The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education
The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education
edited by Leanne M Horinko, Jordan M Reed and James M Van Wyck contributions by Michael J. McGandy, Leonard Cassuto, Augusta Rohrbach, Joseph M. Vukov, Melissa Dalgleish, Karen Wilson, Stephen Aron, Vernita Burrell, William Fenton, Alexandra M. Lord, Paula Chambers, Leanne M Horinko, Jordan M Reed, James M Van Wyck, Robert Townsend and Robert Weisbuch foreword by Leonard Cassuto
Rutgers University Press, 2021 Cloth: 978-1-9788-0912-3 | Paper: 978-1-9788-0911-6 | eISBN: 978-1-9788-0915-4 Library of Congress Classification LB2386.R45 2021 Dewey Decimal Classification 378.2
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. Prompted by poor placement numbers and guided by the efforts of academic organizations, administrators and faculty are beginning to feel called to equip students for a range of careers. Yet, graduate students, faculty, and administrators often feel ill-prepared for this pivot. The Reimagined PhD assembles an array of professionals to address this difficult issue. The contributors show that students, faculty, and administrators must collaborate in order to prepare the 21st century PhD for a wide range of careers. The volume also undercuts the insidious notion that career preparation is a zero sum game in which time spent preparing for alternate careers detracts from professorial training. In doing so, The Reimagined PhD normalizes the multiple career paths open to PhD students, while providing practical advice geared to help students, faculty, and administrators incorporate professional skills into graduate training, build career networks, and prepare PhDs for a variety of careers.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
LEANNE M. HORINKO is the graduate program assistant at Princeton University in New Jersey, where she supports the history and history of science graduate programs. Prior to joining Princeton’s history department, Leanne worked for eight years in graduate admissions.
JORDAN M. REED earned a PhD in history and culture at Drew University where he was a Caspersen School Fellow. Currently, he teaches history and writing at Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey.
JAMES M. VAN WYCK earned a PhD in English from Fordham University, and is an assistant dean for professional development at Princeton University in New Jersey.
REVIEWS
“This book provides an invaluable resource for humanities PhDs struggling to find their way in an incredibly challenging graduate school climate. This is a necessary book that I recommend enthusiastically to students and faculty members alike.”
— Greg M. Colon Semenza, Professor of English, University of Connecticut, Storrs
"This powerful collection reveals many facets of the humanities PhD in the 21st Century. The editors and authors beckon readers to attune themselves to engrained disciplinary biases that stifle opportunity and innovation, and to remember that the well-worn narratives about challenges in the humanities often obscure local possibilities."
— Julie R. Posselt, author of Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Leanne M. Horinko, Jordan M. Reed and James M. Van Wyck
Part 1: A Call to Normalize Careers Beyond the Academy
Chapter 1: An Honest Assessment: The State of Graduate Education
Robert Townsend
Chapter 2: The Liberal Arts at Work: The Engaged PhD
Robert Weisbuch
Chapter 3: Diverse Careers, the Waning of the Prestige Regime, and the Rise of the Influence Economy in Academic Publishing
Michael J. McGandy
Chapter 4: The PhD Adviser-Advisee Relationship Reimagined for the 21st Century
Leonard Cassuto and James M. Van Wyck
Chapter 5: Out of the Field and Into the Woods: The PhD as Professional Compass
Augusta Rohrbach
Part 2: Beyond Plan B: Preparing for What’s Next
Chapter 6: First-Generation Students and the Mission of Graduate Study
Leanne M. Horinko and Jordan M. Reed
Chapter 7: Building Professional Connections in Graduate School
Joseph M. Vukov
Chapter 8: Building Skill and Career Development Opportunities on Campus for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Melissa Dalgleish
Chapter 9: Expanding Horizons and Diversifying Skills: Transforming Graduate Curriculum
Karen S. Wilson and Stephen Aron
Chapter 10: Reimagining Graduate Pedagogy to Account for Career Diversity
Vernita Burrell
Chapter 11 Preparing for a Digital Humanities Career
William Fenton
Chapter 12: Skill-Building and Thinking About Career Diversity for Graduate Students
Alexandra M. Lord
Afterword: Graduate Education: What’s Next?
Paula Chambers
Appendix: Sample Syllabi for Adding Graduate Seminars to Curriculum
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
