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Karen Kelsky

How to Tell Your Department About a Family Crisis–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 29, 2011

Today's post is requested by Shane.  Shane wishes to know about the etiquette for academic workers in vulnerable positions--particularly adjuncts--to inform their departments about family crises that might impact their work.  For example, if a parent … [Read more...] about How to Tell Your Department About a Family Crisis–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

By Karen Kelsky | July 28, 2011

(Thursday Post Category--Here's How You Get Tenure) Egged on by the redoubtable Martina of TheLifeAcademic, I have agreed to do a series of posts on What Not To Wear (Campus Edition).  She is on a mission to de-depress academic fashion, and this is … [Read more...] about What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: fashion advice for new faculty, fashion advice for new professor, fashion for assistant professor, how should I dress for work, what do I wear to teach

Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

By Karen Kelsky | July 26, 2011

(Tuesday Post Category--Strategizing Your Success in Academia) Last Tuesday I wrote Part 1 of "Using Rage to Stay Motivated," a Special Request post for Allen.  He asked how to stay motivated while writing his thesis.  Staying motivated through the … [Read more...] about Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

Filed Under: Book Proposals and Contracts, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: dissertation advice, dissertation writing tips, how to stay motivated in graduate school, how to write a thesis, how to write your dissertation, thesis writing tips

How to Write an Email to a Potential Ph.D. Advisor/Professor

By Karen Kelsky | July 25, 2011

Please note that I no longer respond to comments/questions to this post!  Grad School Application Guidance Package and other help listed below the post. One of the most common points of confusion among undergraduates and new graduate … [Read more...] about How to Write an Email to a Potential Ph.D. Advisor/Professor

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: Contacting a professor, How do I find an advisor?, How to contact an advisor, How to write an email to a professor, How to write to a professor, Writing an email to a professor

Here’s What Goes in Your Tenure Portfolio–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 21, 2011

(Thursday Post Category---Here's How You Get Tenure) This is a Special Request Post for Joan.  She wishes to know how to create a tenure portfolio. While every tenure process differs slightly by campus, and you should confirm all expectations with … [Read more...] about Here’s What Goes in Your Tenure Portfolio–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Tenure--How To Get It Tagged With: Assembling a tenure file, how to get tenure, How to make a tenure dossier, I'm coming up for tenure what do i do, What do i put in my tenure file, What is needed for tenure, What's in a tenure dossier, What's in a tenure portfolio

Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part 1–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 19, 2011

This is a post originally published in July 2011. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [This post, parts one and two, is for Allen.  Allen asks for advice on staying motivated as he completes his thesis. I have been thinking about … [Read more...] about Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part 1–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: help with writing motivation, how to stay motivated while writing dissertation, how to stay motivated while writing thesis, staying motivated, tips for motivation

Getting Schooled for My Sexism

By Karen Kelsky | July 15, 2011

(Friday Post Category: Yes, You Can: Women in the Academy) When I was a brand new assistant professor, the chair of my department put me in charge of the department's speaker series. This was actually a good thing.  Being in charge of … [Read more...] about Getting Schooled for My Sexism

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: female faculty advice, female professor advice, internalized sexism, sexism in the university, women and assertiveness, women and tenure, women professional success, women succeeding in graduate school, women workplace help, women's careers

It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

By Karen Kelsky | July 14, 2011

(Thursday Post Category:  Here's How You Get Tenure) For this week's "Tenure" post, I was planning to write a post called "Playing the Percentages," about knowing your department's  expectations for your time and effort breakdown as an assistant … [Read more...] about It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: assistant professor advice, department politics, getting help with tenure, How to deal with professors, how to get tenure, junior faculty advice, tenure track help, what is a strong tenure case?

“So You Want to Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities”

By Karen Kelsky | July 12, 2011

This video makes all other posts on graduate school obsolete. That doesn't mean I'll stop posting, though. (Thanks to Leaving Academia blog http://www.leavingacademia.com) … [Read more...] about “So You Want to Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities”

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: advice for grad students in humanities, Don't go to graduate school, grad school humor, graduate school in the humanities, no jobs after graduate school, the folly of graduate school

How-To(sday): How to Write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract

By Karen Kelsky | July 12, 2011

Tuesdays I will occasionally feature "How-To(sday)" posts,  short  guides to certain genres of academic writing.  I'm happy to take requests for these. Just email me at gettenure@gmail.com. Today we look at the paper/conference … [Read more...] about How-To(sday): How to Write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: how to write a proposal, how to write an abstract, humanities abstract, humanities paper proposal, writing an abstract

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