Project Development Workshop

In this capstone course, students pursuing the Doctoral Certificates in Collaborative and Environmental Humanities elaborate individual or collaborative projects, such as a stand-alone component of a dissertation chapter, an article on method/theory, or an essay related to the larger field. The workshop comprises several stages of collaboration, involving assignments and exercises that culminate in a final public event. It provides a supportive space in which students from different disciplines can share their work. Emphasis is placed on developing a sense of one’s larger intellectual commitments and investments, and on learning to communicate one’s ideas and values in the context of a multidisciplinary audience. Attention is also paid to key forms of professionalization, including public speaking, crafting and responding to analytical questions, and audio/visual interviewing as a form of professional inquiry and self-presentation. Enrollment requires admission in either certificate.