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Karen Kelsky

#Dispatches – What Will You Do When The Pandemic Is Truly Over?

By Karen Kelsky | January 11, 2021

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad survey of how the academic community is coping with various challenges. Hoping to lighten the mood just a bit, next week we move on to a new question: What is the first … [Read more...] about #Dispatches – What Will You Do When The Pandemic Is Truly Over?

Filed Under: COVID19, Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Ivory Towers in The Rearview Mirror: Lindsay Barone

By Karen Kelsky | January 6, 2021

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Towers in The Rearview Mirror: Lindsay Barone

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

#Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning, Part III

By Karen Kelsky | December 22, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad survey of how the academic community is coping with various challenges. This week’s question is the same as the past two week’s: How has COVID impacted your career … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning, Part III

Filed Under: COVID19, Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning? Part II

By Karen Kelsky | December 17, 2020

 #Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad survey of how the academic community is coping with various challenges.This week's question is the same as last week's: How has COVID impacted your career planning? We'll … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning? Part II

Filed Under: COVID19, Dispatches, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning? Part I

By Karen Kelsky | December 7, 2020

 #Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad survey of how the academic community is coping with various challenges.This week's question: How has COVID impacted your career planning? We'll continue on this for next … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning? Part I

Filed Under: COVID19, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health? Part 2 of 2

By Karen Kelsky | November 30, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges. The question this week:  How’s your mental health? Have you found anything that helps? Is it impacting your … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health? Part 2 of 2

Filed Under: COVID19, Dispatches, Mental Health and Academia

Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

By Karen Kelsky | November 27, 2020

`It's a hard time in the US right now (and in many other regions that have not dealt well with COVID). Add to that the continuing Trumpist pandemonium and right wing assault on all that is good and rational, and the exhaustion of trying to do higher … [Read more...] about Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

Filed Under: COVID19, Mental Health and Academia, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Leave Now

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2020

A follower on Twitter DM-ed me this question today. "As we know the academic job market is a shit show. I would love to see a series of twitter posts or blog posts about what PhDs can do to be ready fro when it picks up. Obviously, people in grad … [Read more...] about Leave Now

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, COVID19, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health?

By Karen Kelsky | November 23, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges. The question this week:  How’s your mental health? Have you found anything that helps? Is it impacting your … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health?

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Our New Platforms

By Karen Kelsky | November 18, 2020

Some of you may have followed our Facebook hacking incident last week. It was quite traumatizing for us--the Professor Is In FB page (which has over 110,000 followers) and my personal page were both hacked by a bad actor who removed all of us as … [Read more...] about Our New Platforms

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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