Reimagining the PhD

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In July 2015, the Simpson Center launched Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics with the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The conviction animating this initiative was that doctoral education, especially at a public university, must be guided by a capacious vision of its fundamental purpose: to contribute to the public good. From 2015-2021, the program prepared UW doctoral students in the humanities for this task by meaningfully connecting them to the diverse, access-oriented institutions of higher education in the Seattle District community colleges, and by supporting the development of both doctoral students’ public projects and publicly engaged graduate seminars taught by UW faculty in the humanities. Find out more about our programming below.

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Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics

Over the course of two generous grants from The Mellon Foundation spanning from 2015-2022, the Simpson Center for the Humanities has built programming and partnerships that have transformed doctoral education in the humanities at UW. The Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics program implemented the conviction that doctoral education, especially at a public university, must be guided by a capacious vision of its fundamental purpose: to contribute to the public good. In this digital showcase, we highlight the work of our faculty, who received fellowships to develop publicly engaged graduate courses, and doctoral students, who were awarded support to pursue independent projects in public scholarship in their fields.
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