[July 2019 Update below by Jacqueline Barlow, Open Access Officer at The University of Winchester in Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom--please read] Today we are honored to have a guest post by Kathryn Hume, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English … [Read more...] about The Perils of Publishing Your Dissertation Online
Finding Work/Life Balance in Academia
(Friday Post Category: Yes You Can! Women and Academia) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our post today is a guest post by Rachel Connelly, Bion R. Cram Professor of Economics, and Chair of the Economics Department … [Read more...] about Finding Work/Life Balance in Academia
Job Market PTSD
(Thursday Post Category: Here's How You Get Tenure) Today's post is another Special Request post, this time coming from Kate, who wrote an eloquent email asking for advice on how to cope with what I will call “Job Market PTSD.” By Job Market PTSD … [Read more...] about Job Market PTSD
How To Work the Conference, Part One of Three
(Wednesday Post Category: Landing Your Tenure Track Job) [This is the first in a two-part series on Working the National Conference. Part One, today, explains the importance of the conference in an academic career. Part Two, next week, focuses on … [Read more...] about How To Work the Conference, Part One of Three
How Not to F**k Up Your Conference Interview
(Monday Post Category: Getting You Into and Out of Graduate School) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Today's post is an excerpt from "Taming The Academic Job Market: The Professor's Guide." The Guide is on sale in The … [Read more...] about How Not to F**k Up Your Conference Interview
Thoughts On Throwing In the Towel
Today's promised post is another Special Request post, at the behest of a number of readers, about knowing when to “throw in the towel,” or, in the words of one requester, “knowing when to fold 'em,” on an academic career. I am totally unqualified … [Read more...] about Thoughts On Throwing In the Towel
Negotiating Your Tenure-Track Offer(s)
(Wednesday Post Category: Getting Your Tenure-Track Job) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Today's post is an excerpt from "Taming The Academic Job Market: The Professor's Guide." The Guide is on sale in The Prof … [Read more...] about Negotiating Your Tenure-Track Offer(s)
Challenges for Graduate Students of Color in the Academy
You're probably looking at the title, and then at my photo, and thinking, “Isn't she white?” Yes. Yes, I am white. I was never a graduate student of color in the academy. So, my insights are limited, and I don't present myself as an expert on this … [Read more...] about Challenges for Graduate Students of Color in the Academy
How To Fire a Professor
Today's post is a Special Request post. This one is for Jenn, who asks, “how do you replace one professor with another on your committee?” This is a delicate matter, as I'm sure Jenn is aware. There are all kinds of reasons that committee members … [Read more...] about How To Fire a Professor
Humanities Graduate School: Go? Don’t Go? What’s a Would-Be Ph.D. To Do?
William Pannapacker has published, over the last several years, a number of widely influential pieces in the Chronicle of Higher Education and, this past week, in Slate, criticizing the ethics and economics of graduate programs in the humanities. His … [Read more...] about Humanities Graduate School: Go? Don’t Go? What’s a Would-Be Ph.D. To Do?