Humanists@Work Los Angeles

Workshop Sessions

Stories from the Field

Four UC Humanities PhDs share their stories as humanists at work in the world.

Keith Danner
Lecturer
UC Irvine

Melanie Ho
Executive Director, EAB Strategic Research
The Advisory Board Company

Stephanie Schrader
Curator, Drawings Department
J. Paul Getty Museum

Michael Ursell 
ACLS Public Fellow
LA Review of Books

Anna Finn (moderator)
PhD student
UC Irvine

LinkedIn for Humanists

Dr. Anne Dela Cruz, Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Admissions at UCLA’s Graduate Division leads a session on the ways that LinkedIn can provide powerful networking and career search opportunities for humanists.

Ann Dela Cruz
Director of Diversity, Inclusion, & Admissions

Resume Redux: Using the Writing Process as a Tool for Career Discovery

The effort to convert humanities experience into language that reinstates beyond the academy continues. Jared Redick of The Resume Studio in San Francisco joins UCHRI in his ongoing journey to help humanities PhDs and post-docs unravel complex matters related to converting an academic CV into a commercially-useful resume. Join the conversation whether you’re new to Jared’s methodologies, in the midst of your own career inflection, or happily on the other side of your job search.

Jared Redick
The Résumé Studio

Candid Conversations

A multi-media, experimental dialogue between faculty and graduate students about faculty mentorship and the future of graduate education.

David MacFadyen
Professor
UC Los Angeles

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
PhD Candidate
UC Los Angeles

Helga Zambrano
PhD Candidate
UC Los Angeles