The big picture job application is less about writing to rules or processes and more about writing towards a desired outcome.