PhD Futures Now!
A podcast about careers and career diversity for Humanities PhDs, produced by the Humanities Without Walls Consortium.
Episodes
16 episodes
Episode 12 | Campus Leaders on Higher Education Reform
In this episode, Dr. Assata Zerai, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Doug Woods, Dean of the Graduate School at Marquette University, discuss career diversity, interdisciplinary scholarship, and ho...
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Episode 12
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46:00
Episode 11 | Faculty on Graduate Education in the Humanities
In this episode, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Catherine Becker, and Marquette University's Harry G. John Professor of History and Director of the Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outr...
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Episode 11
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Episode 10 | Collaboration and Career Diversity in the Humanities
In this episode, HWW's Assistant Director of Operation and PhD Futures Now co-host Peggy Brennan speaks to Dr. Yan Pang and Dr. Elja Roy about their experience collaborating on Grand Research Challenge grants and how the project has helped shap...
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Episode 10
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26:38
Episode 9 | Non-Profit Careers for Humanities PhDs
In this Episode, Dawn Opel, J.D., Ph.D., Director of Research & Strategic Initiatives, and General Counsel at Food Bank Council of Michigan joined PhD Futures Now for a conversation about the advantages and challenges of non-profit careers ...
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Episode 9
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Episode 8 | Technology Careers for Humanities PhDs
In this episode, Dr. Andrew Keating, Senior Director for Industry and Customer Marketing at Qumulo, joined PhD Futures Now for a conversation about building a career in the tech sector with a humanities PhD. For full transcript of the audio and...
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Episode 8
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Episode 7 | Non-Academic Higher Education Careers for PhDs
In this episode, Dr. Derek Attig, Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development at the University of Illinois, joins PhD Futures Now to discuss their role in graduate career advising and careers in higher ed administration. They also...
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Episode 7
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Episode 6 | Career Diversity and Public Humanities (Part II)
In this episode, Dr. Kantara Souffrant, Assistant Professor of Nonwestern/Global Arts History and Visual Culture at Illinois State University and Curator of Community Dialogue at the Milwaukee Art Museum, joins us to discuss her work in the pub...
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Episode 6
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Episode 5 | Career Diversity and Public Humanities (Part I)
In this episode, Dr. Matthew Costello, Senior Historian at the White House Historical Association, shares his post-PhD career in the Public Humanities and advice for PhD and graduate students interested in pursuing careers in public history.&nb...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4 | Racial and Social Equity in Higher Education
In episode 4 of PhD Futures Now! Podcast, Dr. Antoinette Burton talks to Lisa Betty (PhD student, Fordham University) and Timothy Emmanuel Brown (incoming Assistant Professor, University of Washington) about issues of racial and social equity (...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3 | The New PhD
In this episode, host Maggie Nettesheim Hoffmann talks to Dr. Leonard Cassuto and Dr. Robert Weisbuch about their book The New PhD (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021) and way...
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Episode 3
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Bonus Episode: A Short History of Higher Education & Universities in the US
In Episode 2, host Maggie Nettesheim Hoffmann talked to Dr. Teresa Mangum (University of Iowa) and Dr. Leonard Cassuto (Fordham University) about the diverse challenges facing higher education in the United States today. During the conversation...
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Episode 2 | Is Higher Education in the United States in Crisis?
In episode 2, host Maggie Nettesheim Hoffmann talks to Dr. Teresa Mangum (University of Iowa) and Dr. Leonard Cassuto (Fordham University) about the diverse challenges and opportunities facing higher education in the United States today. Our gu...
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Episode 2
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Episode 1 | Introduction to Humanities Without Walls and Career Diversity
In this introductory episode, you will meet the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) team and hear their thoughts about graduate education and career training for humanities scholars, and what you can expect to hear on this podcast this season. For t...
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PhD Futures Now! Teaser - 3
In this clip from one of our upcoming PhD Futures Now! episodes, Lisa Betty (PhD Candidate, Fordham University) unpacks the broken promise of graduate education especially for black women and women of color. For transcript please visit our ...
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