Category: Job Search

  • 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…

  • Molly Foltyn (’13) on the Browne & Miller Internship: Book People

    When I was an undergrad, I interned at a production company in Los Angeles.  I answered phones, made sure the coffee pot was always full, battled daily with the copy machine, and was once awarded the great responsibility of driving to Saks Fifth Avenue to pick up not one, but three pairs of pants for…

  • Jeff Gilliland (’13) on his MAPH Internship: “Life Lessons from the Illinois Humanities Council”

    A Guest Post by MAPH’s 2013 IHC Intern Lesson #1: If you don’t have time, make time. Well, bombed that interview, I thought as I hurried out of the office. After twenty minutes with the Illinois Humanities Council’s garrulous Director of Programs & Partnerships, I felt that I had made less of an impression than…

  • Open Letter to MAPH 2012-2013 – Service and Humanistic Inquiry

    Greetings, MAPHers! I hope this post finds all of you well. I appreciate that some of you may have time to read this, as much as I appreciate that many more of you may not have such time because you are so immersed in your zealous study of those recondite things we call the humanities.…

  • Jane Hanna (MAPH ’11) on the Cultural Policy Option and her work as Social Media Strategist for the Field Museum

    Every year a handful of students choose the Cultural Policy Option of the MAPH program.  Jane Hanna writes about her experience in MAPH, the Cultural Policy and her really cool job at the Field Museum. How were you involved in the Cultural Policy Center? I worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in CPC while I…

  • MAPH Alums working with Current MAPHers

    In partnership with CAPS, this week MAPH is starting to take applications for its Externship Program.  Thanks to the volunteer efforts of four MAPH alumni, our students will have the opportunity to stop in for one-day to see what the whole “work” thing is about at Aon Corporation, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cook County Circuit Court,…

  • Working After MAPH

    The job hunt can be a tiresome and trying experience, especially in this economic climate.  I thought I would share a success story with you to brighten your day! MAPH alum Alan Kellner has just landed a fantastic job as a Writer/Researcher at Zimmerman LLC, whose core focus is “centered on the research of best…

  • So you want to teach…

    MAPH Alum Kristin Scott shares her very insightful advice on how to get your foot in the door when applying for teaching positions. Thanks Kristin! Some advice for new MAPH graduates and those looking for their first teaching positions: Over the last couple of years, I’ve had a few folks come my way asking about…

  • Life in the AfterMAPH—Teaching with Technology

    One of our goals with the afterMAPH is to be a forum for our alums to talk about what they do, and carry on some of the kinds of conversations they began at MAPH. In that spirit I present this post by our guest author Kristin Scott. Kristin Scott is a MAPH alum currently teaching…

  • The Continuing, Continual Job Search: Q&A

    Spend way too much time on careerbuilder.com and idealist.org? Getting stircrazy and wondering if you’ll ever find a job? Never fear! Lesley Lundeen, our superhero at CAPS (Career Advising and Planning Services), has done us the great favor of responding to our questions about what to do in this sort of situation. Read on below…