Strategies to Develop Professional Relationships that Every Humanities Ph.D. Student Should Know

March 11, 2021

Building professional relationships is a strategic competency equally critical to success in the 21st-century academy and to postdoctoral Humanists’ careers in the non-profit sector, government, and industry and business. This workshop will explore some steps all students can take throughout their graduate career – integrated with their core academic and disciplinary pursuits – to develop this strategic competency. Topics for discussion will include networking, informational interviewing, developing a mentoring community, collaboration, and the value of immersive experiences. The strategies and tools shared here will help you be intentional about your professional development and career exploration.

Panelists:

Marques Redd    Abdesalam Soudi    Darlene F. Zellers

  • Marques Redd, Senior Director of Graduate Advising and Engagement for the Humanities, Humanities Engage
  • Abdesalam Soudi, Lecturer and Linguistic Internship and Consulting Advisor, Department of Linguistics
  • Darlene Zellers, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development and Director of the Office of Academic Career Development (OACD), Health Sciences

Full Panel

For most of the resources mentioned in this workshop, see our Career Exploration Tools and Resources page and the Professional Development Map for All Careers.