The PhD Career Pathways Program connects Ph.D. students in the humanities, arts and social sciences with professional opportunities across diverse industries and sectors through impactful partnerships. We work with Pathways sites to scope projects for 9 month internships and facilitate their collaboration with Ph.D. students. Pathways interns offer fresh insights and specialized expertise while gaining real-world experience, building valuable networks and developing skills beyond academia.
Archival Research and Textual Analysis Projects
Reparative Description Project with the Briscoe Center for American History
Vicky Mogollon Montagne, Musicology
Archival Research and Public Engagement with Harry Ransom Center
Hannah Neuhauser, Music
Transcriptions and Collections Management with Black Diaspora Archives
Lauren Lluveras, African and African Diaspora Studies
Content Creation Projects
Podcast Creation with Harry Ransom Center
Rachel Spencer, English
Alumni@Work with Texas Career Engagement
Kelsey Bergeson, Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures
Curriculum and Instructional Design Projects
APCO + Curriculum Redesign
Alex Remington, RTF
Train the Trainer: A Usability Testing How-To Guide with Six Red Marbles
Rachel Dorsey, French & Italian
Instructional Content Creation for the Briscoe Center for American History
Odalis Garcia Gorra, American Studies
Curriculum Development with Humanities Texas
Alexis Bigelow, Curriculum and Instruction
Generating Impact Through Leadership and Talent Development with RWE Clean Energy
Bhoopali Nandurkar, Communication Studies
First Generation Programming with the Office of Career and Life Design
Kate Nelson, French Studies
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Research at the Bullock Texas State History Museum
Emilio Gonzales, Cultural Studies in Education
Digital Humanities, Not Even Past
Raymond Hyser, History
“Jules Bledsoe Understood He Did Not Fit Properly Onto the Pages of History”
Queerness, Blackness and Archival Representation at the Briscoe Center for American History, Silvana Scott, Comparative Literature
Digital Scholarship with the Bullock Texas History Museum
Iana Robitaille, English
Empathy in Action: I’m From Driftwood’s LGBTQIA+ Story Archive
Rachel Caldwell Hill, Sociocultural Anthropology
Mixed Methods Research Projects
Mixed Methods Research at Affirma Consulting
Cay Lee, Psychology
Market Research & UX Research at Affirma Consulting
Eunhye Grace Ko, Learning Technologies
Research & Evaluation at Gibson Consulting
Sonnur Ozturk, STEM Education
What Do Homeless Youth Prioritize When Looking for Housing? With Lifeworks
Lorraine Scott, Human Development & Family Sciences
UX & Mixed Methods Research at Affirma Consulting
Pelin Cunningham-Erdodgu, Psychology
Program Evaluation and Business Development with Innovative Learning Center
Sydney Okland, Psychology
Policy Research & Analysis
Lighting the Way to a Just & Equitable Future: A Critical Legal & Renewable Energy Approach with Eugene & Associates
PC, Alexander Holt, Sociology
Economic Impact Report with Seedling Foundation
Tabitha Reynolds Hoang, Education
Social Justice Research at Sol to Soul
Ja’nell Ajani, American Studies
Research & Analysis with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Olivia Enriquez, Public Policy
Academic Milestones Report with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Gloria Stout, Human Development & Family Sciences & Eliya Ben-Asher, Psychology
For a Just and Equitable Transition to a Renewable Energy Future with Sol to Soul Harvest Foundation
Amanda Smith, Language and Literacy Studies
Benchmarking Building a Talent Strong Texas with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Catalina Vasquez, Higher Education Leadership and Policy
Public Humanities and Community Engagement Projects
Folklife as Public Practice: Community Outreach and Arts Advocacy with Texas Folklife
Shannon Woods, Performance as Public Practice
Curation and Outreach Director, Slavery on Stage in the US Prior to 1865
Yunina Barbour Payne, Theatre
Public Programming and Community Outreach with the Center for Women and Gender Studies
Nnenna Odim, Curriculum and Instruction
Preserving Folkways with Texas Folklife
Diego Salinas, Ethnomusicology