Putting the Humanities PhD to Work
eBook - PDF

Putting the Humanities PhD to Work

Thriving in and beyond the Classroom

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Putting the Humanities PhD to Work

Thriving in and beyond the Classroom

About this book

In Putting the Humanities PhD to Work Katina L. Rogers grounds practical career advice in a nuanced consideration of the current landscape of the academic workforce. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and personal experience, Rogers explores the evolving rhetoric and practices regarding career preparation and how those changes intersect with admissions practices, scholarly reward structures, and academic labor practices—especially the increasing reliance on contingent labor. Rogers invites readers to consider how graduate training can lead to meaningful and significant careers beyond the academy. She provides graduate students with context and analysis to inform the ways they discern their own potential career paths while taking an activist perspective that moves toward individual success and systemic change. For those in positions to make decisions in humanities departments or programs, Rogers outlines the circumstances and pressures that students face and gives examples of programmatic reform that address career matters in structural ways. Throughout, Rogers highlights the important possibility that different kinds of careers offer engaging, fulfilling, and even unexpected pathways for students who seek them out.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: Putting the PhD to Work—for the Public Good
  6. 1. The Academic Workforce: Expectations and Realities
  7. 2. Inclusive Systems, Vibrant Scholarship
  8. 3. Expanding Definitions of Scholarly Success
  9. 4. What Faculty and Advisors Can Do
  10. 5. Students: How to Put Your PhD to Work
  11. Conclusion: Building a University Worth Fighting For
  12. Afterword: Ten Ways to Begin
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index