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Sonia D. Andras deposited Perfecțiune și bun gust: Redefinirea identității feminine din Bucureștiul interbelic prin modă și frumusețe in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 16 hours, 20 minutes agoPerfection And Good Taste: Redefining Feminine Identities in Interwar Bucharest Through Fashion and Beauty || This paper explores gender realities in interwar Bucharest through the lens of fashion and beauty. The aim is to evaluate the impact of advice literature on women in reinventing feminine identity and the general effect of these evolutions…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Call for Book Chapters: Fashioning the ‘Little Parises’ of the World. Interlaced National Symbols in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 months, 1 week agoChapter Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 December 2022
Fashioning the ‘Little Parises’ of the World. Interlaced National Symbols
Book edited by Dr. Sonia D. Andraş (The “Gheorghe Şincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities, Târgu-Mureş, Romania)As Vogue Paris, the only edition containing a city name, became Vogue France, the…[Read more]
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Jessica A. Hutchins, Ph.D. deposited Bridging the gap: increasing collaboration between research mentors and career development educators for PhD and postdoctoral training success in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 5 months, 3 weeks agoNational reports and funding mandates have called for trainee-centered PhD and postdoctoral training and the need to support diverse career outcomes. As a result, career and professional development (CPD) resources have expanded at several institutions. Despite the growth of innovative and impactful CPD resources, access to and awareness of…[Read more]
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Jessica A. Hutchins, Ph.D. deposited Tailoring Scientific Communications for Audience and Research Narrative in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 5 months, 3 weeks agoFor success in research careers, scientists must be able to communicate their research questions, findings, and significance to both expert and nonexpert audiences. Scientists commonly disseminate their research using specialized communication products such as research articles, grant proposals, poster presentations, and scientific talks. The…[Read more]
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Jessica A. Hutchins, Ph.D. deposited What is Identity? A Digital Anthology by Honors Students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 11 months, 3 weeks agoThis digital anthology was created by students in Honors 120: Questions and the Spirit of Inquiry, taught by Dr. Jessica A. Hutchins at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The course explores the question “What Is Identity?” through perspectives from the humanities, sciences, arts, and the students’ own lived experience. Students worke…[Read more]
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Kassandra Roberts replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 2 years agoHi all,
I work as an editor for FiT Publishing, a publisher in the sport sciences that operates under the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).
We are hiring a new Director in the Spring. Click here for the job posting.
If you have any questions about the job, please feel free to reach o…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited Reviews of Lord of the Rings (Return of the King), Passion of Christ and Schindlers List in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoA very critical overview of seemingly disparate films
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Steven Aoun deposited Question Mark? Mass Murder, the Mass Media and Mental Health in the group
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoSeung-Hui Cho, the mass murderer who called himself Question Mark, left a lot of questions behind him. One of them obviously speaks for itself: what motivated him to kill thirty-three strangers at Virginia Tech? Another question almost goes without saying: why do we seek refuge behind moral explanations? Like ‘the question mark kid’ the adult…[Read more]
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Paul STOCK replied to the topic General Questions in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoPaul: What are some common mistakes made on the resume and job interview? (i.e. things to avoid)
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Paul STOCK replied to the topic Victories in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoPaul: Reading other people’s achievements is very exciting and rewarding. It also helps to read the strategies they used along the way. I noticed that many members are either PhD candidates or recent PhD graduates. Some are only a year or two into their first post-doc position. So, I’d like to give some advice to them. My advice would be to…[Read more]
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Paul STOCK replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoHello everyone! I’m Paul Stock and I am a professor in Economics at a private Christian University in Texas. I earned a PhD in Economic Education from Ohio University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Oklahoma City University. I am interested in networking with other college faculty in humanities. Since I have been tea…[Read more]
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Alexandra Méndez replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi everyone,
I received an email publicizing the position of Assistant or Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies and Online and Professional Education at Georgia Tech’s School of Modern Languages. I’m passing it along in case anyone here is interested.
Best,
Alex
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Chris Golde replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi Everyone,
I just saw this job posting:
University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School and the University Career Center are pleased to share a new opportunity for a graduate student career coordinator. The coordinator will be on the University Career Center staff and have their office located within the graduate school. This is a two-year…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoHi everyone! A couple of jobs that have come across my radar recently:
1. UCHRI is hiring a Research Communications Manager: https://uchri.org/news/uchri-is-hiring/.
2. The CUNY Graduate Center is hiring an associate director of its writing center:…[Read more]
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Beth Seltzer replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoHi fellow Connected Academics!
I just moved to California, which means my old job as an Educational Technology Specialist at Bryn Mawr College near Philly is vacant. Apply by January 31 on Interfolio.
I absolutely loved this job; this would be a good position for a PhD with some experience in teaching with technology and digital scholarship.…[Read more]
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Jose Gomez replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHello everyone. My name is José Juan Gómez-Becerra. I am an assistant professor of Spanish at Eastern Kentucky University. I recently finished my Ph.D., summer 2018, at Arizona State University, and started my new position in month after, in August 2018. I was a Connected Academics Research Fellow for Arizona State University, and I had the p…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Connected Academics – New York City in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThere’s a Career Insights event on Friday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I don’t know more about it–I just happened to get an email–but I thought it may be of interest to some members of this group. It’s open to current students, according to the event info.
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Stacy Hartman replied to the topic Jobs in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHi everyone!
The MLA is looking for a development coordinator. This is more or less an entry level position and (if I am honest) it probably does not pay great, but it would be a good way to get your foot in the door of the development world (much of which does pay extremely well). I would think of it as a postdoc.
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Under the…[Read more]
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Candace Cunard replied to the topic Victories in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis is a story about how I landed a (part-time) high school teaching job at an awesome private school in Manhattan. I’m happy to talk more about the job itself (benefits and drawbacks) but in the spirit of what helped me actually FIND the job, here are the major strategies I found helpful in the process:
I’d always known I cared more about…[Read more]
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Candace Cunard replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Connected Academics on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHi everyone! I’m Candace Cunard and I was in the latest Proseminar class (2017-18). I finished and defended my dissertation (on eighteenth-century British novels) at Columbia in May 2018, and have just survived my first month in a job as a part-time high school English teacher at a progressive private school in New York City (where I teach 2…[Read more]
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