Humanities and Social Sciences PhD Pathways

Selected Yale Resources

• Humanities and Social Sciences Professionalization Workshop Series (OCS series)
• Common Good and Creative Careers community
• Digital Humanities Lab
• Center for Collaborative Arts and Media
• Jackson Institute for Global Affairs events
• Public Humanities at Yale – opportunities in Yale libraries and museums
• Beinecke Library – student opportunities
• Other professional development resources at Yale

Humanities and Social Sciences Peer Professionalization Groups

The Peer Professionalization Group (PPG) is a peer mentoring program which pairs small groups of graduate students from related fields who are interested in actively developing their professional and career plans. This program combines monthly small group meetings with large on-campus and off-campus events each semester to provide a format that is flexible for the busy schedule of graduate students. No time for group meetings? Follow the curriculum on your own schedule.  Click here to learn more!

Discipline-Focused Career Resources

Many academic associations and other organizations currently offer a wealth of information on career paths for humanists and social scientists on their websites.  For example, see:

• Connected Academics: Preparing Doctoral Students of Language and Literature for a Variety of Careers (from the Modern Language Association)
• Society of American Archivists Online Career Center
• Career Alternatives for Art Historians
• Careers for Students of History
• Non-Academic Careers, American Psychological Association
• American Philosophical Association:  A Non-Academic Career?
• Digital Humanities Now
• Society for Classical Studies
• Exploring Applied Career Options:  American Political Science Association

Resources for Faculty in the Humanities

• A Guide For PhD Programs and Faculty Members in English and Other Modern Languages – Connected Academics (MLA)
• Helping Students Prepare for Humanities Careers: Recommendations for Faculty Members – Connected Academics (MLA)
• “How to Prepare a Ph.D. for Faculty and Nonfaculty Jobs” The Chronicle of Higher Education
•  Lessons Learned from the 2016-2017 Next Generation Humanities PhD Consortium