Connected Academics is an initiative of the Modern Language Association geared toward preparing doctoral students for a variety of careers. I loved the writing and research that went into getting my PhD but I figured out pretty early on that I didn’t want to pursue an academic career, so I was thrilled to be selected to be part of the Connected Academics 2016-2017 New York City Proseminar. During that year-long fellowship, we were given the opportunity to develop content for the blog. Here are two pieces I wrote during the process:

• Cool Aunts of Academia
• Doctoral Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The MLA Convention