Call for abstracts for Humanities Futures: Careers, Leadership, and Pathways Beyond the Professoriate

2025-12-21

This volume explores evolving career pathways, leadership roles, and professional futures for humanities scholars within and beyond academia. Emphasizing adaptability, institutional resilience, and public-facing scholarship, the book responds to pressing workforce realities and reimagines sustainable futures for the humanities.

Suggested Chapter Titles

  1. Rethinking Humanities Careers in a Changing Academic Landscape

  2. Pathways to Academic Leadership: Chairs, Deans, and Beyond

  3. Graduate Education Reform and Professional Preparation

  4. Public-Facing Scholarship and Community Engagement

  5. Humanities Skills in Policy, Industry, and Nonprofit Sectors

  6. Mentorship, Networks, and Career Mobility

  7. Equity, Access, and Leadership Development

  8. Institutional Resilience and Strategic Change

  9. Professional Identity beyond the Tenure Track

  10. Imagining the Next Generation of Humanities Leaders

Submission Guidelines (via Online Form)

  • Abstract: 100–120 words

  • Chapter length: up to 4,500 words (including references)

  • Methodologies welcome: conceptual, empirical, pedagogical case studies, reflective practice

  • Contributors may include: faculty, researchers, editors, and advanced graduate students

Publication Information

STAR Scholars Press will publish this volume as part of the AI and Education / Humanities Futures book series. Open-access options and publication fee waivers or discounts may be available.

Contact & Submission

Please send abstracts or inquiries to publications@starscholars.org
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Full chapters due: August 15