• What I Wish I Had Known

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  Mark Mulligan | Jun 29, 2022

  As he nears the end of his PhD program, a transgender historian shares his experiences and offers advice to other trans students.
• Opening Doors

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  Brett Bagur | May 4, 2022

  An online program might be appealing to students looking for flexibility in their graduate studies.
• The State of the Unions

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  Charles Steinman | Feb 3, 2022

  Historians have long studied labor, but graduate students are increasingly seeing themselves as labor. What does this mean for the study of history?
• Hustling to Get By

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  Rebecca Brenner Graham | Dec 16, 2021

  After working 15 side gigs during her six years of graduate school, Rebecca Brenner Graham advocates for the importance of a living wage.

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  Joseph R. Stuart and Jeffrey J. Turner | Sep 23, 2021

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  Victoria Funk | Aug 28, 2020

  Graduate teaching assistants, not quite students and not yet faculty, face unique challenges during COVID-19.
• Gains and Losses

  Olivia M. Hagedorn | Apr 30, 2019

  Conversations about pursuing nonacademic careers often center on what is lost. But what if we shift the focus on what is gained?
• The Making of the Graduate Working Class

  Jeff Schuhrke | Jan 29, 2019

  An AHA19 panel brought together graduate activists for a discussion on challenges to unionization in universities.
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