TRaCE Transborder: PhD Career Outcomes in the Humanities and Social Sciences

TRaCE (Track, Report, Connect, Exchange) Transborder is a partnership of universities and organizations in North America, Europe, Africa, India, China, and Australia that seeks to transform the problem of humanities PhD underemployment into a global opportunity. The project will fashion narrative knowledge about PhD career pathways into an instrument for individual career advancement, international bridge-building, and institutional and social change. UMass is thrilled to be a part of this program and will be studying career outcomes in the humanities and social sciences. 

TRaCE Transborder will not only gather statistical information on thousands of PhD graduates, but also interview them. We will show how a doctoral degree can lead to a multiplicity of successful, socially valuable, and personally fulfilling careers both inside and outside academia.

Check out this excerpt from UMass alumna Dr. Kate Henry (English '20):

More UMass results and interviews are coming soon...!