HumComm Talk Blog
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Johanna Drucker on Identification, Imagination, and Problem-solving to Communicate the Humanities
Distinguished scholar, writer, and artist, Johanna Drucker recently shared her insights with me on designing effective humanities communication to engage undergraduate and high school students. Our conversation began with Drucker’s thought-provoking articulation of a central challenge facing humanities communicators: “We must shift from speaking about the humanities to enabling students to speak for and through…
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Internships and Humanities Courses: a Winning Combination
Like many graduate students studying creative writing, I apprenticed myself to literary magazines and presses to better understand how a poem was published. These experiences taught me a side of poetry I wasn’t learning about in graduate seminars. By the time I was a professor, I’d served on mastheads of various literary publications as a…
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Playing to Win: A Diplomat’s Strategy to Communicating the Humanities
André, whose distinguished career focused on tangible global impact, noted that bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation often presents the biggest hurdle in communicating the humanities’ relevance. As such, he emphasized the need for a real back-and-forth, moving beyond passive information delivery. Think gamification and immersive environments. These could serve as proving…
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Communicating the Value of the Humanities
A version of this post was presented at the CHC’s “Humanities Communication Convening” held at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences on Sept. 6, 2024. I am convinced that to be effective, the work of enhancing humanities communication needs to be considered against the backdrop of this moment of enormity for American higher education—one…
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Where Are All the Humanities Communication Trainings? — Cataloging Courses and Programs in Humanities Communication
In May 2022, I began working as an Assistant Director of Research Communication with the PhD Plus program at the University of Virginia. PhD Plus was a relatively new initiative to support graduate student professional development—to help them understand the relevance of their skills for a range of careers and to build skills that their…
