4. “Be Thoughtful About What Skills You’re Developing…”: Life After Grad School with Shannon Trosper Schorey
Religious Studies Beyond the Discipline - On the Future of a Humanities Ph.D. - Russell T. McCutcheon
Jacob Barrett [+]
Jacob Barrett is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in the Religion and Culture track. His research interests are grounded in questions about religion and governance, law, and the state and explored through contemporary examples from American politics.
Erica Bennett [+]
Erica Bennet received her B.A. in Religious Studies at Millsaps College and her M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Alabama. She spent much of her college career developing skills in research, museum studies, and podcasting/digital creation; she now works full-time in event planning in the Career Center at the University of Alabama.
Shannon Trosper Schorey [+]
Shannon Trosper Schorey, who earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a Principal Communications Specialist in the tech industry as well as a freelance writer and editor of fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Dread Machine, Punk Noir Magazine, Machines in Between, and Religion Dispatches.
Description
The following transcript is from the last episode of a four-part series on the University of Alabama’s Study Religion podcast. The podcast was originally posted on September 6, 2022; it was hosted and produced by Erica Bennett while the transcript was produced by Erica and Jacob Barrett, now in his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The guest is Shannon Trosper Schorey.