Category: Academics

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • LA MAPHers: Catch Young Joon Kwak’s (MAPH ’10) MFA Thesis Exhibition TODAY!

    Today is the last day to see the exhibition! You can also see some of Young Joon’s work in Issue 1 of Colloquium. Mutant Salon: Who Are Worth Our Love Young Joon Kwak MFA Thesis Exhibition March 11 – March 17, 2014 Mutant Salon: Who Are Worth Our Love will present new sculpture, photo, video, performance,…

  • Marooned! with Matt and Bill

       Download Marooned! with Matt & Bill, a new podcast by and for graduate students.  It’s about graduate student life and all things academic. Features Bill Hutchison (MAPH ’12) and Matt Hauske (current MAPH preceptor). Free on iTunes – leave a review!

  • AWP 2014: On Giving/Getting Permission

    “Find the place that scares you most and run to it.” — Eric McMillan (MAPH ‘10) on writing and, well, life Last night, while leading eight current MAPH creative writers on an uphill March from the Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center to Von Trapp’s in Capitol Hill, I was marveling (aloud, perhaps unfortunately for my…

  • MLA Meet-up! Come have a drink with us Saturday.

    The MLA Convention begins tomorrow in Downtown Chicago.  This means that many of you will be in town