The work of the 75 institutions participating in PhD Career Pathways has already provided valuable information about the careers of humanities PhD alumni and the career aspirations of humanities PhD students and informed positive programmatic changes at participating universities. The Humanities Coalition network is building on this work to enhance the knowledge base and suite of promising practices that better support preparation for diverse humanities careers.
Three cohorts were created and 16 institutions were selected based on proposed projects in the following areas: Preparing for Diverse Careers, Grant Writing and Securing Resources, and Building Professional Relationships



Humanities Coalition Advisory Committee Members
Carlos Alonso, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Vice President for Graduate Education at Columbia University
Antoinette Burton, Director of the Humanities Research Institute at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Susan Carvalho, Dean, University of Alabama Graduate School
Associate Provost
Joy Connolly, President of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Patricia Easton, Executive Vice President and Provost at Claremont Graduate University
Stephen Kidd, Executive Director of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA)
Jim Grossman, Executive Director of the American Historical Association (AHA)
Paula Krebs, Executive Director of the Modern Language Association (MLA)
Preselfannie Whitfield McDaniels, Dean, Division of Graduate Studies at Jackson State University
Robert Townsend, Program Director for Humanities, Arts, and Culture at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Maren Wood, CEO and Director of the Center for Graduate Career Success at Beyond the Professoriate
Read the Latest Career Pathways Research Brief
October 2022: Academic Professional Development for PhD Students in Selected Science Fields: Who is Participating?