The professional landscape for scholars today is complicated by the pandemic’s impact on labor practices, scarcity of tenure track employment, and new attention to social equity within and beyond the academy. Many humanities professional are already providing freelance services to make ends meet, often without a roadmap to negotiate fair rates and foster effective client relationships. Hustles for Humanists offers such a roadmap, positioning entrepreneurship as a pathway for humanists to clarify their worth, claim agency over their professional growth, pursue meaningful work, and achieve economic stability. For some readers, that may mean transforming ad hoc freelance work into a reliable source of supplementary income. Others may wish to grow a side hustle into a sole source of financial support. Readers will identify and re-frame professional strengths, translate skills into marketable services, negotiate pricing and client relationships, plan and implement marketing strategy, and nurture their professional network. This book is an act of affirmation, solidarity, and mentorship for humanists who wish to build effective and sustainable enterprises of any size.
