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We focus on the past, present and future — from exploring the earliest collections of Buddhist manuscripts to investigating racial bias in automatic speech recognition software.<br /> </p> <p>The Simpson Center for the Humanities, one of the largest and most comprehensive humanities centers in the country, provides funding and support for fellowships, research clusters, graduate study groups, conferences, and symposia on a wide range of research topics.</p> <p><a class="fancy-link" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c044946c-5d2f-4e79-88bd-9c71a6ce177d" href="//artsci.washington.edu/research" title="Research">More about Art & Sciences Research</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="division-research__story"> <div class="featured-story featured-story--image-left"> <div class="featured-story__image"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2021-07/HUM-SummerInstitute-sub.jpg" alt="Circle of students sit outside on grass and have class. 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Because these are skills that employers value, you can use your humanities education to pursue a career in many industries including business, health care, media and public relations, technology and education.</p> </div> </div> <div class="outer-pad"> <div class="silc-grid silc-grid--reverse-800"> <div class="silc-grid__col silc-grid__col--6-800 silc-grid__col--5-1000"> <div class="division-careers__testimonial-photo"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2021-07/HUM-careers-sub.jpg" alt="Person presents a graph of data in front of a projector."> </div> </div> <div class="silc-grid__col silc-grid__col--6-800 silc-grid__col--7-1000"> <div class="division-careers__testimonial-blockquote"> <blockquote class="blockquote"> <div class="blockquote__quote"> <p>CHID is all about asking questions, encouraging curiosity, and community building. There’s no one right answer, no one right way to get to a conclusion. That’s what I like about the humanities in general. </p> </div> <footer class="blockquote__footer"> <div class="blockquote__author"> <span class="blockquote__author-name">Tisbe Rinehart</span> <span class="blockquote__author-title">BA, Comparative History of Ideas (CHID), 2024</span> </div> <div class="blockquote__portrait"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2024-05/tisbe_rinehart_img_3411_875_500x500_nj-preferred.jpg" alt="portrait of Tisbe Rinehart"> </div> </footer> </blockquote> </div> <div class="division-careers__sample-careers text-content"> <h3 class="h5">Alumni Career Paths</h3> <ul> <li>Sales development manager </li> <li>Public health researcher </li> <li>Web analyst </li> <li>Publicist</li> <li>Business entrepreneur </li> <li>Educator </li> <li>Community organizer</li> <li>Attorney</li> <li>Editor</li> <li>Digital content creator</li> <li>Literary translator</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section id="programs" class="page-section division-programs"> 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