Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities
Working through June 2028, the Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities will consider a range of curricular, intellectual, and labor issues that affect master’s and doctoral students and workers in the humanities. The committee will advocate for the well-being of graduate students in all aspects of their educational and professional lives. To this end, the committee will organize convention sessions, evaluate policy, create reports on experiences and best practices, and engage in other projects that will support students while they pursue their educations, gain work experience, seek employment, and make a transition to a wide range of workplaces. The committee will also report on issues that concern graduate students to the Executive Council, the MLA staff, and other MLA committees whose work deals with activities that affect graduate students (e.g., the MLA Professional Development Hub).
Staff liaisons: June Di Marzo and Janine Utell (csgsh@mla.org)
Executive Council adviser: Rebecca Colesworthy
Jahidul Alam, 2023–26
Austin Anderson, 2022–25; 2023–25 (Coch.)
Tianyi Kou-Herrema, 2022–25
Walter Lucken, 2022–25
Kate Ostrom, 2023–26
Thais Rutledge, 2021–24; 2022–24 (Coch.)
Committee Resources
- History, Activities, and Charge
- A Graduate Student Guide to the MLA Annual Convention
- Improving Institutional Circumstances for Graduate Students in Languages and Literatures: Recommendations for Best Practices and Evaluative Questions
- Report of the MLA Task Force on Ethical Conduct in Graduate Education
- Guidelines for Good Practice by the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada
- Career Resources
- Connected Academics: Preparing Doctoral Students of Language and Literature for a Variety of Careers
- MLA Guidelines on Letters of Recommendation
- CSGSH Resources Poster
- Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities on MLA Commons