{"id":439,"date":"2019-10-02T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2025-04-17T20:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:08:01","slug":"professionalization-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/teaching\/professionalization-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Professionalization Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"eid111684623\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/image-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/image-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/image.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Professional skills are those deemed &#8220;necessary to the practice of a profession&#8221; (<em>OED<\/em>). \u00a0What those skills are and how they are &#8220;necessary&#8221; for humanities Ph.D.s has varied across time, making the whole professionalization thing sometimes seem quite mystifying.<\/h3>\n<p>There was a time when a few <strong>hard skills<\/strong> was enough for doctoral students navigating academia: \u00a0publication (note the singular), a completed dissertation, and bam! \u00a0Today, that singular has become plural. \u00a0<strong>Networking<\/strong>, participating in (not just attending) <strong>conferences<\/strong> and <strong>talks<\/strong>, managing an effective <strong>social media<\/strong> profile, <strong>relationship management<\/strong>, building intellectual and professional <strong>communities<\/strong> seem to have become vital\u00a0<strong>soft skills<\/strong>, necessary\u00a0to launching the many career paths that await humanities PHDs.<\/p>\n<p>The highly curated list provides resources about professionalization useful for doctoral candidates in the humanities:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Grad School:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah L. Wasserman:\u00a0&#8220;A Feminist <strong>Guide<\/strong> to Graduate Studies (and Beyond)&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2020\/02\/Wasserman_Feminist-Manifesto.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kyla Wazana <strong>Tompkins<\/strong>:\u00a0&#8220;Dear <strong>First-Generation<\/strong> Graduate Students&#8221; [useful tips for\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>graduate students] <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/Tips_Tricks_Tompkins_2018.pdf\">pdf<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Priya <strong>Joshi<\/strong>:\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Thriving<\/strong> in Graduate School&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/Surviving-Graduate-school.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Publishing<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;What to Think About when Thinking About <strong>Publishing<\/strong>: \u00a0Temple workshop&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/Publishing_workshop_topics_2019.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wendy <strong>Belcher<\/strong> et al.: &#8220;Reviews of Peer-reviewed <strong>Journals<\/strong> in the Humanities and Social Sciences&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/Belcher_Reviews-of-Peer-Reviewed-Journals-in-the-Humanities.pdf\">pdf\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/journalreviews.princeton.edu\/author\/wendy-belcher\/\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kristina <strong>DeVoe<\/strong>: \u00a0&#8220;Research <strong>Impact<\/strong> Toolkit&#8221; link [full access behind Temple paywall]: <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.temple.edu\/toolkit\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Times Higher Education<\/strong>: \u00a0&#8220;Ten Point Guide to Dodging <strong>Publishing<\/strong> <strong>Pitfalls<\/strong>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/10-point-guide-to-dodging-publishing-pitfalls-Times-Higher-Education-THE.pdf\">pdf\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lucy <strong>Kellaway<\/strong>, &#8220;If You&#8217;re Not getting <strong>Rejected<\/strong>, You&#8217;re Not Trying Hard Enough&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2019\/10\/kellaway_lucy_failure_cv.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Placement<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stacy <strong>Hartman<\/strong>:\u00a0&#8220;The Transferable <strong>Skills<\/strong> of the PH.D. and How to Talk about Them&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/joblist.mla.org\/article-details\/4\/the-transferable-skills-of-phds-and-how-to-talk-about-them\/\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>MLA<\/strong> Handbook on <strong>Preparing<\/strong> Doctoral Candidates for Careers <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.mla.hcommons.org\/doctoral-student-career-planning-faculty-toolkit\/\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jennifer <strong>Guiliano<\/strong> (curator): &#8220;<strong>Professionalization<\/strong>&#8221; (w\/hacks, exercises, videos) <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalpedagogy.hcommons.org\/keyword\/Professionalization\/\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Versatile PhD<\/strong> (Temple career-search <strong>resources<\/strong> for humanities PhDs) <a href=\"https:\/\/careercenter.temple.edu\/resources\/versatilephd\">link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Professional Development<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Devin <strong>Griffiths<\/strong> (USC): &#8220;Digital <strong>Networking<\/strong> for Academics&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/devingriffiths.com\/digital-networking-for-academics\/\">link<\/a><br \/>\nSimon <strong>Kuper<\/strong> (<em>FT<\/em>): &#8220;Knowing how to <strong>Behave<\/strong> at Work&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2024\/04\/Kuper_SImon_My-career-race-is-in-the-home-stretch-heres-what-I-know.pdf\">pdf<\/a><br \/>\nVictoria <strong>Turk<\/strong> (<em>NYT<\/em>): &#8220;Online <strong>Etiquette<\/strong>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2024\/04\/Turk_Victoria_NYT_You-Live-Your-Life-Online.-Dont-Forget-Your-Manners-The-New-York-Times.pdf\">pdf<\/a><br \/>\nPriya <strong>Joshi<\/strong>, &#8220;Professional <strong>Correspondence<\/strong> with Someone who isn&#8217;t Alexa or Siri&#8221; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pjoshi\/files\/2024\/04\/e-tiquette-or-writing-a-professional-letter.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>\u00a0Hogarth Press logo designed by Vanessa Bell, 1921<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional skills are those deemed &#8220;necessary to the practice of a profession&#8221; (OED). \u00a0What those skills are and how they are &#8220;necessary&#8221; for humanities Ph.D.s has varied across time, making the whole professionalization thing sometimes seem quite mystifying. 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