3. “What I’m Doing is Pivoting My Career…”: Life After Grad School with Jared Powell
Religious Studies Beyond the Discipline - On the Future of a Humanities Ph.D. - Russell T. McCutcheon
Jacob Barrett [+]
Jacob Barrett is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in the Religion and Culture track. His research interests are grounded in questions about religion and governance, law, and the state and explored through contemporary examples from American politics.
Erica Bennett [+]
Erica Bennet received her B.A. in Religious Studies at Millsaps College and her M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Alabama. She spent much of her college career developing skills in research, museum studies, and podcasting/digital creation; she now works full-time in event planning in the Career Center at the University of Alabama.
Jared Powell [+]
Jared Powell earned a B.A. in English and Religious Studies and then an M.A. in English at the University of Alabama. He then began a Ph.D. in English at UNC Chapel Hill, specializing in the poetry of William Blake, but after much deliberation, he decided to leave his program to pivot to a career outside of the academy. He now works as a trainer for a software company, putting his teaching and curriculum design experience to good use.
Description
The following transcript is from the third episode of a four-part series on the University of Alabama’s Study Religion podcast. The podcast was originally posted on September 6, 2022; it was hosted and produced by Erica Bennett while the transcript was produced by Erica and Jacob Barrett, now in his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The guest is Jared Powell.