Charting Career Pathways: Enhancing and Sustaining Doctoral Education in the Humanities
FAIN: ZA-250740-16
Loyola University, Chicago (Chicago, IL 60611-2147)
Patricia Mooney-Melvin (Project Director: February 2016 to July 2018)
Thematic
working groups at Loyola University of Chicago (LUC) that are focused on revising
admissions guidelines, curricular and professional development, career guidance
and mentoring, and humanities assistantships in the field.
This
project will engage in planning activities to develop programming to enhance the
ability of humanities PhD students to be prepared for and envision multiple
career pathways. The goals are to 1) create opportunities for students to see
themselves possessing multiple career possibilities; 2) deepen and broaden the
nature of advising and mentoring; 3) develop a robust career guidance program; 4)
sharpen students’ communication skills; 5) gain experience outside of academe
while in school; 6) shape recruitment messaging; and 7) explore curricular
possibilities. These goals will be accomplished through pilot workshops for
humanities faculty and graduate students, revision of graduate student
recruitment messaging, development of “Humanities Communicators” programming,
alumni-student mentoring, and curricular and advising revisions.