POSTPONED: Humanities Career Spotlight: Panel on High School and Intermediate Teaching

Join us for a 90-minute conversation exploring the pathways from doctoral studies to careers in intermediate and secondary education. Our panel features three educators who will share how they prepared for roles in these settings — whether during or after completing their doctoral degrees — and offer insights into their current work.

Through guided discussion, we’ll explore how their doctoral experiences influence their teaching today, how academic training shapes both their professional and personal lives and what pedagogical shifts are necessary when moving into these types of educational roles. We’ll also touch on how their career goals have evolved over time. This session offers a candid, practical look at life after the doctorate for those considering similar paths.

Alumni panelists

Rebecca Hodges, PhD (2015, Department of Anthropology), Senior Instructor, Humanities and Director, Global Studies Institute, Culver Academies, a private co-ed boarding school 

Sarah Jay, PhD (2015, Department of History), Principal, Grades 9 & 10 and History Instructor, John Burroughs School

Dorotea Lechkova, PhD (2019, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and Program in Comparative Literature, now the Department of Comparative Literature and Thought), Spanish Teacher and World Languages Department Chair, Clayton High School