Aimed at graduate-level and advanced undergraduate students, the humanities studiolab draws inspiration from both the studio and laboratory as pedagogical spaces, organized around a theme or problem for a sustained period. In addition to work on the central topic, members of the studiolab community incorporate and develop capacities, beyond specific disciplinary skills, considered essential to success within and beyond academia: competency with digital and other media, collaboration, project management, communication with multiple audiences and oral presentation. 

Studiolab courses were originally funded by the Mellon-funded Redefining Doctoral Education in the Humanities (RDE) grant. Recently, they have also been supported by the Mellon-funded Divided City initiative and the Office of the Provost’s Here and Next initiative.