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Meet an Alum – Bradley Gardner (MA ’06)
What was your favorite part of MAPH? What do you remember most fondly about MAPH? MAPH gives you a lot of time to do things you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise, and think about things you’re unlikely to think about later. A lot of the overarching goals of my work – finding persuasive ways…
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Meet an Alum – Jeff Gilliland (MAPH ’13)
Below is a blog post from Jeff Gilliland, who during his MAPH year, completed a creative thesis and worked for the Illinois Humanities Council through a Maph Summer Internship (which you can read about here!). Jeff currently works in Washington D.C. as the Communications Associate at Young Playwrights’ Theater. Bringing Arts Education to Life AfterMAPH The…
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Meet an Alum- Jenny Gavacs (MA ’05)
What was your favorite thing about your MAPH year? Although Jay’s eyebrows and Candace’s cats are up there, I think my favorite times were when I was sitting in Third World Cafe writing and other MAPHers would end up coming by to share their work or talk over the Core readings. What were…
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Meet an Alum- Alissa Smith (MA ’12)
Check out this interview with Alissa Smith, who graduated from MAPH in 2012. Since MAPH, Alissa has worked in the nonprofit sector and speaks about her experiences in MAPH and how they lead her to her current position. What is your current job? I currently serve as the Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager for City…
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Meet an Alum – Breahna Wilson (MA ’13)
MAPH alumna Breahna Wilson took an unconventional path to MAPH: after pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Scripps College, Breahna decided to explore Cultural Policy. Through the Cultural Policy option, Breahna was able to examine the intersections between economics and the humanities, ultimately leading her to a job in wealth management, a job which…
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Meet an Alum – Mercedes Trigos (MA ’13)
Connections between academic work in MAPH and careers in service – whether in non-profits, through education, or as an entrepreneur – are essential to thinking about how the humanities function in practice as well as in the academy. Mercedes Trigos (MA ’13) graciously agreed to share some of her thoughts on the transition from MAPH…
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Meet an Alum – Harriett Green
Check out this MAPH Alumni Interview with Harriett Green, AM ’07, English and Digital Humanities Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for reflections on library science and life after MAPH. What was your favorite thing about your MAPH year? My MAPH year was actually two years: I worked full time at the University…
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Meet an Alum – Jennifer Harris (MA ’02)
Jennifer Harris (MA ’02) is a Development and Communications Consultant. During her MAPH year, Jennifer focused on gender studies. Jennifer graciously took the time to answer my questions about how MAPH life and study intersect with work in development and fundraising, giving a unique perspective on how the humanities permeate what often seems more like…
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Meet an Alum: Jeremiah Glazer (2008)
On a morning when MAPHers are submitting papers on “The Mirror Stage,” it might be hard for them to share all of Jeremiah Glazer’s (MAPH 2008) sentiments about his time in the program. “I loved Core,” he told me by telephone last week, “I even loved Lacan.” Jeremiah arrived at UChicago in the fall of…
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Meet an Alum: Brian Richards
Last week’s BEAR! (no wait BULL!) market reminded me of a conversation I had a while back with Brian Richards, Managing Editor at The Motley Fool, a financial services company based out of Alexandria, VA (just a hop over the Potomac in DC). Click here to see Brian’s last fifty articles. I asked Brian how…