African American Studies  Tags: culture minority_experience literature social_change  

Career Connections guides are developed to assist you in planning your academic career to prepare you for entry into your chosen career field. Selected Career Connections guides are listed below; visit the Career Center's Career Connections site for a complete list of available resources.

• College Teaching
  If you are interested in continuing research in this field, or in teaching, pursuing work as a professor or instructor at the collegiate level might be for you.


• Community Organizing and Advocacy
  "The field of Community Organizing focuses on mobilizing a community for political or economic action...There are many groups and categories of people who need help accessing resources, mobilizing change, or addressing a host of needs."


• Law
  "Law is a demanding profession that requires dedication and perseverance, and the work can be stressful and time consuming. Law also rewards its practitioners with interesting and challenging problems to be solved and the satisfaction of serving their clients well...Lawyers are active in business and commercial affairs, labor law, consumer protection, environmental issues, health and medical concerns, family law, planning wills and estates, intellectual property disputes, and in international and global affairs."


• Museum Careers
  If you're interested in working with objects of material culture, research and interpretation, or the informal education sector, consider a museum career. There are many museums dedicated to the expression of the African American/African diaspora experience.