<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Center for Humanities Communications CHC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Center for Humanities Communications CHC]]></description><link>https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:21:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Do humanities courses help with graduate students' creative writing internships?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Internships and Humanities Courses: a Winning Combination — Like many graduate students studying creative writing, I apprenticed myself to literary magazines and presses to better understand how a poem was published. These experiences taught me a side of poetry I wasn’t learning about in graduate seminars. By the time I was a professor, I’d served on mastheads of various literary publications as a preliminary reader, editorial assistant, associate editor, and editor in chief. I’d learned to...]]></description><link>https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/post/how-did-your-humanities-courses-help-you-in-your-internship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47c53e679cd9d03bb41cd8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_85bf866653c44878b63b7f5ceff0659b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>humanitiescommunic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing to win: A diplomat’s strategy to communicating the humanities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Throghout his career,  André Goodfriend,  a former member of the U.S. Department of State Senior Foreign Service, focused on tangible global impact, noted thatbridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation often presents the biggest hurdle in communicating the relevance of the humanities. Goodfriend emphasized the need for a real back-and-forth, moving beyond passive information delivery. Think gamification and immersive environments. These could serve as...]]></description><link>https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/post/playing-to-win-a-diplomat-s-strategy-to-communicating-the-humanities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47c53e679cd9d03bb41cdb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:21:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_d9b091eab2704cd78ebd875a4ea498f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>humanitiescommunic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communicating the Value of the Humanities]]></title><description><![CDATA[— — I am convinced that to be effective, the work of enhancing humanities communication needs to be considered against the backdrop of this moment of enormity for American higher education—one in which there has been a dramatic decline in public trust in the academy, burgeoning skepticism around the value of a college degree, and mental health issues have surpassed financial considerations as the primary reason students are either dropping out of college or not attending in the first place....]]></description><link>https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/post/communicating-the-value-of-the-humanities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47c53e679cd9d03bb41cdc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 03:03:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ada357_4e9fa48c2d7e4b6a9cde5fc65bea4de1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>humanitiescommunic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanities Classroom:Johanna Drucker on captivating students’ imaginations and their evolving sense of identity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Distinguished scholar, writer, and artist, Johanna Drucker recently shared her insights with me on designing effective humanities communication to engage undergraduate and high school students.  Our conversation began with Drucker’s thought-provoking articulation of a central challenge facing humanities communicators: “We must shift from speaking about the humanities to enabling students to speak for and through them.” Drucker has seen traditional humcomm methods all too often fail to...]]></description><link>https://www.humanitiescommunication.org/post/humanities-classroom-johanna-drucker-on-captivating-students-imaginations-and-their-evolving-sense</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47c53e679cd9d03bb41cda</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_2c7c185123c8440986d6941d84cfb2b2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>humanitiescommunic</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>