History Futures in a new series based on interviews conducted with History PhDs who are pursuing interesting and fulfilling careers outside of the tenure track. The idea for this series came out of a series of conversations with current doctoral students in the Department of History at my alma mater, Rutgers New Brunswick. It is... Continue Reading →
How PhDs Can Use Life Design to Build a Fulfilling Life and Career (Part I)
Over the past year, I've led a number of Life Design workshops for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at Johns Hopkins University. In that time, I've found that while Design Thinking works well for this group, many of them have trouble moving past their focus on a tenure track position in order to embrace the... Continue Reading →