Crafting Your Humanist Career

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In this interactive course, PhD students from all humanities departments and programs will learn how to chart a deliberate path through graduate school. The goal of the course is for students to reflect on where they are and make a game plan for the rest of their time at Stanford ? with an eye towards where they are headed after the PhD. The course offers exposure to the wide variety of humanist careers within and beyond the academy. It is ideal for students in their first through third years; all PhD students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are welcome. This course will equip students with the tools and information to shape their own development as scholars and professionals while completing degree milestones and program expectations. Students will identify their core values, learn about diverse opportunities, begin building a professional network, articulate their graduate school mission, and practice mapping their humanist career. We are confident that our curriculum will reduce stress by building community and providing a space to pause and reflect. You have options! Together, we'll move from fear of the future to ownership of your grad school years and curiosity about possible careers! Auditors welcome.