Doctoral Futures Project Leadership

Doctoral Futures is a three-year initiative that aims to reimagine humanities PhD programs with structures, policies, and academic cultures that will better educate the next generation of scholars and prepare them for both academic and non-academic careers.

ACLS Staff
Joy Connolly
President, American Council of Learned Societies
Stacy Hartman
Program Officer, Higher Education Initiatives
Treviene Harris
Program Manager, Doctoral Futures
Katina L. Rogers
Research Consultant
Committee Chairs
Steed Davidson
Executive Director, Society of Biblical Literature
Paula Krebs
Executive Director, Modern Language Association
Jason Rhody
Senior Director of Engagement Strategy, Modern Language Association
Dana Schaffer
Deputy Director, American Historical Association
Sarah Weicksel
Executive Director, American Historical Association
Advisory Group
Edward Ballesien
Senior Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs and Initiatives, Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University
Sean Buffington
Vice President, Programs, The Henry Luce Foundation
Antoinette Burton
Professor of History and Swanlund Endowed Chair, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Todd Butler
Dean, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University
Leonard Cassuto
Professor of English and American Studies, Fordham University and Series Editor, Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
Emily Chesley
PhD Candidate, Department of History, Princeton University
Amber Elaine Cox
Associate Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Tim Eatman
Inaugural Dean, Honors Living-Learning Community and Professor of Urban Education, Rutgers University – Newark
Cynthia Fuhrmann
Principal Investigator, Professional Development Hub; Associate Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute; and Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Chris Golde
Career Coach, PhDs and Postdocs, Stanford Career Education, Stanford University
Julia Kent
Vice President, Best Practices and Strategic Initiatives, Council of Graduate Schools
Tianyi Kou-Herrema
Digital Humanities Research Coordinator, Michigan State University
Kathryn Lofton
Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Professor of History and Divinity, Yale University.
Christopher P. Long
Provost and Senior Vice President, University of Oregon
Shaily Menon
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences and Vice-Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, University of New Haven
Emily Miller
Deputy Vice President for Institutional Policy, American Association of Universities
Sara Ogger
Executive Director, Humanities New York
Julie Renee Posselt
Associate Dean, USC Graduate School; Professor, Rossier School of Education; Director, Pullias Center for Higher Education; and Director, Equity in Graduate Education Consortium

 

Amy Powers
Professor of History and Faculty Development Coordinator, Waubonsee Community College
David Scobey
Director, Bringing Theory to Practice, Elon University
Robert Townsend
Director of Humanities, Arts, and Culture Programs at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Yajenlemla
PhD Candidate, Drew Theological School, Drew University


Doctoral Futures

The Doctoral Futures initiative aims to reimagine humanities PhD programs with new structures, policies, and academic cultures that will better prepare the next generation of knowledge producers.

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