Maren Wood, who graduated from our MA History program, wrote an article in University Affairs entitled “Lessons learned from departments that support career readiness of grad students“.
This article details observations following a series of workshops that Maren, as part of Beyond the Professoriate, hosted to help Ph.D.s navigate their career transitions.
About Beyond the Professoriate
A mission-driven organization that provides career education and professional development for graduate students and PhDs in humanities, social sciences and STEM disciplines who are interested in non-faculty career options. They provide services to individuals, and partner with institutions to support their efforts in empowering students and postdocs.
Their content features PhDs with successful non-academic careers who share their unique expertise and experiences to support graduate students in their job search and future employment. Beyond the Professoriate is career advice by PhDs, for PhDs.
Co-founders Jennifer Polk, PhD (history, University of Toronto), and L. Maren Wood, PhD (history, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), possess first-hand knowledge of the challenges PhDs encounter when they leave academia for careers beyond the professoriate. Maren and Jen (also a Carleton MA History alumna) have dedicated their careers to helping graduate students and PhDs find success outside of academia. The other two members of the team are Susan Joudrey (Carleton History Ph.D. alumna) and Meghan Lundrigan (Carleton History Ph.D. candidate).
Beyond the Professoriate runs a blog series for University Affairs and publishes in Inside Higher Ed.
Connect with Jen and Maren on Twitter and LinkedIn, and join them in the Beyond the Professoriate Community.