When he started graduate school, Langston Collin Wilkins (Ph.D. 2016) was not sure whether he wanted a career in academia or in the public sector. Believing he needed as much career flexibility as possible, he made sure to engage the public sector while pursuing his degree.
Among other positions, Wilkins worked for the Archives of African American Music and Culture; as a fellow for the Folklife and Civic Engagement Department of the Houston Arts Alliance; helped produce a parade with the Houston Museum of African American Culture and Houston Arts Alliance that celebrated a local vernacular car culture; and worked as a program officer with Humanities Tennessee in Nashville.