Doctoral Student Career Planning: A Guide for PhD Programs and Faculty Members in English and Other Modern Languages
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Faculty Tool Kit
Helping Students Prepare for Humanities Careers: Recommendations for Faculty Members
by Stacy HartmanThis one-page tip sheet contains recommendations applicable to faculty members working with students at any stage in their educations.
Introduction: Toward a More Sustainable Model of Humanities Graduate Education
by Stacy HartmanThe introduction to the tool kit provides relevant statistics on post-PhD employment in language and literature fields.
Module 1: Mapping Your Resources
by Stacy HartmanThis module guides you through taking stock of what resources are available to you locally, both on campus and off.
Module 2: Engaging Your Most Valuable Resource: Alumni
by Stacy HartmanThis module contains suggestions for tracking and building relationships with your program’s alumni.
Module 3: Starting the Conversation with Students
by Stacy HartmanThis module provides concrete suggestions and sample language for starting and sustaining a conversation with your students about their career paths, from recruitment day to the dissertation and graduation.
Module 4: Starting the Conversation with Faculty Members and Administration
by Stacy HartmanThis module tackles the critical task of beginning a conversation about PhD careers with colleagues and contains suggestions for managing conversations with deans and other administrators.
Module 5: Changing Departmental Culture through Curriculum
by Stacy HartmanThis module addresses larger issues around long-term change, including admissions practices, current course offerings, and the dissertation.
Preparing for Life Outside the Academy: A Primer and Resource Guide
by Stacy HartmanThis primer provides suggestions for how to gain professional experience and prepare for a possible career outside the academy.
Transferable Skills and Résumé Writing for Humanities PhDs
by Stacy HartmanThe MLA’s documents on transferable skills and résumé writing for humanities PhDs are meant to help students identify their skill sets and describe them in ways that make sense to potential employers.