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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session in the forum
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 3 weeks, 4 days agoPlease see the mentoring session below and share widely.
MLA 2025 Convention
MLA Committee on Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Profession
Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session
NB: Session Information Follows. The mentoring session will continue informally following the roundtable via happy hour. Location: Ernst Café (…[Read more]
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Stacey Amo started the topic Discussion Group on What Contingency Means to You in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 1 year, 1 month agoJoin members of the Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession for an informal discussion about the forms of contingency, the needs of contingent faculty members, and resource sharing. January 6, 10:15-11:30am, PCC – 202A (Grand Hall Level 2) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19063
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Janine M. Utell edited the post The Road Towards a PhD in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 1 year, 9 months agoThais Rutledge
(Note: Thais Rutledge is co-chair of the MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities.)
The impetus for this blog post was a conversation that took place in the Graduate […]
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Janine M. Utell edited the post Living with Disability in the Time of Coronavirus in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 2 years agoShahrzad Ghobadlou
(Note: This is a post in response to our call for submissions addressing the experience of graduate students living with disability in the time of COVID. Thank you to Shahrzad Ghobadlou for […]
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Janine M. Utell edited the post Call for Submissions—Living with Disability in the Time of Coronavirus in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Call: I would love to hear from any of you about your experiences surviving Covid as a student who, like me, experiences disability. If you have ideas about how your university did a great job supporting […]
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Didem Uca edited the post Publishing Your First Academic Article – A Roadmap in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 3 years agoby Didem Uca, Ph.D., co-chair of CSGSH, Assistant Professor of German Studies, Emory University
So you want to publish your first academic article––but where do you start? This roadmap outlines the key sta […]
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June Di Marzo edited the post Meet the Committee in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 3 years agoThais Rutledge (2021-2024)
My name is Thais Rutledge, and I am a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. After a rewarding teaching experience, I decided to return to […]
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Anne Donlon started the topic Demystifying scholarly publishing in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThis summer, the MLA is the host press for the Association of University Presses’s Ask UP site. Ask UP is a site that aims to demystify the publishing process, providing answers to frequently asked questions about how to publish and promote scholarship.
If you don’t find your question answered there already, submit a question. This summer, the…[Read more]
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Didem Uca edited the post Applying to Present at an Academic Conference in the Humanities in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoBy Didem Uca
Assistant Professor of German Studies, Emory University
CSGSH Co-chairThe calls for papers (CfPs) for next year’s MLA have been posted, which means that the sessions are currently seeking abstracts. If you have never applied to present at a conference before, this post covers the essentials, including why you should present at a…[Read more]
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Amir Hussain edited the post Providing Audio Feedback on Students’ Writing in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years agoBy Sritama Chatterjee, a third-year PhD student in Literature at the University of Pittsburgh
Due to the shift to online learning because of COVID-19, one of the things that I miss about teaching are the corridor conversations with students, before and after a class, and listening to their fears about an impending Chemistry exam, their excitement…[Read more] -
Amir Hussain edited the post Tips for Writing a Dissertation or Capstone Project in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoWriting a doctoral dissertation or a capstone project for a master’s program can be one of the most challenging and intensive parts of earning a graduate degree. This already difficult task has been heavily exacerbated by major global events, such as the Covid pandemic, systemic racism, and visa restrictions on international students. Members of t…[Read more]
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Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael deposited “Wild Nights”: Death and Humor in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson in the group
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoEmily Dickinson’s unique style of poetic composition is marked by ambiguity and open-endedness, leading to the genesis of a privileged space wherein reader and writer are able to meet as co-creators of meaning. As a poet, Dickinson addresses many themes in ways that are subject to countless layers of interpretation. This essay focuses p…[Read more]
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Gabriel Edzordzi Agbozo edited the post Graduate Students Preparing for the Fall (Part 2) in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months agoEdited by G. Edzordzi Agbozo, with support from the members of the CSGSH
In this final part of our series on preparing for the fall semester, two international graduate students — Meng-Hsien Neal Liu, and Joan Jiyoung Hwang — share how the ongoing pandemic and the recent national debate on international students in the United States has aff…[Read more]
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Gabriel Edzordzi Agbozo edited the post GRADUATE STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THE FALL (PART 1) in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months agoEdited by G. Edzordzi Agbozo, with support from the members of the CSGSH
The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has meant that universities undergo shifts in the coming fall semester. The MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities asked for reflections on how graduate students are responding to and navigating the challenges…[Read more]
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Didem Uca edited the post Researching and Teaching Toward an Uncertain Future in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 7 months agoGraduate Studies in the Time of Coronavirus, Part V
Edited by Didem Uca, with support from the members of the CSGSH
For the past few months, this series has documented how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected graduate students’ personal and professional lives. The contributors have reflected on the importance of building empathy and community in a…[Read more] -
Didem Uca edited the post Mental Health Struggles and Survival Strategies in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 7 months agoGraduate Studies in the Time of Coronavirus, Part II
Edited by Didem Uca, with support from the members of the CSGSH
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered all aspects of society in North America and around the globe, including higher education. The Modern Language Association’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the H…[Read more] -
Didem Uca edited the post “Caught between closing borders”: International Graduate Students in a Global Pandemic in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoGraduate Studies in the Time of Coronavirus, Part IV
Edited by Didem Uca, with support from the members of the CSGSH
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered all aspects of society in North America and around the globe, including higher education. In the past few weeks, graduate student contributors have shared their perspectives on how…[Read more]
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Didem Uca edited the post ACTIVISM IN A CRISIS: ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY & COALITION BUILDING in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoGraduate Studies in the Time of Coronavirus, Part III
Edited by Didem Uca, with support from the members of the CSGSH
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered all aspects of society in North America and around the globe, including higher education. The Modern Language Association’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the H…[Read more] -
Didem Uca wrote a new post Seeking Empathy & Community in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoGraduate Studies in the Time of Coronavirus, Part I
Edited by Didem Uca, with support from the members of the CSGSH
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered all aspects of society in North America and around […] -
Ariadne Wolf edited the post What Does #metoo and Title 9 Mean for Students? in the group
MLAgrads: on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoBy Ariadne Wolf
This post represents the opinion of one individual member of the Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities. This post does not represent the opinion nor perspective of the Committee as a whole, and does not reflect the opinion of the MLA.
Sexual harassment and sexual assault on college…[Read more]
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