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Adjunct Issues

Starving the Beast

By Karen Kelsky | April 8, 2016

"I'm glad it's sunny out today.  Because it sure is dark in here." So said a grad student during the Q and A following my talk last week at the University of Oregon. The talk, "Hacking the Academic Job Market," is a talk that I've given at almost 50 … [Read more...] about Starving the Beast

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

Building Solidarity Across the Profession – A Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | January 11, 2016

By Miranda Merklein Miranda Merklein lives in Seattle, WA where she works as a faculty organizer for SEIU Local 925. She is a former adjunct professor with a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, an MA in liberal arts from … [Read more...] about Building Solidarity Across the Profession – A Guest Post

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

Join the AAUP, People! (Guest Post by Michael Bérubé)

By Karen Kelsky | November 2, 2015

by Michael Bérubé* Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University, a former president of the Modern Language Association, and a member of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.  I was … [Read more...] about Join the AAUP, People! (Guest Post by Michael Bérubé)

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

Heroic Mother Teaches Class With Sick Child – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | October 5, 2015

(This is not a post-ac post, as I normally put up on Mondays.  But it's a great guest post and I wanted to share it right away.) It's by Stephanie Brown. Stephanie is cultural anthropologist and adjunct instructor in the Department of Human … [Read more...] about Heroic Mother Teaches Class With Sick Child – Guest Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

An Alt-Ac Summer Workshop That Works (A guest post)

By Karen Kelsky | August 31, 2015

This post is contributed by reader Rebecah Pulsifer.  I hope that other programs will read this and consider developing similar initiatives.  Thank you, Rebecah! Graduate study, as TPII readers know well, is wildly out of step with the current … [Read more...] about An Alt-Ac Summer Workshop That Works (A guest post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Hope, with Pictures and a Drawing

By Karen Kelsky | August 14, 2015

In a burst of inspiration last weekend, I outlined my next book! I want to share my idea with you, and ask you for your thoughts, comments, stories, and suggestions. It's going to draw a lot from reader/client experiences. But first, please check … [Read more...] about Hope, with Pictures and a Drawing

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

A Big Week at The Professor Is In: My Book Comes Out!

By Karen Kelsky | August 7, 2015

The day finally arrived!   On Tuesday the book came out and The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job was officially launched onto the world. 480 pages, half of it newly updated and revised versions of the most … [Read more...] about A Big Week at The Professor Is In: My Book Comes Out!

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Book Proposals and Contracts, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

On Selling Out: A Semi-Manifesto – Langer #postac post

By Karen Kelsky | June 22, 2015

by Jessica Langer I've got news for you: if you take a tenure-track position at a university that uses a significant amount of adjunct labour, you have sold out. This may come as a surprise to you. Academia is the opposite of selling out, you may … [Read more...] about On Selling Out: A Semi-Manifesto – Langer #postac post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

On Foregone Earnings, or the Economics of Adjunct Life (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | June 8, 2015

by Russ Burgos In August 1994, at age 31, I started graduate school in the hope (widely shared) of becoming One Who Professes. In May 2015, at age 52 and stuck in the adjunct life like a bug on flypaper, I rather wish I hadn’t. It’s the money, you … [Read more...] about On Foregone Earnings, or the Economics of Adjunct Life (A Guest Post)

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

Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion

By Karen Kelsky | May 23, 2015

The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)!  It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in delusion and end … [Read more...] about Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, How To Do Conferences, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear

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