Think Human, Work Digital: Careers in Digital Humanities & AI

A Humanities Career Panel Series event

Curious about where Digital Humanities and AI can take you?

Join us for a conversation with professionals working at the intersection of technology, culture, and the humanities. Hear about their career paths, discover the skills employers are looking for, and learn about exciting career possibilities you may not have considered. Come with questions and leave with ideas for your own digital future!

Meet our panelists:

Ali Haeri

Ali Haeri is Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Ouma Health, one of the nation’s largest maternity telehealth platforms. He also teaches product marketing in Northwestern University’s Medill IMC graduate program and previously taught digital analytics and marketing at UCLA Extension. He previously served as Chief Marketing Officer of MNTN, a streaming TV advertising software company, where he led marketing from the company’s early days through its IPO. A UCLA English alumnus, Ali was named to the 2025 Adweek 50 – Adweek’s annual list honoring standout leaders in advertising, marketing, media, and technology – and has delivered keynotes at major marketing and advertising events across the country.

ChengCheng Tan

ChengCheng Tan studied Linguistics and Computer Science at UCLA and earned an M.S. in Computer Science, specializing in HCI, at Stanford. She spent 20+ years in UI/UX design and programming before moving into AI safety. She is Interim Executive Director of Women Who Do Data, which runs the PRISM AI Safety Research Fellowship. Previously, she led communications at FAR.AI, making technical AI research accessible to the public. Her goal is to help people use the skills they already have, including those from the humanities, to contribute to AI safety.

Kwame Granderson

Kwame J. Granderson, a real estate attorney and developer, earned a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA before earning a law degree from Harvard Law. Kwame is founder and CEO of Granderson Holdings, Granderson Destinations and MHC Capital, and he also builds innovative writing and scholarship sites for students. He believes AI is a powerful tool, a tool students must understand, interrogate, and ultimately transcend in order to develop genuine analytical confidence, intellectual voice, ethical judgement and the skills they need to be professionally competitive.

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