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From a CNN senior editor to a museum president, meet seven professionals making waves in the world who say they’ve succeeded thanks to their advanced humanities degrees.

Where Can a PhD Take You?

If we want to change things ever, then we have to be able to stop and think and reflect about what those things are and how they’re impacting us and what we want to do about them.

The Humanities Truck invites the engagement of local communities through mapping and other interactive research activities. Photo: Inaya Rivera courtesy of American University

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The Humanities Truck Takes Academia on the Road

“Educators can no longer afford to be shy about publicizing the practical skills their humanities students develop...” writes Program Director Philip Brian Harper for “The Hechinger Report.”

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Opinion: Studying Humanities can Prepare the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders

What we are seeing is that humanities scholars themselves are increasingly committed to
a democratization of their practice, which is evidenced by their intensified interest in co-
creating knowledge in partnership with non-academic community members and
organizations.

Armando Bengochea on community creation

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Humanities scholars are increasingly committed to co-creating knowledge in partnership with non-academic community members and organizations.

Armando I. Bengochea (left), senior program officer and director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, and Phillip Brian Harper (right), program director. 

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Mellon program leaders offer their thoughts on new work that is uniquely positioned to meet some of the most pressing issues of the moment.

A Q&A with Higher Learning Leadership

How the Arts and Humanities Are Helping to Reimagine the US-Mexico Border

Preview: UCSD Community Stations

The students take the lead, and we are there to support them in their nonpartisan activities that keep them engaged and involved in the democratic process.

Cochise College, a public, two-year college in southern Arizona, is one of ALL IN’s Communities of Practice partners working on student civic engagement. Photo: courtesy of Cochise College

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A Nonpartisan Initiative Empowers College Students to Go ALL IN as Voters and Engaged Citizens

For “Outside” Magazine, Elizabeth Alexander writes about an expansion of the National Park Service Humanities Fellowship, supported by Mellon Foundation.

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Op-Ed: We Need to Learn the Forgotten Stories in Our National Parks

Labor movement leader César Chávez at his California home, which is now a national monument. Photo: courtesy National Park Service

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On the “Front Lines” of History at America’s National Parks

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a research university attracting students from across the globe and offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. Photo: Brendan George Ko for Mellon Foundation

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University Everywhere

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 