by Margy Horton Just because you’ve graded 10,000 pages of student writing over the past decade does not mean you’re ready, just yet, to hang out your shingle and earn a living as an editor. First, consider the difference between these two … [Read more...] about Editing is Not Grading (and Clients Aren’t Students) – Horton #postac post
Adjunct Issues
What an Editor Does (and Can Do) – Joe Fruscione
By Joe Fruscione Editing, like writing, is fluid. The work ranges from handling multiple drafts, nip-tucking to meet the required length, and fine-tuning a text to running a blog, column, or book series. It can be a welcome career for … [Read more...] about What an Editor Does (and Can Do) – Joe Fruscione
An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)
A reader got in touch to tell me about an infuriating experience at a recent conference. I asked her to write it up as a guest post, and here it is. Professors: stop the madness. Tell graduate students the goddamned truth. Dear Karen, I just … [Read more...] about An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)
One-Body Problem Postscript: Don’t Be Sibyl, Be Selective
By Karen Cardozo In response to my series on “The One Body Problem,” reader S.R. asked me to “say a little more about ways of managing these different roles psychologically and mentally? How to switch between roles quickly and without lag … [Read more...] about One-Body Problem Postscript: Don’t Be Sibyl, Be Selective
The One-Body Problem, Part 3: Finding the Things You CAN Control
By Karen Cardozo This is part three of a three-part series on bridging the academic and post-academic markets at the same time. Find part one here, and part two (with great resume advice!) here. Most folks at the crossroads struggle to … [Read more...] about The One-Body Problem, Part 3: Finding the Things You CAN Control
The One Body Problem, Part 2: Resumes Aren’t CVs!-Cardozo
by Karen Cardozo In my last post I noted that it is increasingly likely that you may have to foray onto both Ac and Alt/Post markets simultaneously, and hence you will need to get comfortable with different application contexts. For … [Read more...] about The One Body Problem, Part 2: Resumes Aren’t CVs!-Cardozo
The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3
Strong stuff: Cardozo writes, "For many if not most, being an adjunct is the professional equivalent of domestic abuse, PTSD and Stockholm syndrome rolled into a single despairing plight that has only one feasible resolution: as with any … [Read more...] about The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3
Breaking Into Government: The Pathways Program – Fanetti 1
Tina Fanetti currently works as a Survey Specialist for the National Agricultural Statistics Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. In this post she explains the Pathways Program, created by Obama to ease the transition into … [Read more...] about Breaking Into Government: The Pathways Program – Fanetti 1
Introducing More #Post-Ac Experts: Tina Fanetti and Jason Tebbe
One of my main goals in launching the Post-Ac help at The Professor Is In is to make sure I have people on my Panel of Post-Ac Experts who represent many of the major areas of opportunity for people with Ph.D.s. Today I am introducing Jason Tebbe … [Read more...] about Introducing More #Post-Ac Experts: Tina Fanetti and Jason Tebbe
Questioning Your Future in Academia? Do This Now!
by Sarita Jackson Sarita Jackson was a tenured professor of Political Science before leaving academia in 2013 to found her own think tank and consulting firm, Global Research Institute of International Trade. GRIIT is a think-tank/consulting firm … [Read more...] about Questioning Your Future in Academia? Do This Now!