Nov. 18, 4:10 PM – Humanities Expertise and Careers: Paula M. Krebs
Monday, November 18: Humanities Expertise & Careers
Paula M. Krebs
Divinity School G29, 4:10 PM
Paula M. Krebs is executive director of the Modern Language Association, the largest disciplinary association in the humanities with 20,000 members from 100 countries. Her role includes national advocacy work for language, literature, writing, and culture research and teaching as well as leading the publishing, convening, and professional development work of the association. She also serves as president of the National Humanities Alliance. Before moving to the MLA, she served as dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bridgewater State University and as chair and faculty member in the English department at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. She has published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, the Washington Post, CNN, and many other venues about the value of humanities research and education. She is a Victorianist by training and inclination, and, many years ago, she was a sportswriter.