Events – NU Pub Hum

4/21/17: Humanities Work: Careers for Humanists

Join the NU Public Humanities Colloquium and Northwestern doctoral alumni for a half-day of career exploration and professional development.

Friday, April 21
Kaplan Institute (Kresge 2350)

2:30 – Alumni Panel
3:45 – Skill-building Workshops
4:45 – Paired Networking
5:30 – Reception

Register at http://bit.ly/2nBLBK2

The event will kick off with a panel of Northwestern alumni with PhDs in the humanities followed by skill-building workshops. Participants can also opt-in to a creative networking activity, in which pairs will give and get feedback on specific projects or problems related to their professional development.

Jordana Cox (Ph.D ’15, ITPD), Postdoctoral Fellow in the Public Humanities, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, will lead “Internships, Passion Projects, and Side Hustles: Making the Most of Short-term Work”:

Short-term work can help you get through grad school – socially, emotionally, and financially. It can also support your career goals, academic or otherwise. With these benefits in mind, this workshop offers strategies for cultivating work outside of school that is meaningful and manageable. Topics may include: finding collaborators; getting paid and/or getting credited; and crafting coherent narratives for academic CVs. *Especially designed for early career grad students.*

Meida McNeal (Ph.D ’07, Performance Studies), Arts and Cultural Manager at Chicago Park District and Artistic Director, Honey Pot Performance, will lead “Inviting Communities In: Building Civic Practice Work”:

This workshop will center on strategies and tools to build a civic engagement practice highlighting collective story sharing and collaborative decision making. We will consider how we map community ecosystems, identify local assets and stakeholders, and define key roles in civic practice work using creative and artistic approaches. We will think about ways to craft invitations for different communities to enter a civically- or socially-engaged space, process, or studio and how to make space for emerging stewards & stakeholders to share vision-building and decision-making.

Phonshia Nie (Ph.D ’14, History), Community Archivist at Austin History Center and Adjunct Professor, Center for Asian American Studies at University of Texas at Austin, will lead “Articulating the Public Purpose of your Academic Work”:

How can you position yourself for employment outside of academia? This workshop will consider how to frame your academic knowledge and research, writing, and teaching skills as tangible workplace assets. It will also encourage students to articulate how their expertise and experience add value to particular institutions they might be considering for employment after graduation.

Jason Ralph (Ph.D ’16, History), Associate at McKinsey & Company will lead “Demystifying the Consulting Case Interview”:

This workshop will demonstrate how case interviews are used when applying to consulting firms.

This event is supported in part by The Graduate School Professional Development Grant and co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, Department of History, Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council, Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre & Drama and Kaplan Institute for the Humanities.

For more information, contact Ruth Martin Curry at RuthMartin2019@u.nortwestern.edu.

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