A group for MLA members interested in exploring the full spectrum of Connected Academics careers. A space for discussion and debate.
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Sara Wilson wrote a new post Cool Aunts of Academia in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 weeks, 5 days agoBy Sara Curnow Wilson
I first heard about the Connected Academics proseminar from the then participant Beth Seltzer. When Beth was a fellow, she had just finished her PhD in English at Temple University, where […]
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Sarah Goldberg edited the post Preparing for Life Outside the Academy: A Primer and Resource Guide in the group
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received her PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University in 2016. Her dissertation, “Entertaining Culture: The Rise of Mass Culture and Consumer Soc…[Read more] -
Stacy Hartman edited the post Introduction: Toward a More Sustainable Model of Humanities Graduate Education in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThe introduction to the tool kit provides relevant statistics on post-PhD employment in language and literature fields.
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Stacy Hartman edited the post MLA Career Exploration Activity Packet: Skills Self-Assessment, Job Ad Analysis, and Next Steps in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoBy Beth Seltzer
The MLA Career Exploration Activity Packet is designed to walk graduate students through the process of learning what they have to offer, thinking about what types of work are out there, and creating a plan for next steps.
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Stacy Hartman edited the post Helping Students Prepare for Humanities Careers: Recommendations for Faculty Members in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis one-page tip sheet contains recommendations applicable to faculty members working with students at any stage in their educations.
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Beth Seltzer edited the post MLA Career Exploration Activity Packet: Skills Self-Assessment, Job Ad Analysis, and Next Steps in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoBy Beth Seltzer, PhD
2015–16 Connected Academics proseminar fellowAs a graduate student, exploring a range of career options can be exciting—graduate students may be drawn to the promise of increased social impact, a different lifestyle, or the empowerment that comes from having a wider range of options. But it can be difficult knowing whe…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman edited the post Resource: Transferable Skills and How to Talk about Them in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoAs a humanities PhD, you are likely more accustomed to talking about what you know than about what you do. Even when you are asked what you do, your answers—that you’re a medievalist, or that you study nineteenth-century German realism or the early works of Marcel Proust—tell your listener what you know, not what you can do.…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman edited the post Doctoral Student Career Planning: A Guide for PhD Programs and Faculty Members in English and Other Modern Languages in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoDownload the full tool kit.
Doctoral Student Career Planning Guide Home Page
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Module 1: Mapping Your Resources in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis module guides you through taking stock of what resources are available to you locally, both on campus and off. There are many wheels that you need not reinvent, and this module will help guide you to them.
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Module 2: Engaging Your Most Valuable Resource: Alumni in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis module contains suggestions for tracking and building relationships with your program’s alumni. Although many PhDs who leave the academy lose touch with their departments, this module will help programs k […]
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Module 3: Starting the Conversation with Students in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis module provides concrete suggestions and sample language for starting and sustaining a conversation with your students about their career paths, from recruitment day to the dissertation and graduation.
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Module 4: Starting the Conversation with Faculty Members and Administration in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis module tackles the critical task of beginning a conversation about PhD careers with colleagues and contains suggestions for managing conversations with deans and other administrators.
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Module 5: Changing Departmental Culture through Curriculum in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis module addresses larger issues around long-term change, including admissions practices, current course offerings, and the dissertation.
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Stacy Hartman edited the post Rethinking the Dissertation in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 1 week agoFor our second session, the Connected Academics proseminar fellows visited Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit higher education think tank in Manhattan. While discussing how to apply for jobs outside the academy with the panelists, we were advised not to speak too much about our dissertations in cover letters or interviews.
This…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate edited the post Connected Academics Proseminar Syllabus 2015–16 in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 2 months, 4 weeks agoInterested in attending or replicating our New York City Proseminar? Below you’ll find the syllabus for the 2015–16 year. Applications for 2017–18 are due by June 1.
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Carolyn Urena edited the post What Counts as Experience? Diversity as an Asset in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 4 months agoThis was my first year attending the MLA convention as a Connected Academics representative, and I was encouraged by the number of energizing sessions that explored and celebrated the range of careers accessible to humanities PhDs. Throughout the sessions, it became clear that one of the most sought-after skills graduate…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new post Academic Archives as an Alt-Ac Avenue in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 4 months, 2 weeks agoBy Patrick Butler
For candidates on the job market, particularly ones focused on alt-ac positions, working in a library can seem enticing yet unattainable: on the one hand, the library is a familiar space; on […]
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Stacy Hartman edited the blog post Having “The Conversation”: Telling Your Advisor You Don’t Want to Be a Professor in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 5 months agoBy Stacy Hartman and Chris M. Golde
How do you tell your advisor that you don’t want to pursue the faculty path? Or, at least, that you’re exploring other possibilities? Maybe you’ve decided you don’t like research. Maybe you don’t like teaching. Maybe you’ve realized that you need to be in a particular geographic area. Maybe you’ve calc…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman wrote a new blog post Classroom or Cube? in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 5 months, 1 week agoBy Martha M. Houle
I hesitated for ages before leaving my tenured faculty position, because I knew the alternative would probably be showing up at an office, Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. And, sure enough, […]
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Sara Wilson edited the blog post Doctoral Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MLA Convention in the group
Connected Academics: on MLA Commons 5 months, 2 weeks agoBy Sara Wilson
On the Wednesday night before this year’s MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia, I realized that my husband was laughing at me. I was preparing for the next day: adding my schedule into the convention app, packing my bag, minding my business. When I asked him what was so funny, he gestured to the pile of materials on the c…[Read more]
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