The Futures Initiative takes pride in collaboration among team members and our many networks of partners and organizations! Each year, we host a diverse range of public facing events, including our University Worth Fighting For series, HASTAC’s Digital Fridays, CPL Showcases, and so much more!
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Event: The New College Classroom (September 7th, 2022)
“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.” —Audre Lorde About this Event Join the Futures Initiative for our first event of the fall semester. […]
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University Worth Fighting For Event: Is Graduate School For Me? – Recap
On Friday, March 25th, FI hosted a University Worth Fighting For Event titled “Is Graduate School For Me?” The event consisted of a panel discussion featuring FI fellows, which included […]
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Dissertation to First Book with Ken Wissoker | RECAP
Ken Wissoker of Duke UP says to “write for the fang[x]rls…” If you weren’t one of the 100+ people able to make it to Ken Wissoker’s incredible Dissertation to First […]
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Creating Space within Constraints: A Reflection on Conference Planning in a Pandemic
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash. There is nothing like a pandemic to make one question what an academic conference is for. Especially if you are one of the conference […]
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Conference recap – Graduate Education at Work in the World
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 18-19, 2021, I had the great pleasure of jointly convening Graduate Education at Work in the World, a one-of-a-kind virtual conference cosponsored by the Futures Initiative and the […]
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Graduate education reform—in a pandemic
Nearly a full year ago, my colleague Cihan Tekay wrote a post titled “What if graduate education serves ALL students and the public good?” In it, she describes the preparation […]
