Off Campus: Humanities Scholars In Alt-Ac Careers

In this episode, I interview Dr. Hannah Apert-Abrams about her transition from completing a PhD in comparative literature to being a program specialist at the National Endowment for the Humanities. We talk about how awesome librarians and archivists are, the benefits of seeing humanities as a collective, the unpredictability of the job market, and what exactly is (are?) the digital humanities.Dr. Apert-Abrams' personal website: https://halperta.com/Her open access work book, Finding Your Purpose, here: https://halperta.com/shalperta%20press/purpose/The Academic Support Network at the Humanities Commons: https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/You can email the podcast here:  offcampuspod@gmail.comNo longer on Twitter, but you can find me on Mastodon: @kinozhao@fediphilosophy.orgMusic credit: Robert John - Changes

In this episode, I interview Rachel Taylor about her past research studying trance/possession rituals in African Diaspora religions and neo-paganism and Heathenry and her current career as a  senior principle organizational change consultant at Collaborative Solutions (which, by the way, is hiring; https://www.collaborativesolutions.com/careers). We talked about loving academia but also knowing its reality, and about the importance of learning how the world works.You can email the podcast here:  offcampuspod@gmail.comAlso on Twitter: @OffCampusPhDsMusic credit: Robert John - Changes

In this episode, I interview Dr. Stuart Theobald, chairman of the financial research and consulting firm Intellidex, about the value he sees in a philosophy PhD, and the challenges of working while in graduate school.You can email the podcast here:  offcampuspod@gmail.comAlso on Twitter: @OffCampusPhDsMusic credit: Robert John - Changes

In this episode, I interview A Zhu about her transition from graduate school in communications to working as an administrator in higher ed. We share our experiences with heavy workload, vague expectations, blurry work-life lines, lack of positive reinforcement, the feeling of inefficacy... and the false belief that we are in it alone.You can contact A Zhu at law.history.2010@gmail.com if you'd like to have an informational interview with her.You can email the podcast here:  offcampuspod@gmail.comAlso on Twitter: @OffCampusPhDsMusic credit: Robert John - Changes

In this episode, I interview Bethany Parsons, a classicist working to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion on the college campus.You can email the podcast here:  offcampuspod@gmail.comAlso on Twitter: @OffCampusPhDsMusic credit: Robert John - Changes