January 15th, 2026  from 2pm-3:30pm ET  (11am-12:30pm PT)

Want to grow your business on your terms in 2026? Your expertise is valuable, and your work deserves a sustainable framework. Drawn from the principles of Hustles for Humanists: Build a Business with Purpose, this workshop is designed to help you thrive in ambiguity and design a structured, purpose-driven year.

Who Should Attend? Creative freelancers, independent scholars, academics, consultants, and writers—anyone ready to build a sustainable hustle through thoughtful, high-integrity strategy.

What You Will Achieve:

• Reflect on past achievements and current priorities.
• Set your intentions and decide how you want to grow this year.
• Plan your next steps to thrive in 2026.
• Connect with a community of peers.

Join us to recognize your worth and map out a creative, resilient 2026. Facilitated by Hikma Founder Erica Machulak, this 90-minute workshop will include reflective exercises, an actionable roadmap, and Q&A.

Participants in this workshop will also receive 30-days of access to our new Hikma Founder Community starting January 12th, 2026.

Bursaries Available

Need a hand? We’ve created a bursary for participants who are paying out of pocket and for whom cost is a barrier to participating in the course. If this is you, please use the code HAPPY2026 at checkout for 20% off the enrollment fee.

Please reach out to the Hikma team for advice on how to ask your home institution for financial support.

About Your Instructor

Erica Machulak, PhD, is a medievalist turned entrepreneur and the author of Hustles for Humanists: Build a Business with Purpose (Rutgers University Press 2025). As the Founder of Hikma, she leads a social impact startup with a mission to mobilize scholarship for the public good through consulting, capacity building, and storytelling. Over the past five years, Hikma clients have secured $12M+ in funding to create evidence-based resources and tools, inform policies, and craft accessible communications published by Forbes, the CBC, and other platforms. Erica has delivered training at universities around the world and through “Plan for Research Impact,” a Hikma course certified by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

As a writer, editor, and facilitator, Erica believes that the world needs to hear more from people who resist easy answers. Her work has been featured in Inside Higher Ed, the Journal of Electronic Publishing, and Humanities, the magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and other major publications. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (BA), the University of Oxford (MSt.), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD).

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