Reimagining Humanities Coursework for Career Readiness: A Virtual Workshop for Teachers of Languages and Literature

FAIN: ASB-292330-23

MLA (New York, NY 10004-2434)
Jason Rhody (Project Director: November 2022 to present)
Janine Utell (Co Project Director: April 2023 to present)

A two-year development workshop series for faculty at small or mid-sized colleges to integrate humanities study, career readiness, and applied humanities in their teaching and mentoring of underserved students 

The Modern Language Association (MLA) requests $60,000 over two years to support the creation of a virtual professional development workshop series to prepare humanities instructors at small and mid-sized institutions to align humanities courses in languages and literature with career-minded outcomes that benefit underserved students. Through a workshop series for twenty faculty members from small and mid-sized institutions, MLA will demonstrate how to 1) align learning outcomes in humanities classrooms with career-minded outcomes, including skills development through humanities learning; 2) use currently available data, resources, and partnerships (both internal and external to their institutions) to strengthen career readiness and build effective connections between the classroom and applied humanities contexts; and 3) develop course designs and action plans for implementation.