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Adjunct Issues

Call it Real-Ac

By Karen Kelsky | December 30, 2018

At the start of every talk that I give on the academic and post-academic job market, I state that in a decades long reality in which only 5-35% of PhDs (depending on field) will get tenure track jobs, the so-called "non-academic" job should NOT be … [Read more...] about Call it Real-Ac

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

What Is Free? Elitism and University Careers Advising

By Karen Kelsky | November 29, 2018

I wrote last week about my good times at the American Academy of Religion conference. And it was indeed a very good time. But there was one incident that I can’t stop thinking about, and I want to share it here. Because, it gets at the elitism that … [Read more...] about What Is Free? Elitism and University Careers Advising

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors

A Tale of Two Conferences

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2018

I am just back from a back-to-back conference trip, first to the American Anthropological Association conference in San Jose, and then on to Denver for the American Academy of Religion. At each conference I spoke on the postacademic transition. I … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Conferences

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, How To Do Conferences, Marginalized Voices, Post-Ac Job Search

Academic Gatekeeping 101: A Master Class – Post by Rebecca Schuman

By Karen Kelsky | April 2, 2018

[Update 4/2/18 8 PM Pacific:  The tenured scholar demanded a correction over on Rebecca Schuman's blog about the nature of the journal referenced in this post, and requested I follow suit; the nature of this demand is spelled out by the scholar in a … [Read more...] about Academic Gatekeeping 101: A Master Class – Post by Rebecca Schuman

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Quitting--An Excellent Option

They’re Not Quitting! Reclaiming a Genre – a #Postac Guest Post

By Guest Author | March 20, 2018

KK:  I encountered Ian Saxine's writing on Facebook and invited him to submit a guest post.  I am delighted that he has.  I encourage you to read and share this. by Ian Saxine, Ph.D. Ian Saxine is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History … [Read more...] about They’re Not Quitting! Reclaiming a Genre – a #Postac Guest Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

“Perhaps Even a Crisis”: How to Sully the Purity of a Vocation

By Karen Kelsky | February 14, 2018

There is a new piece from Cultural Anthropology, "Academic Precarity in American Anthropology,"  -- co-written by a Full Prof at Duke and her new Ph.D. son who has "chosen" non-academic work -- that literally defies description in its elitism, … [Read more...] about “Perhaps Even a Crisis”: How to Sully the Purity of a Vocation

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Shame

Profs and Pints: My Post-Ac Business In Academic Pub Talks – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 22, 2017

By Peter Schmidt Peter's Bio:  In addition to being the CEO of Profs and Pints, Peter Schmidt is a freelance writer and consultant and is working part-time as a Senior Fellow for the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. He … [Read more...] about Profs and Pints: My Post-Ac Business In Academic Pub Talks – Guest Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

An Adjunct’s Letter to Her Union-Busting College President

By Karen Kelsky | June 16, 2017

Ruth DeFoster, an adjunct professor at a university called St. Catherine's, in Minnesota, wrote to me today to share news of the anti-unionization campaign by her college administration, and the letter to the president she wrote in response. I am … [Read more...] about An Adjunct’s Letter to Her Union-Busting College President

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

No Adjuncts Allowed – A Guest Post On a Lost Prize

By Karen Kelsky | April 13, 2017

By Nazima Kadir Nazima Kadir is an urban anthropologist with a PhD in anthropology from Yale. Her book, “The Autonomous Life?,” published by Manchester University Press, is based on living and working in a squatters community in Amsterdam for over 3 … [Read more...] about No Adjuncts Allowed – A Guest Post On a Lost Prize

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Sick and Contingent: A Guest Post on Illness in the Academy

By Karen Kelsky | January 13, 2017

A guest post by TPII Editor, Dr. Maggie Levantovskaya. Watching congress begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act this week forced me to finally share a detailed narrative about my experience with our health care system. I wrote … [Read more...] about Sick and Contingent: A Guest Post on Illness in the Academy

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame

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