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The Connected PhD, Part Three

How can a PhD program pivot from a professoriate-apprenticeship system, to one that is mindful of students’ post-grad career goals? This episode completes our three-part series on The Connected PhD, and explores:

The positive effect on professors when their graduate students can prepare for multiple career options.

How speaking one-on-one with students helped one program reexamine what “support” is, and what it needs to be.

The importance of restructuring PhD timelines.

Why the future of humanities PhD programs matters.

Our guest is: Dr. Ulka Anjaria, who teaches and researches South Asian…

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