Finding Your Way: Setting Yourself Up for Effective Menteeship
Seek out more than one mentor and figure out which style of mentoring works best for you.
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Versatile Humanists at Duke
Finding Your Way: Taking the Full Measure of Duke
Tips for new graduate students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences on making the most of their time at Duke—all of Duke.
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What Is a Versatile Humanist and Why Should You Care?
Instead of building your identity around your career path or your accolades, focus on what you can offer the world.
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Story+ Graduate Mentors Pass Down Knowledge While Building Their Future
Two Story+ graduate mentors share their experiences with the program after its successful launch this summer.
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Do You Know About Digital Humanities?
Not being expected to know everything can be a liberating and empowering experience.
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Preparing For An Academic Job Search over the Summer
Director of Graduate Student Advising and Engagement for the Humanities, Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, offers advice on how students can take advantage of their summer in preparing for the job search.
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What I Wish I Had Known When I Started
Among the lessons learned: Don’t ignore the job question. Look up the job-placement numbers for your program, even if they might be scary.
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Alone, Together: Cultivating Human Connection through Communities of Writing
Staying afloat on the sea of solitude while navigating your dissertation
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4 Doctoral Programs Receive Grants from VH@Duke to Enhance Ph.D. Training
The Innovation Grants help doctoral programs develop and implement curricular changes designed to enrich students’ academic experiences, and prepare them for transformative roles inside and outside of academia.
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8 Ph.D. Students Receive Internships through Versatile Humanists at Duke
The internship experiences are designed to help enrich students’ dissertations and prepare students for academic and nonacademic careers.
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