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Lightning Humanities: CHPS Fellows Showcase Research Across Time, Place and Culture

Lightning Humanities: CHPS Fellows Showcase Research Across Time, Place and Culture

Friday May 8, 2026

The 2026 Tedder and Rothman Doctoral Fellows Research Showcase brought graduate students together during Synergies Research Day for a lively, interdisciplinary exchange. Through conversational lightning talks organized around themes of power, expression, legacy, culture, belonging and contact, fellows shared research that reflected the depth, creativity and public relevance of humanities scholarship at UF.

The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission

Monday April 13, 2026

A critique of adjunct labor in higher education that examines how contingency has reshaped universities and affected faculty, students, and institutional priorities. Citation: Childress, Herb. The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 2019.

Doctoring: Building a Life With a Ph.D.

Monday April 13, 2026

A practical and reflective guide to shaping a meaningful life and career with a Ph.D., both within and beyond traditional academic paths. Citation: Cornthwaite, Chris. Doctoring: Building a Life With a Ph.D. Independently published, Reedsy: 2020.

Doing Public Humanities

Monday April 13, 2026

An introduction to public humanities work that highlights how humanities scholarship can engage wider audiences, communities, and public life. Citation: Smulyan, Susan. Doing Public Humanities. New York: Routledge, 2021.

Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers

Monday April 13, 2026

A guide to the wide range of professional opportunities beyond the tenure track, with advice for translating academic training into other forms of work. Citation: Linder, Kathryn, Kevin Kelly, and Thomas J. Tobin. Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing 2020.

The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It

Monday April 13, 2026

A critical examination of the structural problems facing graduate education and a call for reform that better serves students and the realities of today’s job market. Citation: Leonard Cassuto. The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015.

Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Utility and Markets

Monday April 13, 2026

A collection that reflects on how the humanities can be understood and defended beyond narrow economic or instrumental measures of value. Citation: Belfiore, Eleonora, and Anna Upchurch. Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Utility and Markets. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom

Monday April 13, 2026

A study of how the humanities intersect with debates about higher education, institutional purpose, and academic freedom. Citation: Berube, Michael and J. Ruth. The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide

Monday April 13, 2026

A concise, practical resource for graduate students and academics considering careers beyond higher education. Citation: Caterine, Christopher L. Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2020.

Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times

Monday April 13, 2026

A call to rethink doctoral education in the humanities in ways that better reflect contemporary realities, values, and possibilities. Citation: Smith, Sidone. Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016.

The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education

Monday April 13, 2026

A reform-minded book that argues for graduate education that is more flexible, humane, and responsive to diverse career outcomes. Citation: Cassuto, Leonard. The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job

Monday April 13, 2026

A direct and practical guide to navigating the academic job market and professionalizing for career success. Citation: Kelsky, Karen. The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2015.

Professors in the Gig Economy: Unionizing Adjunct Faculty in America

Monday April 13, 2026

An edited volume on contingent academic labor and the efforts to organize adjunct faculty in response to precarious working conditions. Citation: Tolley, Kim, ed. Professors in the Gig Economy: Unionizing Adjunct Faculty in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

The Public Value of the Humanities

Monday April 13, 2026

A collection exploring how the humanities contribute to public life, civic culture, and broader social understanding. Citation: Bate, Jonathan, ed. The Public Value of the Humanities. New York: Bloomsbury, 2011.

Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom

Monday April 13, 2026

A guide to helping humanities Ph.D.s recognize the value of their training and apply it across a range of careers. Citation: Rogers, Katina L. Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom. Durham: Duke University Press, 2020.
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