Humanities and Social Sciences PhD Pathways

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Graduate students and postdocs in the Humanities or Social Sciences fields have a wealth of resources to help you explore careers that could be a great fit for you. Start by taking advantage of the resources listed below, and follow up with an appointment with an OCS advisor to help hone a professional and career development strategy to maximize your time at Yale.

Selected Yale ResourcesHumanities 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 GroupsThe 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 ResourcesMany 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 HumanitiesA 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

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