Alt-Ac Track: Job Searching & Opportunities Outside of and Adjacent to Academe
Anne Cong-Huyen, U-M Library, Devin O'Hara, Associate Director, Data Engineering for ITHAKA, Laura Portwood-Stacer, founder of ManuscriptWorks.com, Emily Raymundo, Ph.D. American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California
Friday, February 26, 2021
4:00-5:30 PM
Virtual
This webinar is designed to provide information for humanities graduate students seeking knowledge about different career paths and possibilities for Ph.D. holders.
Friday, February 26th, 2020, 4:00-5:30 PM
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/AdjacenttoAcademe
Hosted by Professor Umayyah Cable and featuring four panelists:
Anne Cong-Huyen is Senior Associate Librarian and Digital Scholarship Strategist at the University of Michigan Library, and faculty in the Digital Studies Institute. She was previously the Digital Scholar and Coordinator of the Digital Liberal Arts Program at Whittier College, and a Mellon Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a co-founder of #transformDH, serves on the steering committee of HASTAC, the American Studies Association Digital Humanities Caucus, and is a member of the Situated Critical Race and Media (SCRAM) collective.
Devin O'Hara is Associate Director, Data Engineering for ITHAKA, the parent organization of JSTOR.org. He, his husband, their cat, and a too-large collection of books are recent transplants to Ypsilanti, MI from New York City.
Laura Portwood-Stacer, the founder of ManuscriptWorks.com, is a self-employed developmental editor and publishing consultant for academic authors. She is the author of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK: A GUIDE FOR SCHOLARLY AUTHORS, forthcoming this year from Princeton University Press.
Emily Raymundo earned her Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in 2017. She has held research fellowships at Dartmouth College and the University of Manchester (UK). She is currently an instructor in English at a private boarding high school in MA.
Sponsored by the Department of American Culture.
Friday, February 26th, 2020, 4:00-5:30 PM
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/AdjacenttoAcademe
Hosted by Professor Umayyah Cable and featuring four panelists:
Anne Cong-Huyen is Senior Associate Librarian and Digital Scholarship Strategist at the University of Michigan Library, and faculty in the Digital Studies Institute. She was previously the Digital Scholar and Coordinator of the Digital Liberal Arts Program at Whittier College, and a Mellon Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a co-founder of #transformDH, serves on the steering committee of HASTAC, the American Studies Association Digital Humanities Caucus, and is a member of the Situated Critical Race and Media (SCRAM) collective.
Devin O'Hara is Associate Director, Data Engineering for ITHAKA, the parent organization of JSTOR.org. He, his husband, their cat, and a too-large collection of books are recent transplants to Ypsilanti, MI from New York City.
Laura Portwood-Stacer, the founder of ManuscriptWorks.com, is a self-employed developmental editor and publishing consultant for academic authors. She is the author of THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK: A GUIDE FOR SCHOLARLY AUTHORS, forthcoming this year from Princeton University Press.
Emily Raymundo earned her Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in 2017. She has held research fellowships at Dartmouth College and the University of Manchester (UK). She is currently an instructor in English at a private boarding high school in MA.
Sponsored by the Department of American Culture.
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| Location: | Virtual |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | american culture, Business, Career, cultural, Culture, Department Of American Culture, Diversity, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, education, Free, Graduate, Graduate Students, Inclusion, lecture, Library, multicultural, Networking |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of American Culture |
