Comments on: #alt-ac

By: Four Stages of DH | Brian Sarnacki |

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:06:01 +0000

[...] are a number of great DH opportunities that are not traditional academic jobs. #alt-academy and Bethany Nowviskie are great resources with which to [...]

By: the “Versatile” PhD (warning: a bit of a rant ahead) | Jana Remy

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:01:47 +0000

[...] In an effort to understand this service (after I determined that my university login was not working to get me access to the site), I learned that it’s geared especially towards the Humanities and Social Sciences, “to help humanities and social science PhDs identify and prepare for possible non-academic careers. We want them to be informed about employment realities, educated about nonacademic career options, and supported in preparing for a range of possible careers, so that in the end, they have choices.” It’s a laudable goal, and I commend the Versatile PhD service and my uni’s Career Center for providing options for all of us unemployable PhD-types. But it seems to me, that such stories are available in many places online, such as in Bethany Nowviskie’s free and open-source (i.e. free) book “#alt-ac: Alternate Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars.” [...]

By: The #alt-ac Track: Negotiating Your 'Alternative Academic' Appointment - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:21:17 +0000

[...] to you and me.) Bethany blogs and can be found on Twitter. She's currently editing an open-access collection of essays by #alt-ac professionals and serving as both associate director of the Scholarly Communication [...]

By: #alt-ac with a research agenda: what that means, what we want, how to get it | THATCamp CHNM 2011

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:40:06 +0000

[...] many of you may know, Bethany Nowviskie is the editor of #alt-ac: Alternate Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars, a collection forthcoming from [...]

By: the #alt-ac track: negotiating your “alternative academic” appointment « Bethany Nowviskie

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:58:48 +0000

[...] for an announcement in ProfHacker about the availability of an online, open-access version of the essay collection mentioned above. It’s the work of dozens of contributors, writing and speaking from a variety [...]

By: #alt-ac: alternate academic careers for humanities scholars « Bethany Nowviskie

#alt-ac: alternate academic careers for humanities scholars « Bethany Nowviskie — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:53:59 +0000

[...] About six weeks ago, I left a swanky DC hotel feeling pretty good. The Scholarly Communication Institute, an 8-year old Mellon-funded project for which I serve as associate director, had just concluded a two-day summit with a some of the most interesting institutional thinkers and do-ers in the humanities [...]