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Category Archives: Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And how that’s killing you on the job market)
For the next few months I will be posting the “best of the best” Professor is in blog posts on the job market, for the benefit of all those girding their loins for the 2013-2014 market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we have … Continue reading
Posted in How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged academic job market help, assertiveness training exercise, body language of women, getting a tenure track job, How to deal with professors, How to shake hands, women professional success, women succeeding in graduate school
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How To Identify Yourself as a Diversity Hire
One of the most important things a job document can do is communicate an applicant’s status with regard to diversity hiring. If you qualify as a diversity hire, you must make sure the committee knows it. But how does one … Continue reading
Postpartum Depression: On Motherhood, Academia, and Mental Health (A Guest Post)
In January, I posted a request on Facebook and Twitter for resources related to mental illness and academia. I had been contacted by a reader recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, who was seeking information. The response to my request was … Continue reading
How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post
For the next bit of time I will be posting special guest posts early in the week, in addition to my regular Friday post. These guest posts are kindly submitted by readers in response to requests that arise on the … Continue reading
I <3 Self Promotion and So Should You
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012. During that time she is re-posting older blog posts her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days. She’ll recommence new posting some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I read a Career Advice column … Continue reading
Posted in Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged how to promote your academic work, self promotion in academia, strategies of self promotion in the academy, the value of self promotion, women and self promotion
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Advice for Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012. During that time she is re-posting older blog posts her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days. She’ll recommence new posting some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Thursday Post Category: Here’s How You … Continue reading
Posted in Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged assistant professor advice, first year assistant professor advice, first year on the tenure track, tenure track job, tenure track job advice, year one tenure track
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How Women Can Speak Better in Public: Stop Apologizing and Get a Career
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012. During that time she is re-posting older blog posts on her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days. She’ll recommence new postings some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Friday Post Category–Yes, You Can: … Continue reading
Posted in How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Race/Gender/Sexuality, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged assertiveness training exercise, effective public speaking for women, fear of speaking in public, female self assertiveness, how to speak in public for women, overcoming fear of speaking, successful presenting for women
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Is Your Writing Better Than Waffles?
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy the month of July, 2012. She is re-posting older posts during that time; she’ll resume new posts some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week, I was working on a client’s materials. We were … Continue reading
Posted in How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Major Job Market Mistakes, Postdoc Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Writing Instrumentally, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged best writing tips, grant writing strategies, key to good writing
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Why You Need a 5-Year Plan
When I trained my own Ph.D. students, I always urged them to create a 5-year plan. Some did it as a list, and some as a grid. Either way, the plan laid out a month-by-month schedule of plans and goals … Continue reading
Posted in Graduate Student Concerns, How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged five year plan for tenure, planning for tenure, planning for the Ph.D.
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How to Plan Your Research and Writing Trajectory on the Tenure Track
This is a re-post of a column originally posted on August 11, 2011. As the 2011-2012 job market winds down, and various readers and clients look ahead to the new jobs they are starting in the fall, I want you … Continue reading
Posted in Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Teaching and Research Statements, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged first year tenure track research, how do I decide on a research trajectory, how to plan a research trajectory, research trajectory
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